Credit the British with some intelligence, will ya. We've known the country is an Al-Qaeda base of operations for years. Destroying a secretive society first requires watching them to find who's who. The Arab culture of not harming a host can usually be relied upon. It is unfortunate that Al-Qaeda is a loose alliance and Pakistanis aren't Arabs but a fortress mentality is a losing strategy.

I'm particulary glad those articles aren't British because they don't help with anything. They claim to identify a problem but don't propose a solution. All we have is a low level incitement to hatred. Against the wrong target. Islam, like christianity, is a diverse range of cultures and philosophies and is as much responsible for the London bombings as christianity is for murdering abortion clinic doctors. (And the extremists don't even have influence in the Muslim COuncil of Britain as opposed to the christian version in the US.)

You do know Abu Hamza was kicked out his mosque by the local mullahs? The guy is preaching on the pavement. The muslims in Britain have been beleagured since the WTC destruction, so government propaganda and prominent arrests will just incite extremism. Instead, get the moderates to oppose them. And the faith between the government and the governed remains good. One or two problems will break out, of course. You want Waco instead?