BBC News: Reports that the UK is on alert after the US killed the terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden. One has to wonder did Al Qaeda have sleeper cells in the West whose only job was to seek revenge for the death of Osama Bin Laden if caused by US military action. Lets hope the CIA, MI6, MI5 and the FBI have suspects under surveillance and can prevent any such revenge attacks. The general view of those that comment on terrorism is that Al Qaeda does not have the structure it had pre 9/11, it has become a franchise terrorist group, thus groups or individuals act under the umbrella of Al Qaeda even if the green light is not given by the surviving leadership. The Apex of the power for Al Qaeda was 9/11, the anti terrorism polices of Bush 43 followed by President Obama on the whole has gutted Al Qaeda as a proper structure. Thus it can be postulated and lets hope this prediction is right that any revenge attack will never reach the level of 9/11 or 7/7, and any planned attack can be prevent by the intelligence and police networks of the US and the UK.
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