To: Oral Roberts who wrote (2515 ) 10/19/2006 7:52:07 AM From: Proud_Infidel Respond to of 20106 Someone should inform them that deportation actually is an option....... UK 'number one al-Qaeda target' BBC ^ | Thursday, 19 October 2006news.bbc.co.uk Al-Qaeda has become more organised and sophisticated and has made Britain its top target, counter-terrorism officials have told the BBC. Security sources say the situation has never been so grim, said BBC home affairs correspondent Margaret Gilmore. They believe the network is now operating a cell structure in the UK - like the IRA did - and sees the 7 July bomb attacks "as just the beginning". Each cell has a leader, a quartermaster dealing with weapons, and volunteers. University worry According to our correspondent, each cell works on separate, different plots, with masterminds controlling several different cells. Training is taking place in the UK and Pakistan. It was thought that five years ago al-Qaeda was a number of "loosely-connected organisations" with common aims, but it is now more organised, she said. It is no longer about looking for a needle in a haystack Crispin Black Security analyst Security officials are concerned the group is targeting universities and the community, and are "less worried" about mosques, she added. However, intelligence analyst Crispin Black said another attack in the UK "was not inevitable", citing the UK's "considerable successes against the IRA". He said the security services had a good idea about who they were dealing with, saying: "We still have that expertise and training present within our military forces and intelligence." "It is no longer about looking for a needle in a haystack. We have some pretty good clues and information on where we should be looking," he added.