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Terrorists In Pakistan Planning Over 20 Attacks On Britain, Says Gordon Brown
From The Telegraph:
More than twenty serious terrorist plots to stage attacks in Britain are being planned in Pakistan, Gordon Brown said.
The Prime Minister named Pakistan as a haven for terrorists planning attacks in Britain, revealing that around three quarters of the most advanced plots monitored by MI5 are have Pakistani links.
Officials say that the Security Service is aware of around 30 serious plots at any given moment, suggesting that at least 21 of them are tied to Pakistani groups.
On a visit to Islamabad, the Prime Minister delived a blunt demand to President Ali Asif Zardari to improve his goverment's work to prevent al-Qaeda and other groups operating in the lawless area that borders Afghanistan.
"The time has come for action not words," Mr Brown told Mr Zardari.
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Update: Pakistan 'linked to 75% of all UK terror plots' -- Times Online
Update #2: Gordon Brown demands greater action from Pakistan in fighting terror -- The Guardian
Update #3: Brown reveals that 75 per cent of terrorist plots aimed at Britain have links to Pakistan -- Daily Mail
Update #4: Britain promises more anti-terror aid to Pakistan -- Yahoo News/AP