Wasn't that scary? A bunch of terrorist plotting to kidnap a person with the intention of beheading him on national TV? It's all over the news, you can't avoid it. Yikes!!!!
[SPAN class=news_story_title]U.K. Terror Police Arrest 9 Over Alleged Kidnap Plot (Update7) [/SPAN]
By Nick Allen
Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. police arrested eight people in anti-terrorist raids on homes in Birmingham, central England, after uncovering an alleged plot to kidnap a Muslim soldier. A ninth suspect was later arrested on a freeway in the area.
Police said they searched 12 locations in the city, the second largest in the U.K., and sealed buildings including an Islamic bookshop. The alleged plot involved abducting a British soldier in his 20s and possibly beheading him, two people with knowledge of the investigation said.
``A major counter-terrorism operation took place today, Home Office spokesman Stuart Green said by telephone. He said Home Secretary John Reid was being ``fully briefed on the operation and is receiving regular updates as developments occur.''
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