British-born terrorists pose 'unique' threat, MI6
warns: "MI6 has warned that Britain faces a 'unique' threat from a generation of homegrown terrorists who are not on the intelligence services' 'radar,' secret documents have disclosed.British-born radicals who undergo terrorist training and become 'suicide operatives' will leave the authorities 'hard pressed' to prevent an attack, according to a top counter-terrorism official at the Secret Intelligence Service. The problem of homegrown terrorists is officially expected to blight Britain for years and 'will not go away anytime soon.'
The warning was sounded in a private briefing from a senior MI6 official to visiting American congressmen amid growing U. S. fears over the radicalization of young British Muslims.
The leaked documents also highlight American government concerns that the British intelligence services are struggling to combat Muslim extremists because of budget cuts and a wave of lawsuits from terrorism suspects. William Hague, Britain's foreign secretary, announced further cuts to the counterterrorism budget earlier this week."
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