Britain’s socialist health care system may be responsible for more than just long waiting periods and piss poor doctoring. Soon a dirty bomb might be detonated in London or another English city courtesy of NHS:
Nine items that could be used to build a dirty bomb are missing from British hospitals, fuelling fears that Al Qaeda terrorists are trying to steal material to build a radioactive device.
The revelation comes as a new US State Department intelligence report highlights fears over terror suspects working in the NHS and reveals Britain has launched an urgent operation to track down all radiological material used in its hospitals.
A State Department counter-terrorism official said there was high-level “concern” in Washington about the large number of foreign-born workers in European hospitals with access to materials that could be made into a dirty bomb.
He added: “There is little doubt that eventually a dirty bomb made from radiological materials stolen from a hospital would be exploded.”
The operation to track down the material was launched last year by the Environment Agency with assistance from MI5.
This story puts a more sinister spin on what I originally thought was a rather funny piece in the Daily Mail about British authorities catching Iraqi and Afghani illegal aliens fleeing the country. The story implies implies that the “failed asylum seekers” are unhappy with the English weather and the piss poor service provided by “free” health care (Democrats take note) but with materials that could be used to make a dirty bomb missing the flight from England of Muslim immigrants from two fronts in the War on Terror seems more like a warning sign to me:
Failed asylum seekers are sneaking out of Britain – because they are fed up with the poor health care and bad weather.
Scores have been caught trying to break past border controls in recent weeks, according to immigration staff.
The majority of those who have been found are from Afghanistan and Iraq, said Les Williams, a chief immigration officer for the UK Border Agency.
He said: “One thing we have noticed recently is people trying to leave the country.
“We cannot explain exactly why they are trying to go, but when some of these people were questioned they said they wanted to go to a warmer country as they are fed up with the English weather and fed up with their treatment on the NHS.”
If the NHS is overwhelmed now imagine what would happen when a dirty bomb goes off. Maybe some of these border jumpers are thinking Italy will be able to treat their radiation induced symptoms better, or they just want to get out of the blast zone. Soon.
Either way these are both stories to watch.