Very disappointing: It may have been a given that Gordon Brown’s accession as Prime Minister of Great Britain would be greeted with some new terror plots. – After all, Brown’s being welcomed as new British Prime Minister has been reported around the world as a repudiation of Tony Blair’s ‘Bush-poodle’ support for the war against Iraq. It was probably inevitable that any parties with a vested interest in sowing dissension and keeping Britain in Iraq would react accordingly. But I have to admit, I was hoping that those foiled plots reported on Friday were the extent of immediate reactions.

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