Monday, January 22, 2007

British Intelligence Tracking Muslim Pilgrims

A recent news article on the British Times Online news site discloses a profiling program being used by MI5 and MI6.
"The intelligence agencies are monitoring every Muslim who travels from Britain to Mecca on pilgrimage in a wider effort to piece together intelligence on suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist activity."
According to the intelligence services terrorists may visit Mecca prior to participating in terrorist operations in the UK and abroad.