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The plot against the Queen

Sunday, 13th January 2008

The Sunday Express has now caught up with the reported al Qaeda plot to assassinate the Queen in Uganda, which I noted here a few days ago. It fleshes it out with some official comments which confirm the substance of the story:

Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, the Uganda Minister of Internal Affairs, said: ‘We received information that a terrorist group linked to Al Qaeda, the Allied Democratic Forces, was planning to carry out terrorist activities at the Commonwealth meeting. The security services in Uganda neutralised these threats.’

He refused to comment on the precise nature of the planned attacks or reports that Ugandan armed forces had seized a speedboat loaded with arms and homemade bombs. A number of suspected ADF guerrillas aboard the boat on Lake Victoria are understood to have been taken into custody. Dr Rugunda added: ‘A number of suspects have been arrested but I cannot comment on the specifics of this case. What I can say is that we stepped up security because of the Al Qaeda threat but it was neutralised by our security services.’ Ugandan army spokesman Paddy Ankunda said: ‘Plans to cause havoc were curtailed, fortunately. There were intentions to disrupt the meeting and to target delegates and the Royal Family but the security agencies worked well together to ensure nothing happened.’

This Express item is a 100 per cent improvement on the msm’s record so far in investigating this story. Who knows — maybe someone else might rub the sleep out of their eyes soon.