Tony Blair Raises Spectre That Returning British Jihadists ‘Could Use Kenya Terror Tactics’ To Disrupt UK

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Amid fears of new undetectable bomb threat to planes, former prime minister discusses dangers posed by return of up to 1,500 “battle-hardened, determined and trained” British jihadists from Iraq and Syria

Tony Blair has raised the spectre that “battle-hardened” British jihadists returning from the Middle East could wreak the same sort of havoc as Islamic terrorists have inflicted in Kenya by targetting the tourism industry.

The former Prime Minister was talking to Yahoo News about the dangers faced by Western countries from their returning citizens who have trained and fought in Iraq and Syria.

“The important thing to realise is that they are our citizens so we cannot stop them coming back,” Mr Blair told interviewer Katie Couric when asked about fears that terrorists with Western passports could smuggle new undetectable bombs on to planes.

“We don’t know where they have been, but they will come back into our country, they have got the right to be in our country. And there are two things that worry me about this[:] » | Philip Sherwell, New York | Tuesday, July 01, 2014