Trapwire Stratfor Email 22

[alpha] TrapWire on London Hotel Plots

Released on 2012-08-09 18:00 GMT
Email-ID 	77491
Date 	2011-06-17 15:22:38
From 	burton@stratfor.com
To 	alpha@stratfor.com
List-Name 	alpha@stratfor.com
Re. London: I've been hearing rumblings about hotel plots (London and
elsewhere) for past six months. In my opinion, setting fire to your hotel
room(s) is a pretty lame attempt at a terrorist strike...and shows the
perps probably hadn't done much recce yet, or they would have seen the
fire suppression systems at the Ritz. I've said this many times before: I
have strong reservations that any group would attempt a "Mumbai-style"
attack against a modern, western target. Our cops are not Indian cops. Our
cops will run towards gun fire, not away. And our cops will not be using
100 year old bolt action single-shot rifles. The Mumbai attack worked
because it was in Mumbai. Once again, everyone here is fixated on the last
battle. But that's just my humble opinion.