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LONDON-Members of Britain's MI5 intelligence service have warned the nation's cash-strapped National Health Services that dozens of ambulances-along with old police cars and fire engines-are being snapped up by al-Qaida operatives in the United Kingdom to mount suicide bomb attacks, according to a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.So serious is the problem that counter-terrorism officials at the Home Office have written to eBay, the Internet auctioneer, asking them to stop selling emergency service vehicles, equipment and uniforms.But eBay has insisted it can only halt the sales if a new law is passed by Parliament. That could take many months.The use of ambulances is of particular concern to Britain's anti-terror chiefs. They say the tactic has already been used in Iraq with devastating effects.A report by Lord Carlisle-the government terrorist czar who last month warned about the possibility of private planes being used for an attack on London-has been issued to all of Britain's 48 police forces warning of the danger of selling off emergency service vehicles.Lord Carlisle, who works closely with the Terrorism Analysis Centre in London set up since the 9/11 attacks, said ambulances were the ideal weapon of choice for terrorists."It is almost rare that police will stop such vehicles on suspicious grounds. An ambulance rigged with high explosives could drive into any ultra-sensitive target like a nuclear power station or even Whitehall," said a senior MI5 source.The Association of Chief Police Officers has warned that the risk could be "highly significant" if the law is not tightened.As in the days of Noah....
