Jan. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the U.K. government is working with President Barack Obama on tightening airport security and rooting out potential terrorists after a Nigerian man tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic aircraft.
“The threat can only be met through enhanced cooperation,” Brown said in a statement posted on a government Web site in London today. “It has been another wake-up call for the ongoing battles we must wage.”
Brown said Britain and the U.S. are examining advanced x- ray technology, equipment that detects a trace of explosives on passengers and full-body scanners that penetrate clothes.
The comments are aimed at answering concerns that Britain is harboring communities of extremists planning to attack Western nations. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was arrested on Dec. 25 after a bomb hidden in his trousers fizzled, lived in the U.K. before boarding a plane from Amsterdam to Detroit.
Brown said he ordered a review of U.K. airport security on Dec. 28 and that he will receive preliminary findings in the next few days. Obama has ordered similar measures.
U.K. has barred 180 people from entering the country on national security grounds, Brown said. Britain has deported eight people citing security concerns since July 2005, when bombs exploded in a London bus and subway trains. Eight more have left voluntarily.
“We have to take on extremists wherever they are based, in Afghanistan, Pakistan and all around the world, including here in Britain,” Brown wrote in the message. “We nevertheless need to remain vigilant against people being radicalized here as well as abroad.”
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Last Updated: December 31, 2009 19:01 EST
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* Yahoo! Buzz Jan. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the U.K. government is working with President Barack Obama on tightening airport security and rooting out potential terrorists after a Nigerian man tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic aircraft.
“The threat can only be met through enhanced cooperation,” Brown said in a statement posted on a government Web site in London today. “It has been another wake-up call for the ongoing battles we must wage.”
Brown said Britain and the U.S. are examining advanced x- ray technology, equipment that detects a trace of explosives on passengers and full-body scanners that penetrate clothes.
The comments are aimed at answering concerns that Britain is harboring communities of extremists planning to attack Western nations. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was arrested on Dec. 25 after a bomb hidden in his trousers fizzled, lived in the U.K. before boarding a plane from Amsterdam to Detroit.
Brown said he ordered a review of U.K. airport security on Dec. 28 and that he will receive preliminary findings in the next few days. Obama has ordered similar measures.
U.K. has barred 180 people from entering the country on national security grounds, Brown said. Britain has deported eight people citing security concerns since July 2005, when bombs exploded in a London bus and subway trains. Eight more have left voluntarily.
“We have to take on extremists wherever they are based, in Afghanistan, Pakistan and all around the world, including here in Britain,” Brown wrote in the message. “We nevertheless need to remain vigilant against people being radicalized here as well as abroad.”
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