DAR AL HARB - U.S.A. - NEW YORK: NYPD ANALYZES THE LATEST JIHAD ATTACKS IN THE U.K.

NYPD: Bombs meant to inflict 'mass casualties'
White paper obtained by NBC outlines threat analysis of U.K
By Lisa Myers and Jim Popkin

The New York Police Department Counterterrorism Bureau has prepared a threat analysis of the thwarted London car bombings, NBC News reported on Sunday. The white paper, obtained by NBC, was written for private-security officials in the U.S. It finds that "there is no evidence of high explosives" in the two Mercedes sedans, and that the London bombs were "designed to inflict mass casualties."

The NYPD also speculates about the timing of the incidents and reports, among other things, that more than 100 British men recently received jihadist training in Iraq and then returned to the U.K.

"Approximately 150 Britons have traveled to fight in Iraq; a number are believed to have returned and formed 'sleeper cells,'" the NYPD writes.

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Pertinent Links:

1) NYPD: Bombs meant to inflict 'mass casualties'

2) NYPD White Paper