British citizens suspect ?

From the always suspect Brussels Journal :

"U.S. Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff has announced in the last few days that all British citizens flying across the U.S. to Canada, South America, etc., will be checked to see if they pose a possible terrorist threat, and will not be allowed to fly if they do. This will apply even if the plane does not touch down on U.S. soil. Chertoff’s recent statement is not the first indication of the U.S. distancing itself from the country, however. Notably, last year the Bush administration announced that Britain was no longer its top ally, and that this spot had been taken by Germany and France.

Sadly, this shift in emphasis makes sense. While many Americans cling to the image of the old-fashioned Englishman in suit, tie and bowler hat, the new Brit is radically different, and, it would seem, some are increasingly radicalized. It is a matter of statistical probability rather than bizarre coincidence that the day after the Daily Mail newspaper reported Chertoff’s comments it carried an article on the investigation of four London policemen by Britain’s secret service, MI5. The policemen in question are believed to be an Al Qaeda sleeper-cell that has been passing information to the terrorist organization.

Al Qaeda and related groups are probably more entrenched in Britain than anywhere else in the Western world, and plan to be there for the long haul. In recent months a DVD made by Islamic extremists, and teaching children about suicide bombing, has been found on sale there. Its Islamicized Tweety-Bird mascot betrays not only an understanding of modern Western culture but also that the intended audience was probably well under ten years of age. More immediately worrying, there are approximately 1,600 terrorist suspects at large in the country, constituting 200 terrorist networks working on 30 terrorist plots. Considering the hostility of Islamic militants to the U.S., it seems likely that more than a few are aimed at that country."

Further (poisonous ?) comments on : http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3075.