FROGHILL IS AL QAIDA TARGET: COUNCILLOR
Leaked intelligence suggesting that the methane processing plant on Mungo Park Road could become an Al Qaida target has led to fears about local security.
A national newspaper reported last weekend how Froghill police had observed two men of “vaguely Middle Eastern appearance” walking past the plant last September.
The article, in The Snail on Sunday, went on to describe how the men then waited at a nearby bus stop before getting on the number 14 to Swansdike.
They were seen to be holding polystyrene containers in their hands marked all over with the letter ‘M’, which, The Snail alleges, could have been code for the word ‘munitions’.
In response to the article, Councillor Dennis Meddings, recently reinstated after charges of indecent behaviour against him were dropped, called for greater police powers in the light of these revelations.
He said: “The Mungo Park Road plant is an obvious target for extremists. A terrorist attack, if successful, could lead to every single person in Froghill dying horribly beneath an avalanche of excrement. It is imperative that we extend police powers in response.”
The Councillor called for the immediate creation of a heavily-armed special forces unit to patrol the area around the clock.
“The facility should be placed under constant surveillance by helicopter gunships and officers on the ground with bazookas,” said Councillor Meddings, “that way, should they spot any foreigners lurking about, they can take the bastards out on the spot.”
When we put it to him that his attitude was both hysterical and racist, the Councillor accused us of being “namby-pamby liberal lefty poofs” before turning on his heel and walking away.
21/11/06 @ 08:22