UK 'no resources for Mumbai attack'
Updated on 30 November 2008
British security forces would not be able cope with a Mumbai-style terrorist attack, according to the chair of an influential parliamentary committee.
Patrick Mercer said a new anti-terror unit was needed with "a battalion's worth" of 500 highly specialised policemen and soldiers who could be called upon in case of attack.
The chair of the Commons counter-terrorism sub committee said the Olympics in London would be a "magnet" for terrorists and attacks like the one seen in India "could just as well happen" in UK cities.
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