Some practical statistics

[chickenfeet]

Lord Stevens claims 3000 British based Muslims have been through Al Quaeda training camps.

Let's see:

There are 1.6 million Muslims in Britain, of which half, one assumes, are female and unlikely to attend AQ camps. So, 800,000 males.

At least a quarter of those must be too young to have had terrorist training so let's say 600,000 adult males.

So 1 in 200 adult British Muslim males have left the country for terrorist training?

I have my doubts.

Comments

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I'm sceptical about anything said on documentaries since being at a meeting of the Labour Co-ordinating Committee that was filmed by Panorama. At least that's what they thought they filmed. What they got and broadcast was staged. The real meeting happened after the cameras left.

[blonde222.livejournal.com]

like the "meeting" between the Labor Minister and the trade unionists that appeared on Paris's Olympic bid video. Clearly bogus. But these were long interviews, done one on one, shot in a closed studio. I thought they were quite chilling.