Britain is Prime Target
According to The Guardian the UK is now top of Al Qaeda's list of targets. This is not very surprising. On the one hand security in Britain is pretty poor. We have terror suspects escaping, and people who openly incite Jihad allowed to do so while those who oppose it are silenced. On the other hand we have an establishment that falls for the "victimhood" claim of the radicals.
Al Qaeda had a major victory in Spain and it probably thinks it can repeat that in Britain. With the current climate of liberal appeasement they could well be right.
Also, remember that a top Al Qaeda "general" might well be in the UK already, according to my report from earlier this week.