Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/police-make-arrests-in-failed-british-bombings Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript A British probe into a string of attempted bombings in London and Glasgow, Scotland, netted eight arrests over the past few days. Experts discuss what British authorities have learned about the terrorist plots. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. MARGARET WARNER: And to discuss the latest developments in the London and Glasgow plot investigations and what British authorities think they know about the perpetrators so far, we're joined by two analysts who've written extensively about terrorism and its trends. Bruce Hoffman is a professor of security studies at Georgetown University. And Brian Jenkins is a senior adviser on terrorism at the Rand Corporation.Welcome, gentlemen.All right, Bruce Hoffman, the news today is the arrest — at least it's believed, these are the reports, that one's Iraqi, one's Jordanian, both doctors. What does that tell you? BRUCE HOFFMAN, Professor, Georgetown University: It tells me that it's very difficult to any longer profile the suicide terrorists. They can be young or old. They can be educated and uneducated. They can be poor and rich. They can come from the Middle East, but also from South Asia, as we've seen in the United Kingdom, from North Africa, even the Caribbean. MARGARET WARNER: And, Brian Jenkins, the focus after the 7/7, the foiled — I mean, the successful 7/7 bomb plot in 2005 was on the homegrown British Muslims. Would you say, though, does this suggest what happened today that the threat is also growing in Britain from foreign nationals who are coming in? BRIAN JENKINS, Senior Adviser, The Rand Corporation: Well, I think it is both. Certainly al-Qaida, the jihadist enterprise, those who broadcast that ideology have been very, very effective in creating a narrative that attracts a number of people. They may include individuals within the country and within the immigrant community, sons of immigrants, people who have migrated to these countries more recently, as well as converts. Those are reservoirs that this message is tapping into right now.