London: As the US-led attack on Iraq looms large, terrorists could be planning a Bali-style attack on a nightclub or another place where young people gather in London, British Parliamentarians were told on March 12.

Lord Carlile said the whole country should be alert to the threat and "every citizen should be an anti-terrorism officer".

"There are individuals and groups operating in this country who present a very great danger to the ordinary citizens of this country... There are enemies in our midst," Lord Carlile said.

Lord Carlile, who has access to information about the nature of the terrorist threat, said he did not want "to promote doom and gloom".

But, he told House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee that it was naive to think that those most at risk were sitting in the Palace of Westminster, Windsor Castle, or local council offices.

"The people in greatest danger are our friends, sons and daughters who gather in places of large public congregation and we have to be very vigilant to protect them. What happened in Bali is the lesson."

About 200 people including 26 Britons, were killed when Islamic terrorists detonated a one-ton car bomb outside the Sari Club in Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali last October. A suicide bomber exploded another device in a neighbouring bar moments later.

PTI