7 Iranians Arrested in UK Over Terror Plot “Hours Away”
Shiite Muslim terrorists, unlike Sunni Muslim terrorists, tend to operate around the unified command and control hub of Iran. They’ve spent more time laying the groundwork for future attacks, recruiting operatives and engaging in criminal operations meant to move money around including dealing drugs.
What does it mean that the network is being operationalized for terrorist attacks?
A suspected Iranian terror attack was hours away from being launched on British soil, The Telegraph understands.
Five men, including four Iranian nationals, were arrested at locations across England on Saturday in what the Home Secretary described as one of the biggest counter-terror operations in recent years.
Counter-terror police arrested a further three Iranian men in London as part of a separate operation, fearing they would leave the UK or destroy critical evidence against them after the other raids.
Iran has recruited operatives for assassinations in the U.S. targeting former Trump administration officials and Salman Rushdie, a longstanding target, but don’t expect anyone in the British government to talk about it.
On Sunday night, there were renewed calls for Labour to proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Despite having pledged in opposition to ban the organisation, Labour have yet to do so.
The Telegraph understands that Foreign Office officials have previously opposed the move because it would prevent the UK from maintaining its backchannel to Iran, which is also used by the United States.
The IRGC is Iran’s terror hub, but the sort of political interests who favor talking to Iran over national security refuse to do it.
somehistory says
No one can be trusted. “They are all alike corrupt; there is no one doing good.”
They know they are dealing with rats, and yet, keep leaving the blocks of cheese near the hole in the wall.
Eddie says
Well I just need to say a few things.
The suspects if they go to court will probably get suspended sentences.
If they do get put inside they will not have to be kept in solitary confinement like poor Tommy Robinson.
But wait –
defence lawyers paid for by UK tax payers will do their best to get them off. And the Human Rights lawyers will at least ensure they are not deported.
My understanding is that this was a plot to blow up a synagogue.
i am surprised the police acted at all.
These bunch were living in a migrant hotel.
We all know these poor asylum seekers are nice young men.
Must be some mistake.
Hudders. says
That was too close. HOWEVER;
How many more islamic terrorist satanic scum, hungry to kill, maim & destroy for allah, are landing on British shores easily as you read this article? Or already hide here with little or no problems?
How many of the disgusting ubiquitous mosques, now spreading like scabies, currently host hate preachers adding fuel to the fires of the fantics?
It is only a matter of time before another horrible islamic attack on British lands.
The towns & cities have been & are being invaded, occupied & turned into stinking sharia foreign enclaves.
It is not difficult to hide active agents of militant design among the multiplying muslim population infestation.
The clock is ticking. People are right to be fearful.
I pray that MI5, MI6 & all relevant police & security services will get God’s help in their ever increasingly difficult & thankless task, against the tide of terror that threatens to swamp the UK.
Because Government & local councils are now actively working against the British people & supporting the islamist take over.
Take care people as you walk the streets of once great Britain today. The enemy REALLY is everywhere now it seems…..
England Invaded says
Also in the UK, today a BBC employee pleads guilty to multiple terrorism offences connected Hezbollah.
Bret says
The UK has accepted and supported the influx of Islam refugees, and the British people are on their way to being a minority in their own country. Muslim rights are more important than British people rights. Islam will continue to dominate the British people through terror and corrupt government aid. The British will not get their country back without a physical fight led not by the government but by the British people. The left has paved the way for Islamic domination, not by wars, but by proxy.