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| − | '''Operation Crevice''' was the codename given to the | + | [[Image:Fertiliser Bomb Plot Diagram.jpg|500px|right|thumb|Spider diagram showing connections of fertiliser bomb plotters. Taken from ''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/guides/457000/457032/html/default.stm BBC News]]] |
| + | '''Operation Crevice''' was the codename given to the largest counter-terrorism operation ever conducted in the United Kingdom. It involved the [[Metropolitan Police Service]], [[MI5]], [[MI6]], the [[CIA]], the [[ISI]] and Canadian intelligence services. <ref name="MPS Crevice Statement"> [http://www.met.police.uk/news/video/opcrevice/amin_interv_sm.wmv Operation Crevice: MPS Statement by Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke], ''Metropolitan Police Service'', 30 April 2007, accessed 30.08.10 </ref> It is sometimes referred to as ''the fertiliser plot'' or the ''the fertiliser bomb plot.'' The plot - alleged to be an [[Al-Qaeda]] operation that was reportedly ordered by 'senior al-Qaeda figures in Pakistan and Afghanistan,' <ref name="BBC 1">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6195914.stm Five get life over UK bomb plot], ''BBC News'', 30 April 2007, accessed 30.08.10</ref> aimed to target a series of sites in the United Kingdom with ammonium nitrate bombs. The ringleader and commander of the plot was [[Omar Khyam]]. | ||
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| + | *[[List of Major Counter-Terrorism Operations and Incidents]] | ||
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Spider diagram showing connections of fertiliser bomb plotters. Taken from BBC News
Operation Crevice was the codename given to the largest counter-terrorism operation ever conducted in the United Kingdom. It involved the Metropolitan Police Service, MI5, MI6, the CIA, the ISI and Canadian intelligence services. [1] It is sometimes referred to as the fertiliser plot or the the fertiliser bomb plot. The plot - alleged to be an Al-Qaeda operation that was reportedly ordered by 'senior al-Qaeda figures in Pakistan and Afghanistan,' [2] aimed to target a series of sites in the United Kingdom with ammonium nitrate bombs. The ringleader and commander of the plot was Omar Khyam.
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Plot
Arrests
Sentences
Links to July 7 Bombers
Torture Allegations
See Also
Notes
- ↑ Operation Crevice: MPS Statement by Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, Metropolitan Police Service, 30 April 2007, accessed 30.08.10
- ↑ Five get life over UK bomb plot, BBC News, 30 April 2007, accessed 30.08.10
