Difference between revisions of "Operation Crevice"
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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
