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| − | '''Operation Crevice''' was the codename given to the biggest [[Metropolitan Police]] anti-terrorist operation ever conducted in the United Kingdom. The case is sometimes referred to as '''the fertiliser plot''' or the '''the fertiliser bomb plot''' | + | '''Operation Crevice''' was the codename given to the biggest [[Metropolitan Police]] anti-terrorist operation ever conducted in the United Kingdom. The case is sometimes referred to as '''the fertiliser plot''' or the '''the fertiliser bomb plot.''' |
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| + | The plot was understood to be an [[Al-Qaeda]] operation that was 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'', accessed 30.08.10<ref/> | ||
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Revision as of 00:36, 30 August 2010
Operation Crevice was the codename given to the biggest Metropolitan Police anti-terrorist operation ever conducted in the United Kingdom. The case is sometimes referred to as the fertiliser plot or the the fertiliser bomb plot.
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References:
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