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[[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]]] | [[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 biggest [[Metropolitan Police]] anti-terrorist operation | + | '''Operation Crevice''' was the codename given to the biggest [[Metropolitan Police]] anti-terrorist operation conducted in the United Kingdom. It was conducted on the 29 March 2004. It is sometimes referred to as '''the fertiliser plot''' or the '''the fertiliser bomb plot.'''The plot - 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'', 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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Spider diagram showing connections of fertiliser bomb plotters. Taken from BBC News
Operation Crevice was the codename given to the biggest Metropolitan Police anti-terrorist operation conducted in the United Kingdom. It was conducted on the 29 March 2004. It is sometimes referred to as the fertiliser plot or the the fertiliser bomb plot.The plot - understood to be an Al-Qaeda operation that was ordered by 'senior al-Qaeda figures in Pakistan and Afghanistan,' [1] 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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- ↑ Five get life over UK bomb plot, BBC News, 30 April 2007, accessed 30.08.10
