Sorry to switch tracks again but I just stumbled upon this article, which could have worrying repercussions for the UK as regards the current tense situation prevailing here if this threat should materialise.
ISIS 'feared to be planning big attack' as communication with UK-based terror cell exposed
The persistent menace of
Islamic State continues to loom large, with UK counter-terror units tirelessly working to thwart their schemes.
Al-Qaeda, the notorious group from which ISIS emerged,
is reportedly concocting plans for long-term assaults on European soil with one ISIS plot orchestrated by Iraqi extremists targeting the UK already foiled last year.
Baghdad's top special forces commander has disclosed that his team had eliminated key ISIS leaders and uncovered links to a British ISIS faction. UK counter-terrorism officials requested redactions in our report due to ongoing investigations.
General Abdul Wahab el-Saadi from Baghdad issued a stark caution: "
We know ISIS has been talking to UK-based terrorists and we know what they are planning. It is a big attack."
His esteemed elite forces, dubbed the Golden Division, unearthed harrowing plans for a major international conspiracy against Britain after neutralising jihadists in a remote lair. Yet, this might just be the beginning, as ISIS is believed to be relentlessly indoctrinating Brits and other Europeans to execute attacks, often via the internet, reports
the Mirror.
Furthermore, there's growing concern that
terror networks are exploiting the European refugee crisis, potentially infiltrating operatives amidst the genuine refugees escaping conflict and turmoil in Asia and Africa.
Regrettably, as recent events have shown, this threat is also being exploited by far-right groups aiming to unjustly cast doubt on those genuinely seeking refuge in Europe.
See:
MSN
It is all very well saying that the threat is being exploited by far-right groups aiming to unjustly cast doubt on those genuinely seeking refuge in Europe but if the Iraqi intelligence is correct and groups like ISIS are infiltrating operatives in amongst genuine refugees crossing the Channel, then how is it exploitation to warn of this threat if the threat is justified.
I have long harboured doubts about the origins of groups like Al-Queda and ISIS. I recall the late Robin Cook, who was the UK's Foreign Secretary in Tony Blair's Labour Government, stating on record that he thought Al-Queda was the creation of western intelligence agencies. He died of a heart attack during a walking holiday in the Scottish Highlands a few weeks after making this statement. Quoting from Wikipedia:
In a column for the
Guardian four weeks before his death,
Cook caused a stir when he described
Al-Qaeda as a product of a western intelligence:
Did he really suffer a genuine heart attack or was it a kill shot from a satellite to remove someone who was challenging the official narrative? Who knows?
What was true of Al-Queda might be equally true of ISIS. They seemed to pop out of thin air and suddenly take over a vast swathe of territory in Iraq and Syria, in which they quickly established an Islamic fundamentalist caliphate. Where did they get the funding and weapons from? Their presence in the Middle east certainly provided a useful pretext for the US and European nations to put troops into Syria whilst it was mired in a civil war, ostensibly to fight ISIS and other radical Islamic groups involved in the Syrian conflict, but perhaps with other ulterior motives in mind.
Could we be looking at another false flag here? Time will tell. However, one can only imagine what the reaction of certain sections of the British public will be should another terrorist outrage occur on the scale of the Manchester Arena bombing in which 22 people died and 1,000 were injured. Let us hope such an attack does not materialise.