Difference between revisions of "Operation Crevice"
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|wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crevice | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crevice | ||
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|start=30 March 2004 | |start=30 March 2004 | ||
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Revision as of 12:40, 19 December 2015
 Statement on Operation Crevice from the Metropolitan Police Service | |
| Date | 30 March 2004 |
|---|---|
| Perpetrators | Metropolitan Police Service, MI5, MI6, CIA, ISI, Canadian intelligence services |
| Description | A raid launched in the UK on the so-called "fertiliser bomb plotters". |
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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References
- ↑ 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
