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'''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. <ref name="MPS Crevice Statement"> [http://www.met.police.uk/news/video/opcrevice/amin_interv_sm.wmv Operation Crevice: MPS Statement by Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke], ''[[Metropolitan Police Service]]'', 30 April 2007, accessed 30.08.10 </ref> 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,' <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]].  
 
'''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. <ref name="MPS Crevice Statement"> [http://www.met.police.uk/news/video/opcrevice/amin_interv_sm.wmv Operation Crevice: MPS Statement by Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke], ''[[Metropolitan Police Service]]'', 30 April 2007, accessed 30.08.10 </ref> 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,' <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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Statement on Operation Crevice from the Metropolitan Police Service
Date30 March 2004
PerpetratorsMetropolitan Police Service, MI5, MI6, CIA, ISI, Canadian intelligence services
DescriptionA raid launched by Metropolitan and local police in England 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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