SAS soldiers have been posing as homeless people with sniffer dogs as Britain steps up its secret war with terrorists.
ISIS in Britain: Undercover SAS patrolling our streets as Paris mourns terror attack victims
Special ops soldiers have posed as homeless people with sniffer dogs as Britain steps up a secret war with terrorists
Daily Mirror
15 November 2015
The MI6 building on the north bank of the River Thames adjacent to Lambeth Bridge. Britain's highly-trained security services are ensuring that Britain has not become a victim of a terrorist attack of the scale of Friday's attack in France, whose security services have been criticised
Jihadists plotting a Paris-style attack on Britain's streets are being monitored by more agents than have operated in this country since the Second World War.
Thousands of undercover police, special forces operatives, military spooks and paid agents keep a close eye on suspects and gangs on the streets and through the CCTV network.
Most of us will have passed within feet of them as we go about our daily business.
Some SAS operators have even posed as homeless people with dogs capable of sniffing out a bomb or oil from a gun from 20ft away.
Best in the world: The SAS storm the Iranian Embassy in London in May 1980 to end the siege
There are more than 700 known would-be jihadis in the UK.
They have honed their skills in the Syrian killing fields – following thugs like Junaid Hussain, 20, pictured posing with a scarf over his face and a rifle in his hands before being killed in an airstrike.
Many are monitored by MI5 and the police.
But there are thousands more radicalised youths who could turn at any time.
Thug: Junaid Hussain
And the massive secret war is about to be ramped up even further to stop a Paris-style atrocity happening here.
Extraordinary measures are being ordered to keep Britain safe, and within days we will see many more heavily-armed police patrolling our streets, transport hubs and shopping centres.
But the larger part of the operation will remain unseen.
Highly-trained former soldiers have been drafted in as “walkers” to cast a vigilant eye over crowds, trying to spot suspicious people.
They can spot a heavily-loaded vehicle – such as a van packed with explosives – from the shape of the tyres.
Last August the MI5 “threat level” for terror attacks in Britain rose to “severe” – meaning an attack is highly likely.
The source warned: “For all the attacks being thwarted and jihadists arrested, the chilling fact is the further away we are from the last attack, the closer we are to the next one.
“We’ve seen the 7/7 London bomb plot in 2005 and then the killing of Lee Rigby in 2013 by lone wolf attackers.
“But the Paris attacks are of a scale we haven’t seen in the UK because of the amount of plotters being stopped.”
In the coming weeks security guards and police spotting suspect packages will cordon off streets, shut down buildings and evacuate malls.
CCTV operators will be extra vigilant for individuals assessing bomb targets. The UK is the most spied-on nation in the world, with a CCTV camera for every 11 citizens.
Britain's huge CCTV network, the largest in the world, ensures that plotters have little hiding place
It leaves little hiding place for plotters to stockpile the amount of ammunition and explosives needed to carry out a Paris-style attack – even if they could source it. While an AK-47 assault rifle can be bought for a few hundred pounds from gangsters, it is extremely hard to get the number of bullets needed for an attack.
Gangster networks here do not have the same roots in North Africa and the Middle East as the underworld in France and across Europe – and a jihadist gang trying to buy weapons here might be quietly reported.
He said: “We have developed appropriate tactics to deal with a firearms attack in London, but we are constantly evolving new ways to combat the threats to public safety.”
UK police will liaise with those in France as intelligence emerges.
At the French embassy in London yesterday mourners left flowers in memory of those killed in Paris.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe
ISIS in Britain: Undercover SAS patrolling our streets as Paris mourns terror attack victims - Mirror Online
ISIS in Britain: Undercover SAS patrolling our streets as Paris mourns terror attack victims
Special ops soldiers have posed as homeless people with sniffer dogs as Britain steps up a secret war with terrorists
Daily Mirror
15 November 2015
The MI6 building on the north bank of the River Thames adjacent to Lambeth Bridge. Britain's highly-trained security services are ensuring that Britain has not become a victim of a terrorist attack of the scale of Friday's attack in France, whose security services have been criticised
Jihadists plotting a Paris-style attack on Britain's streets are being monitored by more agents than have operated in this country since the Second World War.
Thousands of undercover police, special forces operatives, military spooks and paid agents keep a close eye on suspects and gangs on the streets and through the CCTV network.
Most of us will have passed within feet of them as we go about our daily business.
Some SAS operators have even posed as homeless people with dogs capable of sniffing out a bomb or oil from a gun from 20ft away.
Best in the world: The SAS storm the Iranian Embassy in London in May 1980 to end the siege
There are more than 700 known would-be jihadis in the UK.
They have honed their skills in the Syrian killing fields – following thugs like Junaid Hussain, 20, pictured posing with a scarf over his face and a rifle in his hands before being killed in an airstrike.
Many are monitored by MI5 and the police.
But there are thousands more radicalised youths who could turn at any time.
Thug: Junaid Hussain
And the massive secret war is about to be ramped up even further to stop a Paris-style atrocity happening here.
Extraordinary measures are being ordered to keep Britain safe, and within days we will see many more heavily-armed police patrolling our streets, transport hubs and shopping centres.
But the larger part of the operation will remain unseen.
Highly-trained former soldiers have been drafted in as “walkers” to cast a vigilant eye over crowds, trying to spot suspicious people.
They can spot a heavily-loaded vehicle – such as a van packed with explosives – from the shape of the tyres.
Last August the MI5 “threat level” for terror attacks in Britain rose to “severe” – meaning an attack is highly likely.
The source warned: “For all the attacks being thwarted and jihadists arrested, the chilling fact is the further away we are from the last attack, the closer we are to the next one.
“We’ve seen the 7/7 London bomb plot in 2005 and then the killing of Lee Rigby in 2013 by lone wolf attackers.
“But the Paris attacks are of a scale we haven’t seen in the UK because of the amount of plotters being stopped.”
In the coming weeks security guards and police spotting suspect packages will cordon off streets, shut down buildings and evacuate malls.
CCTV operators will be extra vigilant for individuals assessing bomb targets. The UK is the most spied-on nation in the world, with a CCTV camera for every 11 citizens.
Britain's huge CCTV network, the largest in the world, ensures that plotters have little hiding place
It leaves little hiding place for plotters to stockpile the amount of ammunition and explosives needed to carry out a Paris-style attack – even if they could source it. While an AK-47 assault rifle can be bought for a few hundred pounds from gangsters, it is extremely hard to get the number of bullets needed for an attack.
Gangster networks here do not have the same roots in North Africa and the Middle East as the underworld in France and across Europe – and a jihadist gang trying to buy weapons here might be quietly reported.
He said: “We have developed appropriate tactics to deal with a firearms attack in London, but we are constantly evolving new ways to combat the threats to public safety.”
UK police will liaise with those in France as intelligence emerges.
At the French embassy in London yesterday mourners left flowers in memory of those killed in Paris.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe
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