Intel: UK is Next ISIS Target
Jum'at, 04 Desember 2015 - 20:06 WIB
Intel: UK is Next ISIS Target
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UK - A senior European counterterrorism official told CNN, Thursday, who also said intelligence indicates ISIS wishes to strike the United Kingdom (UK) as a follow up to its recent attack in France.
Intelligence obtained by European security agencies indicates that ISIS is aiming to attack the United Kingdom in a follow-up to its Paris operation, the official said. The intelligence suggests, British ISIS fighters have been tasked by senior ISIS operatives in the so called caliphate to return home and carry out an attack.
It's not clear how imminent the threat is nor the specific location. However, the official said the concerns have been compounded by the vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday to authorize British airstrikes against ISIS in Syria.
Previously, Aine Lesley Davis, a British ISIS operative, was arrested in Istanbul the same day as the Paris attacks as he planned to travel to Europe to deliver orders on planned terror attacks, a Turkish official told CNN last month.
The information was first reported by the leading Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, whose account a Turkish official confirmed to CNN. Davis was arrested after Turkish intelligence worked with Britain's MI6 service to monitor the movements of a messenger linked to Jihadi John inside the Syrian city of Raqqa, Hurriyet said.
Intelligence obtained by European security agencies indicates that ISIS is aiming to attack the United Kingdom in a follow-up to its Paris operation, the official said. The intelligence suggests, British ISIS fighters have been tasked by senior ISIS operatives in the so called caliphate to return home and carry out an attack.
It's not clear how imminent the threat is nor the specific location. However, the official said the concerns have been compounded by the vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday to authorize British airstrikes against ISIS in Syria.
Previously, Aine Lesley Davis, a British ISIS operative, was arrested in Istanbul the same day as the Paris attacks as he planned to travel to Europe to deliver orders on planned terror attacks, a Turkish official told CNN last month.
The information was first reported by the leading Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, whose account a Turkish official confirmed to CNN. Davis was arrested after Turkish intelligence worked with Britain's MI6 service to monitor the movements of a messenger linked to Jihadi John inside the Syrian city of Raqqa, Hurriyet said.
(rnz)
