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UK arrests five men including four Iranians over suspected terrorist plot
The Guardian ^ | Sat 3 May 2025 21.16 EDT | Press Association and Agence France-Presse

Posted on 05/03/2025 7:19:17 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

UK police have arrested five men, including four Iranian nationals, on suspicion of “terrorism offences”, police have said.

The arrests were carried out in London, Swindon and the Greater Manchester area and were related to “a suspected plot to target a specific premises”, London’s Metropolitan police said in a statement.

The men, aged between 29 and 46, were arrested on suspicion of “preparation of a terrorist act” and remain in custody, the police said.

The nationality of one of the men was still being established, they said.

Counter-terrorism police had been in contact with the site allegedly targeted to make them aware and to provide relevant advice and support but it had not been identified for operational reasons, police said.

“This is a fast-moving investigation and we are working closely with those at the affected site to keep them updated,” Cmdr Dominic Murphy, head of the Met’s counter-terrorism command, said.

“The investigation is still in its early stages, and we are exploring various lines of inquiry to establish any potential motivation as well as to identify whether there may be any further risk to the public linked to this matter.

“We understand the public may be concerned and, as always, I would ask them to remain vigilant and if they see or hear anything that concerns them, then to contact us.”

Murphy added: “We are working closely with local officers in the areas where we have made arrests today and I’d like to thank police colleagues around the country for their ongoing support.”

Officers are carrying out searches at a number of addresses in the Greater Manchester, London and Swindon areas in connection with the investigation.

The arrests and searches are being supported by officers from Greater Manchester police and Wiltshire police, as well as colleagues from counter-terrorism policing from...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: greatermanchester; gwot; iran; london; manchester; swindon; terrorism; uk; wiltshire; wot
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1 posted on 05/03/2025 7:19:17 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The religion of peace.

Friends of those wonderful peacekeepers over at the UN, I guess.


2 posted on 05/03/2025 7:24:24 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

They’re out there people. They don’t have the will to keep them out. We do now but it’s gonna take a long time and the rats will eventually turn the tables.


3 posted on 05/03/2025 7:26:24 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What? Posted hate speech on the internet there?


4 posted on 05/03/2025 7:41:06 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Many sleeper cell terrorists are in our country right now. Border Patrol and others said they came through with the others.


5 posted on 05/03/2025 8:04:49 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Did anyone play the race card yet?


6 posted on 05/03/2025 8:28:00 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF ISR pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Four Iranians... that’s some convenient timing from Brit police with a track record of ignoring everything islam.
Right when we want a war with Iran.


7 posted on 05/03/2025 8:35:16 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: Beowulf9

👍👍


8 posted on 05/03/2025 9:02:29 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: laplata
(Many sleeper cell terrorists are in our country right now. Border Patrol and others said they came through with the others.)

DEMOCRAT MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

Hope and Change (THANKS, SUCKERS!!)

ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN


ALL ACCORDING TO SATAN'S PLAN





9 posted on 05/03/2025 9:06:04 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“I would ask them to remain vigilant and if they see or hear anything that concerns them, then to contact us.”

“Unless of course a gang of Pakistani pedophiles is raping your 12 year old daughter. If you contact us about that we will ignore you completely and arrest you if you don’t keep your mouth shut about it.”

L


10 posted on 05/03/2025 9:09:26 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“...and we are exploring various lines of inquiry to establish any potential motivation...”

They’ve hired spiritualists to question Benny Hill on their possible motivations.


11 posted on 05/03/2025 9:23:40 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable anima)
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To: DesertRhino

Iran is already at war, and has been, for years. Hamas didn’t do Oct 7 all by itself, on its own initiative. Hezbollah didn’t do Khobar Towers all by itself either.


12 posted on 05/03/2025 9:28:53 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: SaveFerris

May God bless America!


13 posted on 05/03/2025 9:46:43 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: piasa

True... but 90% of the terrorism in the last decades has been Sunni. Bataclan theater, 7/7, Barcelona, Nice, the shoe bomber, the underwear bomber, 9/11, Beslan, Moscow theater, Ariana Grande bombing, San Bernadino, Westgate Mall in Kenya, Blackhawk Down, the Pulse nightclub, the Draw Mohammed, German Christmas markets, the DC snipers, Fort Hood, Charlie Hebdo, ISIS, The Taylor Swift bombing plot in Vienna, Al Queida, Theo van Gogh murder, King Sooper shooting in Colorado, etc.
The list is endless. British police and intelligence ignore and even protect Sunni terrorists and rape gangs. Hell, they even welcomed ISIS back into the UK and gave them pensions.

But suddenly, right as we want a war with Iran, the British police /intel (who framed Trump as a Russian spy) have discovered an Iranian terror cell.

Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not.


14 posted on 05/03/2025 10:05:16 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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Starmer: “We’re drowning, we need to look tough!”
CTU: “We have a package of Iranian chumps ready to go.”


15 posted on 05/04/2025 12:19:52 AM PDT by Gene Eric
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To: laplata

✝️✝️🙏🙏🛐🛐


16 posted on 05/04/2025 1:21:45 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Latest I heard was 8 arrests, possibly 5 to 7 are Iranian. Reports vary


17 posted on 05/04/2025 4:39:23 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: DesertRhino

The British have been helping attack the Houthis.


18 posted on 05/04/2025 4:41:51 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Wait - whut?

They arrested them BEFORE they carried out the attack?

hey could teach our long-suffering FBI a thing or two - I full expect Kash and Bondi to be doing a lot more of that type action....


19 posted on 05/04/2025 5:39:24 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: DesertRhino

“Four Iranians... that’s some convenient timing from Brit police with a track record of ignoring everything islam.”

Isn’t it.


20 posted on 05/04/2025 5:53:45 AM PDT by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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