Arrest in Pakistan led MI5 to airline terror plot suspects
Scotsman.com News
THE endgame was played out in the glare of publicity, with a series of dawn raids across the country and unprecedented disruption to Britain's airports.
But the intelligence operation which officials say defeated the most audacious plot yet conceived against civilians in Britain began more than a year ago and thousands of miles away, The Scotsman can reveal.
Well-placed sources last night revealed that it was intelligence passed on by the authorities in Islamabad that alerted Western intelligence agencies to the threat in Britain.
'Pakistan has been very helpful in this,' said one British official last night." Read more.
THE endgame was played out in the glare of publicity, with a series of dawn raids across the country and unprecedented disruption to Britain's airports.
But the intelligence operation which officials say defeated the most audacious plot yet conceived against civilians in Britain began more than a year ago and thousands of miles away, The Scotsman can reveal.
Well-placed sources last night revealed that it was intelligence passed on by the authorities in Islamabad that alerted Western intelligence agencies to the threat in Britain.
'Pakistan has been very helpful in this,' said one British official last night." Read more.
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