{"id":111947,"date":"2024-10-08T23:17:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111947"},"modified":"2024-10-08T23:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:17:45","slug":"mi5-spy-chief-says-russia-and-iran-are-behind-a-staggering-rise-in-deadly-plots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111947","title":{"rendered":"MI5 spy chief says Russia and Iran are behind a &#8216;staggering&#8217; rise in deadly plots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LONDON (AP) \u2014 Britain is facing a \u201cstaggering rise\u201d in attempts at assassination, sabotage and other crimes on U.K. soil by Russia and Iran, as the two states recruit criminals to \u201cdo their dirty work,\u201d the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/islamic-state-group-al-qaida-iran-china-london-2c197134fb02864427f75cabb1ac5a38\">head of Britain\u2019s domestic intelligence agency<\/a><\/span> said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>MI5 Director General Ken McCallum said his agents and police have tackled 20 \u201cpotentially lethal\u201d plots backed by Iran since 2022 and warned that it could expand its targets in the United Kingdom if conflicts in the Middle East deepen.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the threats have been aimed at Iranians abroad who oppose the country\u2019s authorities. But McCallum said there is the risk \u201cof an increase in \u2014 or broadening of \u2014 Iranian state aggression in the U.K.\u201d if the Middle East crisis escalates with Israel launching a major attack in response to Iran\u2019s recent missile barrage.<\/p>\n<p>In a rare public speech setting out the major threats to the U.K. from both states and militant groups, McCallum argued that hostile states, radicalized individuals and a revived Islamic State group have combined to create \u201cthe most complex and interconnected threat environment we\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCallum said there also is a risk that Israel\u2019s conflicts with Iran-backed groups \u2014 the militant Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon as well as the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/yemen-houthis-gaza-israel-defe499e9df870381f078ad3e3b667b5\">Houthi rebels in Yemen<\/a><\/span> \u2014 could trigger attacks in the U.K., though so far the crisis has not translated \u201cat scale into terrorist violence\u201d in Britain. <\/p>\n<p>The number of state-threat investigations undertaken by MI5 has risen by 48% in the past year, with Iran, Russia and China the main perpetrators, McCallum told journalists at the U.K.\u2019s counterterrorism command center in London.<\/p>\n<p>McCallum said that since the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-mahsa-amini-protests-un-report-366a199119720e69696a123560ef4018\">death of Mahsa Amini<\/a><\/span>, who died in Iranian police custody in September 2022 after being detained for allegedly violating the Islamic republic\u2019s mandatory headscarf law, \u201cwe\u2019ve seen plot after plot here in the U.K., at an unprecedented pace and scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said MI5 and the police have responded to 20 potentially lethal Iran-backed plots since January 2022, up by a third from the figure of 15 the government gave at the end of January.<\/p>\n<p>McCallum said Russia\u2019s military intelligence agency was trying to use \u201carson, sabotage and more\u201d to create \u201cmayhem\u201d on the streets of Britain and other European countries.<\/p>\n<p>Both Russia and Iran often turn to criminals, \u201cfrom international drug traffickers to low-level crooks,\u201d to carry out their illegal deeds, he said. <\/p>\n<p>Several alleged state-backed plots have led to criminal charges. In December, a Chechen man was jailed for allegedly carrying out reconnaissance on the offices of a dissident Iranian broadcaster in London. Separately, several suspects are awaiting trial in London over an alleged Russia-linked plan to attack Ukrainian-owned businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Britain is not alone in pointing a finger at Moscow and Tehran. Germany has arrested several people for <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/germany-russia-spying-military-officer-305ee23eb4677f3215c9e3560945a0d9\">allegedly spying or planning attacks<\/a><\/span> on behalf of Russia. In May, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sweden-iran-israel-criminal-gangs-proxy-d50a17efab629a585e281854d3e11407\">Sweden\u2019s domestic security agency accused Iran of using criminal networks<\/a><\/span> to target Israeli or Jewish interests in the Scandinavian country.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/islamic-state-group-al-qaida-iran-china-london-2c197134fb02864427f75cabb1ac5a38\">Past speeches by McCallum and other U.K. intelligence chiefs<\/a><\/span> have emphasized China\u2019s increasingly assertive behavior, which in 2022 McCallum called Britain\u2019s greatest \u201cstrategic challenge.\u201d On Tuesday, McCallum stressed the importance of the U.K.-China economic relationship but said there were \u201crisks to be managed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.K.\u2019s official terror threat level stands at \u201csubstantial,\u201d the middle of a five-point scale, meaning an attack is likely, and McCallum said that since 2017, MI5 and the police have disrupted 43 late-stage plots, saving \u201cnumerous lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While about three-quarters of the plots stem from Islamic extremist ideology and a quarter from the extreme right, he said those labels \u201cdon\u2019t fully reflect the dizzying range of beliefs and ideologies we see,\u201d drawn from a soup of \u201conline hatred, conspiracy theories and disinformation.\u201d Young people are increasingly involved, he said, with 13% of the subjects of MI5 terror investigations under the age of 18.<\/p>\n<p>He also said there were worrying signs that the Islamic State group is attempting a comeback, despite the collapse of its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria several years ago.<\/p>\n<p>McCallum said that \u201cafter a few years of being pinned well back, they\u2019ve resumed efforts to export terrorism,\u201d and cited a March attack that <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-concert-hall-shooting-toll-moscow-crocus-ce45e104781c108ff3b7f8a9d45fcef7\">killed more than 140 people at a Moscow concert hall<\/a><\/span> and was claimed by IS, as \u201ca brutal demonstration of its capability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MI5 has <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mi5-manchester-arena-concert-bombing-inquiry-uk-3563d529056ae51e201ae8d379f930b5\">faced criticism for its failure to stop deadly attacks<\/a><\/span>, including a 2017 suicide bombing that killed 22 people at an <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-business-europe-england-ariana-grande-8835abb47c87478ba0b34ee40d28ebb7\">Ariana Grande concert in Manchester<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first 20 years of my career here were crammed full of terrorist threats,\u201d McCallum said. \u201cWe now face those alongside state-backed assassination and sabotage plots, against the backdrop of a major European land war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MI5, he said, \u201chas one hell of a job on its hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Associated Press writer Jan M. 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