MI6 WARNING: ISIS(ICIA) plotting wave of violence against UK and its allies – Britain is at RISK
BRITAIN faces a “fundamental threat to our sovereignty” from enemy states and terrorist groups including Russia and Islamic State, the head of MI6 has warned in a rare speech on Europe’s deteriorating security situation.
By TOM BATCHELOR
Express.co.uk
Thu, Dec 8, 2016
In his first public comments since taking up the post of “C”, spy chief Alex Younger said the scale of the terror threat in the UK was “unprecedented”.
Describing ISIS as a “highly-organised” jihadi group, he said a dozen plots aimed at British targets had been disrupted in just the last three years.
And in a warning to fanatics still intent of waging war on the UK, he declared that MI6 would now “take the fight to the enemy”.
He said: ”The scale of the threat is unprecedented. The UK intelligence and security services have disrupted 12 terrorist plots in the UK since June 2013.
“And MI5 and the police continue to run hundreds of investigations into those intent on carrying out or supporting terrorist atrocities against our citizens.
“As I speak, the highly organised external attack planning structure within Daesh, even as they face military threat, are plotting ways to project violence against the UK and our allies without ever having to leave Syria.
“We face a threat that exploits failed states within a connected world. So, we cannot pull up the drawbridge.
“Instead, we need to take the fight to the enemy, penetrating terrorist organisations upstream. By that I mean as close to the source as possible.”
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