UK Counter-Terrorism (merged thread)

[davidbfpo]

Two commentaries from RUSI analysts, one reviewing the UK CT strategy Operation Contest after an official publication last week:http://www.rusi.org/analysis/comment.../#.UWVgKqLvvfI

The second by Raffaello Pantucci is a longer comment on Operation Pitsford, the plot based in Birmingham:http://raffaellopantucci.com/2013/04...teur-fanatics/

The BBC reports two more guilty pleas in this case:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22091107

The BBC radio has just referred to a new trial of one of the defendant's wife being tried over her failure to tell the authorities of the plot:http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/l...se.asp?ID=4570 and a week later was found not guilty by the jury:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22221665

A local paper reports:

All 11 are due to be sentenced later this month.

Posts 64-70 were in a separate thread and were moved here today.

[davidbfpo]

Two BBC reports on:

The investigation in Birmingham, known as Operation Pitsford, uncovered a cell of would-be suicide bombers who were trying to recruit others to their cause.

Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22305095

If one thing is clear from the massive Operation Pitsford trial, it's that the life of a would-be jihadist is far removed from the fantasy of al-Qaeda propaganda....The tale is reminiscent of a scene from the grim black comedy film, Four Lions, and we'll never know what really happened.....Mosquitoes posed a more immediate threat than American drones, and if the insects weren't going to get the Brits, the unbearable heat would.

Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22310419