Assalamu alaikum - MI5 chief named the main threats to the UK
Assalamu alaikum. The head of Britain’s counterintelligence at MI5, Ken McCallum, talked about where he thinks the main threats to the United Kingdom are coming from. He named Russia, Iran, China and terrorists from al-Qaeda and ISIS as the primary sources of danger.
According to McCallum, the number of people being checked in cases that threaten national security has risen by 35% over the past year. He says those cases are most often driven by state actions - China, Iran and Russia, he claims.
The service chief said the fight against terrorism remains intense: the department currently has a record number of investigations. But another threat has been added to terrorism - activity by other states that, in his words, “use dirty methods similar to those MI5 is used to seeing in terrorism cases.” He gave examples like surveillance, sabotage, arson and physical violence on UK soil.
McCallum also said Britain has managed to thwart 20 “potentially lethal” Iranian plots. He said Iranian authorities track opponents abroad and try to silence them; he accused Tehran of involvement in antisemitic plots and assassination attempts.
Speaking about Russia, he recalled the case of six Bulgarian citizens who in May were found guilty by a London court of spying in the interests of the Russian Federation and were sentenced to terms of five to ten years. He also mentioned the probe into the arson of a warehouse owned by Ukrainian companies in London, which investigators say may have been carried out in Moscow’s interests.
In response, the Russian embassy in London said British authorities are conducting anti-Russian rhetoric and spreading disinformation to distract attention from domestic problems and the difficult situation in Ukraine.
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