SAS And FBI Prepare For ISIS’ Dirty Bomb In London (Daniel 8:4)

SAS and FBI prepare for ISIS dirty bomb attack at top British landmarks

THE SAS and FBI have joined British security forces to prepare for ‘dirty bomb’ attacks at famous London landmarks over fears ISIS is developing a new generation of explosives to claim thousands of lives.

By Zoie O’Brien

 

PUBLISHED: 14:01, Sun, Mar 6, 2016 | UPDATED: 16:23, Sun, Mar 6, 2016

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SAS and SBS capability under mass terror threat tested Lord’s cricket ground, disused buildings near Lambeth Palace and buildings close to the MI6 headquarters close to the Thames were turned into warzones as the world’s top security experts tested their mettle against nuclear attacks.

 

Bomb disposal experts from the UK were joined by SAS and Special Boat Servies (SBS) as well as American FBI agents, Navy seals and Delta force to prepare for potential devastating attacks in Britain.The aim of the test was to see how security forces would manage if faced with a new generation of explosive.
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are being made that are “far more” deadly than those used against British Armed Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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MI6 HQ was one of the sites where a mock bomb was hidden for the SAS and FBI

Both British and American security services have gained intelligence suggesting Islamic terror groups are working on developing a new generation of bombs, recruiting chemists and electronics experts to help them.A source told the Times: “High-profile targets were chosen to bring more drama to the exercise.”The bombs were incredibly sophisticated.
“Once the bomb was discovered the teams had to make an assessment of the threat to nothm the bomb disposal officer and the building.

“They had to establish what its primary function was, either an explosive or a dirty bomb, designed to contaminate an area.

 

“The teams were working against the clock but it wasn’t jut a race against time. They also had to make the right decision and go through the whole threat assessment process.”Everyone was working outside their comfort area. It was designed to test the teams in ways they had never been tested before. These bombs made the stuff we’ve seen in Afghanistan look like toys.”
For the exercise four ten-strong teams raced to find and disarm “notional” highly explosive packages which contained chemical and radioactive materials.

One package is said to have contained a suicide vest with a timer which had to be neutralised first before bomb could be defused.

Another mock bomb held radioactive material and was fitted with anti-tampering devices.

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SAS and FBI agents took part in the operation around the capital

The exercise dubbed Kirchhoff’s Impedance took place over several days in February with the team descending on Lord’s Grand Stand on February 25.The SAS headed up the drill, alongside the SBS.
Last month emergency services separately practiced their response to an attack on the Underground network in the capital.

American operatives were invited along because missions are often completed side by side on deployment.

The SAS has created two new units to deal with the IED threat.

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a former commander of British chemical warfare forces said he had inspected “quite a sophisticated” chlorine bomb in April planted in an Indonesian shopping centre by a jihadist believed to have links to Syria.

He said: “It had several detonators and it struck me as not something you can just learn off the internet and knock together. The fact that so much effort is going into this should really assure people that we recognised it’s a threat, although probably not a huge threat.”

ISIS jihadis are keen on using dirty bombs on targets in the west, it has previously been reported.
Iraqi authorities continue to search for “highly dangerous” radioactive material that went missing from a US-owned storage facility in Basra last November.