Three Islamic Jew-haters jailed in UK: they had plans for a massacre

Three Muslim men have been jailed in Britain for their roles in an Islamic State-inspired plot to massacre hundreds of Jews in Greater Manchester.

Walid Saadaoui, his brother Bilel Saadaoui, and Amar Hussein were convicted following an investigation by Greater Manchester Police. The scheme, had it succeeded, would have constituted "one of the deadliest terrorist attacks to ever take place on UK soil," in the words of Assistant Chief Constable Rob Potts.

Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein were found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism at Preston Crown Court. Saadaoui, the principal architect of the plan, received a life sentence with a minimum term of 37 years. Hussein was sentenced to life with a minimum of 26 years. Bilel Saadaoui was convicted of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism and jailed for six years.

According to police, Saadaoui masterminded the operation and recruited Hussein. When Saadaoui was arrested, officers discovered two assault rifles, a semi-automatic pistol, and nearly 200 rounds of ammunition in a vehicle.

The plot took shape in late 2023, when Saadaoui began communicating online with someone he took to be a fellow extremist. "It soon became clear that Saadaoui was keen to conduct a significant terrorist attack targeting Jewish people," Greater Manchester Police stated. He sought assistance in importing automatic firearms and went so far as to carry out reconnaissance in Upper Broughton, Salford, and to visit the port through which he believed the weapons would arrive.

Reports indicate that Saadaoui aimed to acquire four AK-47 assault rifles, two handguns, and 900 rounds of ammunition.

The person he approached for help was, in fact, an undercover agent whose involvement proved "crucial" in thwarting the attack. Through these exchanges, police learned that Bilel Saadaoui was aware of his brother's intentions yet said nothing. Assistant Chief Constable Potts observed that this silence "makes him as guilty as the others."

Saadaoui was apprehended on May 8, 2024, in a large-scale operation involving more than 200 officers. He was arrested in a hotel car park while attempting to collect the firearms intended for the massacre.

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Authorities first noticed Saadaoui when he began disseminating Islamic views across more than ten anonymous social media accounts. The case is a stark reminder of the persistent threat posed by those radicalized in the name of Islamic State, who fixate on Jewish communities as their chosen targets. In this instance, prompt and skillful intervention by counter-terrorism officers averted what might otherwise have been a catastrophe on British streets.

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Guilty verdicts in ISIS plot cops say could have been 'the deadliest terrorist attack in UK history'

Sahih Muslim 2922 (narrated by Abu Huraira):
"The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews."

Three men just got slapped with guilty verdicts for what could have been the deadliest Islamic terror attack on UK soil, an ISIS-inspired plot to gun down as many Jews as possible in Manchester.

Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were convicted at Preston Crown Court of prepping a marauding firearms assault on Jewish targets. Saadaoui's brother, Bilel, 36, got nailed for failing to spill the beans on the scheme and nobody is going to catch him at a local bar mitzvah anytime soon.

These jihadist clowns were dead set on replicating the 2015 Paris massacre, admiring ISIS thug Abdeslam Abaaoud. Saadaoui even bragged to an undercover cop about wanting to slaughter "young, old, women, elderly, the whole lot," calling Christian victims "a bonus." This is equal opportunity hatred by a trio of losers who are simply following specific scripture.

Prosecutors laid it out: Saadaoui [aka Wally Vowels] forked over a deposit for four AK-47s, two pistols, and ammo, funded by selling his house and business. They scoped out Dover ports thinking they were surveilling weapon smuggling routes.

Greater Manchester Police's Assistant Chief Constable Rob Potts  said of this nightmare that it "could have become the deadliest terrorist attack in U.K. history," with "catastrophic" fallout on crowded Jewish sites.

The plot got busted in May 2024 when Saadaoui was nabbed mid-handover in an undercover sting. MI5 apparently linked him to a British ISIS recruit from way back.

Prosecutor Harpreet Sandhu KC told the jury this wasn't some innocent outing: the plan "hardly had the innocence of a teddy bear picnic." These anal sphincter breaths were out for Jewish blood.

Manchester's no stranger to Islamist terror: The 2017 Arena bombing killed 22, the deadliest since 7/7. And just recently, a Yom Kippur attack outside a synagogue left two Jewish men dead. This foiled rampage zeroed in on north Manchester's heavy Jewish areas, cranking up the alarm over jihadists repeatedly targeting the same community.

No wonder British Jews are fed up. 

A December 2025 Campaign Against Antisemitism poll shows 51% don't see a long-term future in the UK, 61% have thought about bailing in the last two years, and 96% say Jews are less safe post-October 7, 2023. Fifty-nine percent hide Jewish symbols in public out of fear. Trust in cops and courts is abysmal, with only 14% believing police protect Jews enough, and even lower for prosecutors and judges.

In a sane world, this would wake everyone up to the resurgent ISIS threat and the exploding anti-Semitism that's making Europe a nightmare for Jews again. But let's be real: the usual suspects will probably downplay the Islamist angle while lecturing about "Islamophobia." Pathetic. 

Good on UK counter-terror for shutting this down before bodies hit the ground.

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