UK Police Assure Public That Men Who Allegedly Tried To Blow Up Air Base Are As British As Tea, Biscuits, And London-Based Foreign Proxies

LONDON — British Counter Terrorism Police [aka British Terrorist Editorial Brigade] put the nation’s minds at ease Monday morning by confirming that five men arrested outside a military base with a van full of explosives were thoroughly, indisputably as British as spotted dick.

Authorities released a meticulously non-descriptive profile of the suspects, confirming only that they hold British passports, live in London, and definitely enjoy standard British activities like standing near military installations in dark hoodies at 1:30 a.m. contemplating their navels.

Officials quickly released the suspects on bail, reassuring the public that while trying to blow up an air base is frowned upon, keeping people in custody without first issuing a formal apology for misgendering their motives would violate core British values.

According to police spokespersons, the men hail from the culturally vibrant and diverse neighborhoods of Camden, Willesden, and Westminster—areas world-renowned for their traditional English heritage, their Allahu Akbars of rich history, and total absence of native white Britons.

"We want to reassure the public that these fine, outstanding British gentlemen are simply passionate enthusiasts of high-explosive chemistry," said Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor outside Scotland Yard. Taylor cautioned that while the investigation is ongoing, releasing five alleged bomb-plotters back onto the street was the only polite thing to do. "It would be thoroughly un-British to jump to conclusions just because they were spotted lurking in a field near a strategic NATO air base."

When asked by reporters why the suspects' physical descriptions, names, or backgrounds were omitted, officials explained that revealing such details could accidentally lead to accurate descriptions, which is strictly prohibited under current UK civil service guidelines.

The plot was reportedly foiled not by Britain's elite intelligence apparatus, but by a local farmer who noticed three vans parked in a "weird formation" and made the tragic inconsiderate social faux pas of calling the police.

“I saw a group of Middle Eastern-looking young guys running off through the trees. Some of them had masks or balaclavas on, and they all scattered ahead of us as we drove back past… Some of them ran into the fields, and some of them turned to run towards the air base. We realized this was something pretty serious,” the farmer told reporters, narrowly avoiding an arrest herself for making culturally insensitive observations about night-time field usage.

“I still can’t process how that base, on high alert, how this has happened… I think it was pure luck that I arrived in the village at a similar time to the vans,” she added. “I’m absolutely staggered that it was left to me, as a member of the public, to see and report this.”

The UK government immediately moved to counter the dangerous narrative that a regular citizen had done the job of the security services. Defense Secretary Wes Streeting appeared on television to clarify that the farmer possessed an unhelpful, accurate view of the situation.

“I do want to thank the member of the public who acted quickly and called this in,” Streeting said. “I would also just say, respectfully, that she has a partial picture… And I won’t go beyond that, in terms of commenting on operational security matters.”

The government assured citizens that the situation was entirely under control, noting that Prime Minister Andy Burnham was convening an emergency meeting to address the critical shortage of diversity consultants assigned to counter-terrorism units.

“I want to thank the police, the Gloucestershire Police, the security services, the emergency services, the public who alerted us, so thank you to everybody for the way that they’ve worked,” the prime minister said.

At publishing time, police confirmed that if any member of the public attempts to guess the suspects' surnames on social media, they will be tracked down and jailed immediately for hate speech.

Can I get an 'inshallah'?

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CBC Orders Reporters to Stop Calling 9/11 Terrorism, Says “Some Very Unfortunate Aviation-Related Things Happened”

Canadian public broadcaster unveils new journalistic standard requiring typists to avoid words that might accidentally describe reality.

TORONTO, Canada — The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has issued a stern warning to its typists: under no circumstances should they refer to the September 11, 2001 attacks as “terrorist attacks,” because that would risk introducing dangerous quantities of meaning, politics, emotion and, worst of all, facts into the story.

Instead, CBC typists have been instructed to describe 9/11 as “a situation where some folks did stuff in America as a prescient sign that one day Donald Trump would be President.”

The memo, authored by CBC News senior director of journalistic standards and public trust Basem Boshra, was considerably less colorful but no less bewildering.

“Do not refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorist attacks,” the memo said.

The directive instead recommends describing the attacks as hijackings that led to passenger jets crashing in Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania and Manhattan.

The World Trade Center was also destroyed, apparently by forces that CBC typists are not at liberty to characterize.

CBC officials defended the policy by explaining that the word “terrorist” is simply too emotionally loaded.

“It is the practice of the CBC to exercise extreme caution before using the words ‘terrorist’ and ‘terrorism,’” CBC Public Affairs Director Kerry Kelly said.

This is understandable.

After all, imagine the emotional trauma a CBC reporter might experience by typing the words “19 al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four airplanes and deliberately murdered nearly 3,000 people.”

That is an awful lot of adjectives.

Much safer to write:

“Nineteen individuals participated in an aviation-related disagreement that unfortunately resulted in several buildings becoming unavailable for future occupancy.”

CBC editors reportedly rejected the phrase “mass murder” because it was considered “judgmental.”

“Death,” meanwhile, is apparently acceptable because it can happen naturally.

“Premeditated murder” remains under review.

“Islamist terrorism” has been referred to the CBC’s Department of Extremely Careful Feelings.
CBC: We Don’t Call Terrorists Terrorists Because That Would Be Taking Sides

CBC News general manager and editor-in-chief Brodie Fenlon previously explained that the organization prefers to “bear witness” rather than independently determine whether acts are terrorism.

“We bear witness. But CBC News does not itself designate specific groups as terrorists, or specific acts as terrorism, regardless of the region or the events, because these words are so loaded with meaning, politics and emotion that they can end up being impediments to our journalism,” Fenlon said.

Which is an impressive position for a news organization.

It is roughly equivalent to a weather forecaster saying:

“We don't independently designate rain as wet because ‘wet’ is such a loaded term.”

Or a hockey announcer saying:

“We cannot characterize the puck as having entered the net because the phrase ‘goal’ carries political and emotional implications.”

Or a coroner saying:

“We can confirm that the individual is no longer participating in the ongoing experiment known as life.”

The CBC is simply committed to maintaining neutrality.

Even when neutrality requires pretending everyone else hasn't already figured out what happened.
New CBC Style Guide Released

Sources say CBC editors are now considering a comprehensive update to their style guide.

Under the proposed rules:

Terrorist attack: “An event involving unexpected violence.”

Suicide bomber: “A person experiencing a severe disagreement with mortality.”

Hostage-taking: “An involuntary relocation experience.”

Murder: “An unauthorized termination of another person's biological processes.”

Massacre: “A gathering that ended with an unusually high number of people no longer gathering.”

Hamas: “A group whose designation as a terrorist organization should be attributed to Canada, Israel, the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and approximately half the planet.”

9/11: “The Sept. 11 attacks.”

Actual terrorism: “Please consult Legal.”

The CBC is particularly sensitive about the word “terrorist” because it might imply that someone who deliberately murders civilians for political purposes is, in fact, a terrorist. And once journalists start making those kinds of obvious connections, there is simply no telling where it could lead.

Soon they might start saying that criminals commit crimes.

Or that people who intentionally kill innocent civilians are responsible for killing innocent civilians.

Then civilization itself could collapse.

There is, admittedly, one small problem with the CBC's position. The FBI describes 9/11 as the most lethal terrorist attack in history.

Nineteen al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four airplanes, killed nearly 3,000 people and triggered the largest investigation in FBI history.

Canada itself lists al Qaeda as a terrorist entity and states that the organization perpetrated the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. But CBC journalists remain bravely unwilling to reach the same conclusion without first consulting someone who has already reached it.

This creates the fascinating possibility that a CBC reporter could stand outside the wreckage of a terrorist attack and say:

“According to witnesses, the FBI, the Canadian government, the American government, the Israeli government, the British government and virtually everyone who has ever looked at this event, this may have been terrorism.”

“But I wouldn't want to speculate.”

New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino condemned the guidance, accusing the broadcaster of disregarding the victims and deliberately undermining the historical record.

“The CBC guidance is frankly outrageous and insulting, but it stands as a stark warning for what happens when you allow institutions of public trust to be taken over by leftists and foreign interests,” Paladino said.

“This is not merely a callous disregard for the memory of those who perished on 9/11, it is a deliberate effort to undermine the fundamental truth of what happened that day in direct service to Islamism, as Europe, Canada, and the United States become increasingly overwhelmed by Islamist politics. We must not tolerate it any longer and dedicate ourselves to fighting this poison with every tool we have available before it’s too late,” she continued.

Conservative Canadian MP Rachael Thomas called the guidance “absolutely shameful.”

“The CBC is choosing to redefine terrorism in a way that downplays the atrocity of 9/11. Refusing to call it an act of terrorism dishonors the victims, their families, the survivors, and the first responders who witnessed the horrors of that day. 9/11 was an act of terrorism. Full stop,” Thomas said.

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs likewise accused the CBC of “sanitizing” history and presiding over a “collapse of journalistic standards.”

CBC responded that it was merely following its longstanding policy.

Because apparently the collapse of a building is tragic, but the collapse of a journalistic standard is merely a longstanding practice.

The policy is not limited to 9/11. CBC faced similar criticism following Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel, when journalists were instructed not to independently call militants or soldiers “terrorists” and instead treat the designation as an attributed opinion.

Which raises an obvious question:

If Hamas murders civilians, kidnaps children, takes hostages and deliberately attacks Israeli communities, when exactly does CBC believe the word “terrorist” becomes appropriate?

Apparently, after the reporter has obtained a notarized affidavit from someone willing to accept responsibility for the adjective.

Perhaps the CBC could establish a new editorial hotline.

CALL 1: “Was someone intentionally trying to terrorize civilians?”

CALL 2: “Did they kill people?”

CALL 3: “Does Canada officially designate the organization as terrorist?”

CALL 4: “Is the answer to all three yes?”

CALL 5: “Sorry, we can't make that determination. Please hold for 45 minutes while we locate a sufficiently neutral adjective.”
CBC's New Definition of Journalism

The CBC's position ultimately leaves Canadians with a remarkable picture of modern journalism.

The journalist sees the plane.

The journalist sees the building.

The journalist sees the fire.

The journalist sees the bodies.

The journalist sees the terrorist organization that planned the attack.

The journalist sees the government's official designation.

The journalist sees the FBI's determination.

And then the journalist looks directly into the camera and says:

“Some things happened.”

This is apparently what “bearing witness” means in Canada.

Not telling people what happened.

Not describing what happened.

Certainly not using words that might help people understand what happened.

Just standing there solemnly while history happens nearby.

And if anyone asks whether 9/11 was terrorism, the answer is simple:

According to the FBI, yes.

According to the Canadian government, yes.

According to the historical record, yes.

According to the victims, their families and the first responders, obviously yes.

According to the CBC?

“The Sept. 11 attacks.”

Because apparently after 25 years, nearly 3,000 deaths, four hijacked aircraft and the destruction of the World Trade Center, the most dangerous thing about 9/11 is still the possibility that a CBC reporter might accidentally call a terrorist a terrorist.

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State takes kids away from Christian couple who refuse to agree their daughter is a boy

A Christian mom and her husband are fighting back in court after Oregon’s Department of Human Services determined that they caused “mental injury” to her daughter by refusing to “affirm” her transgender identity.

“It has destroyed our lives,” Nicole Calaway, the mother of two daughters who are now estranged because they both claim a transgender identity, told the Daily Signal in an interview Sunday. Child Protective Services took custody of her then-15-year-old daughter, K.A., on July 18, 2024, one day after Calaway and K.A. terminated the services of K.A.’s therapist, Jennifer Forster. 

According to court documents, Forster filed the complaint that resulted in K.A.’s removal. ODHS notified the Calaways that the agency considered them “responsible for the mental injury” of K.A. “Your adverse reactions to [K.A.] expressing their gender identity have caused serious harm to [K.A.’s] psychological functioning,” ODHS caseworker Rachel Woods wrote in a Sept. 13 letter. 

Calaway’s older daughter had already moved out. “I was so distraught, it felt like I was gutted,” the mother said. “Both my daughters were gone. I took myself to the hospital and admitted myself for a week because I couldn’t handle it.”

The mother remains estranged from her daughters, and Oregon has ordered her not to contact K.A. Yet the state’s findings haven’t just affected her maternal relationship. A Black Mark on the Parents’ RecordsThe “mental injury” finding constitutes a child abuse ruling on Calaway’s permanent record, and on the record of her husband, David. 

But seriously, what are the chances that both female siblings would believe they were males? That only seems to happen in the Hollywood crowd. 

The stigma of a state agency finding the two guilty of child abuse has followed them across state lines after their move to Florida in July 2025. “In Oregon, if they were to do a background check, I could have lost my notary license, I still cannot, even here, volunteer with the church, anything to do with children,” the mother told the Daily Signal.

The stigma may be even worse for her husband. Months after the two moved to Florida, the disgusting Oregon Department of Human Services determined that David Calaway had “exhibited a pattern of inappropriate grooming behaviors to include making inappropriate sexual comments while [K.A.] was in his care.” 

The husband vehemently contested the claims, saying he is innocent and was not given an opportunity to appeal. While the office made the determination in December 2025, he did not receive notification of it until May 12. 

The husband told the Daily Signal that his employment has yet to be affected by the matter, but he highlighted this message from the notice: “This abuse finding could have an impact on David Calaway’s ability to volunteer or to obtain or retain a professional license or certain types of employment.”

“If I was being accused of sexual abuse, wouldn’t there be a police record? Wouldn’t I be arrested? Wouldn’t I be in jail?” the husband asked. [I believe him.] 

“It’s like we’re guilty until proven innocent,” the mother said. The couple filed a lawsuit earlier this month, accusing the therapist, Forster, and ODHS agents of violating their rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. 

The lawsuit states that ODHS had previously screened out one child abuse referral against the Calaways and found a second referral unfounded, both in 2023. K.A.’s father, Keith Allison, who sought custody of the daughter, claimed that K.A. was in immediate danger, but the court denied two of his motions in 2024. 

“On essentially the same facts later used to remove K.A., a neutral court had twice declined to find immediate danger, and ODHS had already once found the mental-injury allegation unfounded,” the lawsuit states. 

On May 23, 2024, K.A. left school with a friend and did not notify her mother. She told school staff that she did not feel safe at home because her mother had showed her videos opposing transgender ideology the night before. School staff insisted she be taken to a stabilization center. Later, K.A. apologized to her mother and thanked her for helping her “acknowledge reality.” 

On July 17, Nicole Calaway and K.A. spoke on the phone with Forster, and terminated her services. Both K.A. and her mother accused the therapist of hiding information from the mother. According to the lawsuit, ODHS caseworker Rachel Woods recommended Forster call the Child Protective Services hotline shortly after this call. Forster called the hotline the next morning, and made many claims the lawsuit describes as false.

The therapist said that the mother had “presented as aggressive and angry,” and that she said K.A. “would no longer have support.” 

Forster would also write that the mother terminated counseling out of a “desire to manage client’s mental health without counseling support.” The lawsuit claims these statements were false but gave ODHS a “fabricated appearance of urgency.” 

On July 18, ODHS and law enforcement officers removed K.A. from the Calaways’ home for “mental injury.”According to the lawsuit, ODHS concluded that Nicole Calaway’s decision to show her daughter videos presenting arguments against transgender ideology harmed her daughter’s psychological functioning. The Calaways dispute this, saying the agency treated disagreement with the ideology as child abuse. “When did the truth become mental injury?” David Calaway asked in an interview with the Daily Signal.

The Calaways appealed the decisions, but ODHS stood by the finding. In November 2024, ODHS voluntarily withdrew the dependency petition, by which the department had removed K.A. from the Calaways’ home. While the department had dismissed the underlying claim, it nonetheless maintained the child-abuse findings against the Calaways. The plaintiffs argue the dismissal undercuts the state’s justification for removing K.A. from their home. 

“It began with them accusing us because we’re conservative Christians, and we don’t affirm her transgender ideology, that we provided hours of lectures to teach her daughter that this ideology isn’t right for her, and isn’t healthy for her, and they come and remove her from the home, and that was their reasoning,” the husband told the Daily Signal. 

According to the lawsuit, the Calaways refused to “affirm” K.A. as “transgender” due to their conservative Christian convictions that “a person cannot change from one sex to the other” and their view “that so-called ‘gender-affirming care,’ including ‘social transition,is harmful to children and teens and has never been proven safe or effective.” 

The lawsuit cites the United Kingdom’s Kass Review and the Department of Health and Human Services’ study finding little evidence for positive impacts from sex-rejecting procedures. The lawsuit accuses Forster of engaging in therapeutic malpractice because she “knew, or in the exercise of reasonable professional care should have known, that so-called ‘gender-affirming care,’ including social transition, is not a proven, safe, or effective treatment for an adolescent girl and is psychologically harmful.” 

Nicole Calaway told the Daily Signal she presented multiple videos to her daughter, including testimonials of detransitioners, “because I wanted her to make an informed decision. I did not want her to ruin her body. I still do not want her to ruin her body.” 

The Calaways’ lawsuit cited 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming deprivation of rights under the color of law. They claim that the therapist and ODHS official conspired to use the power of the state to interfere with Nicole Calaway’s right to direct the care, custody, and upbringing of her child under the Fourteenth Amendment. The Calaways also claim defendants violated their rights to free speech and religious freedom under the First Amendment by attempting to force them to support transgender ideology. The lawsuit also claims that ODHS directed school officials to deny Nicole Calaway access to her daughter’s educational records, even though no court order restricted her parental rights.

The Christian couple seeks compensatory and general damages of at least $5 million, special and economic damages, punitive damages, a declaratory judgment in their favor, attorney’s fees, and an injunction removing them from a child abuse registry or a sex offender registry. 

This is yet another shining example of the progressive orthodoxy machine grinding up families that dare to notice biological reality. Oregon bureaucrats decided that a Christian couple’s refusal to play along with their daughter’s sudden identity crisis counts as “mental injury.” Because nothing says child protection like yanking a teenager out of her home the day after mom and daughter fire a therapist who was apparently more interested in ideology than actual therapy.

The Calaways get branded as abusers on their permanent records for the high crime of showing videos that challenge the prevailing dogma. Dad even gets hit with a late-breaking “grooming” accusation that somehow never involved the police, an arrest, or a jail cell. Funny how that works. Meanwhile the state shrugs off earlier findings that the claims were unfounded and a court that twice refused to declare the kid in immediate danger.

When the dependency petition gets quietly withdrawn months later, the abuse findings stay on the books like a scarlet letter that follows the couple all the way to Florida. Mom can’t volunteer at church. Dad wonders out loud if actual sexual abuse accusations usually skip the part where you get arrested. 

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“It’s like we’re guilty until proven innocent,” she said, which is a pretty accurate description of how these systems operate once the sacred “gender identity” trigger gets pulled. The couple’s lawsuit lays it out plainly: they wouldn’t affirm something their faith and common sense both reject, and the state treated that as grounds to seize their child. They pointed to the Kass Review and the HHS study that found precious little evidence that “gender-affirming care” helps anyone, let alone adolescent girls. 

The therapist is accused of malpractice for pushing the opposite. 

Mom simply wanted her daughter to see the detransitioner stories before making irreversible decisions about her own body. This is what happens when the administrative state decides that disagreement with transgender ideology is itself a form of child abuse. Parental rights, free speech, and religious liberty get treated as optional suggestions once the orthodoxy is challenged. 

The Calaways are asking for damages and to have their names scrubbed from the registries. In a saner country that wouldn’t even be a close call.

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Joshua Kerry Charged With Brutally Murdering Ann Widdecombe; Leftists Already Blaming Society Instead Of The Monster Who Did It

"If an offender has committed murder, he must die. In this case, no possible substitute can satisfy justice. For there is no parallel between death and even the most miserable life, so that there is no equality of crime and retribution unless the perpetrator is judicially put to death." Immanuel Kant [The Metaphysics of Morals, 1797]

British prosecutors charged a leftist cretin, Joshua Kerry, 28, with the murder of ex-politician and reality TV contestant Ann Widdecombe. I don't often write about UK news, but this one is no different than the incidents we are seeing in the United States and all over Western nations.

"We have charged Joshua Kerry, a 28-year-old British national, of Burley Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire," officials announced after the former lift company [they call elevators 'lifts' in merry old England] worker drove more than 260 miles to the elderly conservative icon's home in Devon, drooling into his crotch the entire journey.

Court details revealed Kerry allegedly arrived in a red Vauxhall Corsa on July 8 and proceeded to attack Widdecombe while she ate lunch. Prosecutors told the court she was hit on the head repeatedly with a hammer, with reports specifying as many as 21 strikes.

The suspect, described as a white British national [which is incredibly more accurate in description than UK news describes Muslim perpetrators as "Asians"] living alone in a council house in Rotherham, was initially held on suspicion of murder before additional charges related to the commission, preparation, or instigation of acts of terrorism were considered.

Counter-terrorism police confirmed the investigation into his motivations continues, but he is, after all, a leftist and we all know how violent they've become when people have different opinions.

The real outrage is not just the crime but the predictable circus that follows. Here is a man who apparently could not build a life worth living, so he chose to destroy one instead.

A 78-year-old woman, a former government minister known for her unapologetic conservative views and plain speaking, targeted in her own kitchen. Kerry did not debate her because he doesn't have the capacity to do so. He did not write a strongly worded letter because writing is for losers. Instead, he picked up a hammer and used it like a coward who had run out of arguments and ideas if he even ever had one of those things.

Progressive voices will no doubt rush to blame "toxic masculinity," "austerity," "Brexit trauma," or whatever flavor of societal excuse is trending this week in the UK. They will demand we "understand his pain" and "address root causes."

Meanwhile, the actual root cause sits in custody: a grown man who traveled across England specifically to cave in the skull of a defenseless grandmother because he could not handle the fact that she existed and disagreed with him.

Ann Widdecombe spent decades fighting for traditional values, exposing nonsense, and refusing to bow to the cultural mob. Joshua Kerry spent his time likely picking his nose while apparently plotting the perfect hammer-based solution to political disagreement. One built a career. The other destroyed a life and now faces the consequences.

Sadly, there is no death sentence in the UK as it has been totally abolished.

The quotes remain unchanged because the facts do not need softening. Kerry is charged with murder. The victim was hit repeatedly with a hammer as she ate lunch. No amount of hand-wringing about "mental health" or "systemic failures" erases the simple truth that one man chose evil and acted on it.May justice be swift.

And may the rest of the left stop pretending every act of barbarism is society's fault instead of the fault of the barbarian who committed it.

Woke/leftism, is a mental illness.


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Andrew And Tristan Tate Shocked To Learn "Real Alpha Males" Still Have To Show Up In Court

Andrew and Tristan Tate, the internet's self proclaimed experts on masculinity, were arrested Saturday in Miami after federal officials took them into custody on an outstanding arrest warrant from the United Kingdom. Followers immediately began searching YouTube for tutorials on how to dominate a courtroom with "alpha energy."

The Crown Prosecution Service last year charged Andrew Tate with 10 counts, including rape and human trafficking involving three women. Tristan Tate was charged with 11 similar counts involving one woman. On Saturday, prosecutors announced additional charges, including 19 counts related to illegal child images and pornography against Andrew Tate. Apparently, collecting criminal charges was the only hustle the brothers never stopped promoting.

“We can confirm the arrest of the Tate brothers today in Miami,” the U.S. Marshals Service said in a statement. “The warrant was sealed so we are unable to confirm the charges.”

The office of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier confirmed the brothers were arrested on a warrant issued by the United Kingdom. It was a disappointing turn of events for influencers who spent years convincing young men that confidence, sunglasses indoors, and Bugattis made consequences disappear.

“To me, when they’re making statements that sound an awful lot like criminal activity, I think as attorney general, I’ve got a duty to investigate and make sure that we’re not subjecting, you know, women in our state to dangers,” Uthmeier said last year. “If there’s a crime that occurred here in our jurisdiction, we’ve got a prerogative to prosecute it, and we will do so.”

The arrests add to years of legal trouble that have followed the brothers across multiple countries. While most entrepreneurs diversify their investments, the Tates allegedly diversified their legal representation.

Their online empire was built on convincing disillusioned young men that every failed relationship was someone else's fault, every criticism was proof of jealousy, and every obnoxious personality trait was evidence of being an "alpha." Millions watched as the brothers confused narcissism with confidence, arrogance with strength, and treating women like human beings with a catastrophic loss of masculinity.

Then came the allegations that painted a far darker picture than the cigar smoking social media persona.

Last year, Andrew Tate's former girlfriend, Brianna Stern, accused him of physical abuse.

“The last time I saw Andrew was on March 11, 2025 at the Beverly Hill’s Hotel,” Stern wrote on social media. “The last words he said to me before I left the hotel were: ‘Shut the f*** up, b****. You will never backtalk me. You are my property.'”

Months later, Canadian YouTuber Lauren Southern also accused Tate of sexual assault in her memoir.

“I said no, very clearly, multiple times, and tried to pull his hands off me,” Southern wrote. “He put his arm around my neck and began strangling me unconscious. I tried to fight back. He repeatedly strangled me every time I regained enough consciousness to pull at his arms. I’d prefer not to share the rest. It’s pretty obvious.”

Andrew and Tristan Tate have repeatedly denied all allegations against them.

The brothers, who hold dual American and British citizenship, returned to the United States last year while Romanian authorities continued investigating them. The United Kingdom is now seeking their extradition, leaving fans to wonder whether "escaping the Matrix" was supposed to include repeatedly running into law enforcement on multiple continents.

Experts say the only thing less convincing than the Tates' definition of masculinity is the idea that a man becomes stronger by treating women as disposable props. Real strength has never required a rented supercar, a webcam, or a podcast microphone.

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The UK rightly bans Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker from entering the country

Young Turks [the 'k' is pronounced as a 'd'] founder Cenk Uygur and his nephew, the left-wing streamer Hasan Piker, both virulent anti-Semites, have discovered that the politics of open borders and unrestricted movement occasionally collide with the realities of national sovereignty.

Both men announced Monday that they had been barred from entering the United Kingdom ahead of their planned appearances at the upcoming South by Southwest festival in London. The British government reportedly revoked their visas over concerns related to their public rhetoric on Israel, a remarkable development given the contemporary West's usual reluctance to police incendiary political speech.

According to Uygur, the British Home Office designated him a "serious risk to the public order" after he claimed that "Israel controls the American government through donations to 94% of Congress." Whether one views such remarks as criticism, conspiracy theory, or something in between, British authorities evidently concluded that importing them was not in the public interest as riots and destruction tend to occur when anti-Zionist/anti-Semitism are brought forth in the public arena.

The response from the loudmouth Uygur was immediate and characteristically dramatic.

"Are we free anymore?" he asked in a post on X. "This is oppression of Western citizens by our own governments on behalf of a different country!"

In a subsequent thread, Uygur portrayed the visa ban as a badge of honor.

 
"It is an honor to have made Israel's enemies list. I'm very proud to have fought against their genocide."

"The mighty United Kingdom is afraid of speech that shows you who's responsible for those war crimes. But no amount of censorship will get us to stop telling the truth."

Piker, who generally favors fewer words than his uncle, offered his own interpretation of events. He claimed the United Kingdom had revoked his visa at "the behest of Israel."

"The West is betraying 'liberal values' for a genocidal fascist foreign government," Piker wrote. "Soon we will all become Israel." 

What a piece of human excrement this man is.

The episode highlights one of the more curious contradictions of modern political activism. Many of those who insist that nations have little right to control their borders become deeply indignant when a nation exercises precisely that right against them.

The controversy arrives amid additional scrutiny surrounding the execrable Piker. 

Last week, Fox News reported that the U.S. Treasury Department had subpoenaed Piker and CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin, a self-loathing Jewish woman, as part of an investigation into whether activists violated U.S. sanctions during a trip to Cuba. 

According to the report, investigators are examining the activities of roughly 40 American citizens who allegedly coordinated with foreign nationals, including Brazilian activist Thiago Avila, who recently gained attention after being detained by Israel following his participation in a Gaza-bound flotilla. He had been accused of inappropriate sexual activity, which he denied. and claimed he had been tortured by Israel, which is not at all likely. 

Further subpoenas are reportedly expected.

Fox also reported that those under investigation include Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Representative Ilhan Omar. Sources told the network that investigators are examining whether Omar herself may have helped finance her daughter's travel.

For years, anti-Israel activists have portrayed themselves as dissidents bravely speaking truth to power. What appears to have unsettured Uygur and Piker is the realization that governments, including Western governments, sometimes retain the authority to decide who may cross their borders and under what conditions. Whether that authority has been exercised wisely in this case is a matter for debate. That the authority exists should not come as a surprise.

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Starmer backs Iran: says UK won't support Strait of Hormuz blockade

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that no matter how much pressure is applied, Britain would absolutely not be dragged into the Iran war or participate in any silly blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

"We're not supporting the blockade," he told BBC Radio 5 Live, adding that it was vital to get the Strait reopened and therefore help Iran supply oil and goods for the regime.

"It is, in my view, vital that we get the Strait open and fully open, and that's where we've put all of our efforts and we'll continue to do so," Starmer said.

Britain had minesweepers in the region, he said, and while he could not discuss operational matters lest he tip his hand to the USA, the military capability was "focused from our point of view on getting the Strait full open."

The U.S. military said it would begin a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports and coastal areas on Monday, after weekend talks failed to reach a deal to end the war with Iran.

The U.S. Central Command said that the U.S. blockade, starting at 10 a.m. ET on Monday (1400 GMT), would be "enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman."Vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports will not be impeded, the U.S. military said.

President Donald Trump said on Sunday U.S. forces would also intercept every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran.

"No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas," Trump wrote on social media, adding: "Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!"

This is akin to blowing vessels into smithereens and Trump isn't kidding.

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Ye Wireless gigs "deeply concerning", Starmer says: Pepsi pulls sponsorship

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has joined the chorus of concern over the forthcoming appearance of famous anti-Semite Kanye West, while beverage giant Pepsi has withdrawn its sponsorship of the Wireless Festival, which the foul-mouth rapper is due to headline, following the booking.

The rapper who has glorified Adolf Hitler and the Nazis on multiple occasions, and blamed his behavior on mental illness caused by an old head injury. West, who now goes by “Ye”, is due to headline all three nights at the Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park, north London, in July, marking his first performances in the UK in over a decade.

In comments first reported by the Sun on Sunday, Starmer said: “It is deeply concerning that Kanye West has been booked to perform at Wireless despite his previous anti-Semitic remarks and celebration of Nazism.

“Antisemitism in any form is abhorrent and must be confronted clearly and firmly wherever it appears. Everyone has a responsibility to ensure Britain is a place where Jewish people feel safe and secure.”

Last spring West released a song entitled Heil Hitler which contained an extract of a speech from the Nazi leader. It followed the sale on his website of T-shirts featuring a swastika.

In October 2022, in a post on X he said he was going to go “death con 3 on Jewish people [sic]” and later denied the Holocaust on a far-right talk show, proving he is a disgusting person.

His outbursts led to him being dropped by commercial partners including Adidas. Meanwhile, Pepsi, the main sponsor of Wireless Festival, has confirmed it has withdrawn its support for the event following the booking. Why they originally agreed to sponsor this garbage human being is a mystery.

A Pepsi spokesperson told ITV News on Sunday: “Pepsi has decided to withdraw its sponsorship of Wireless Festival.” I wonder how long they pondered that decision.

In January, West took out a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal to apologize for his behavior, including the anti-Semitic episodes, probably because it was hurting his bottom line.

The advert, which took the form of a letter to “those I have hurt”, attributed his actions to a bipolar disorder, resulting from an injury in a car accident that had only been diagnosed many years later. The way in which a car accident can cause bipolar disorder is rare and needs to include traumatic brain injury.

In early 2025, he fell into “a four-month long manic episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behavior that destroyed my life,” he said.

In that “fractured state”, he explained, “I gravitated toward the most destructive symbol I could find, the swastika, and even sold T-shirts bearing it.

“I regret and am deeply mortified by my actions in that state, and am committed to accountability, treatment, and meaningful change. It does not excuse what I did though. I am not a Nazi or an anti-Semite. I love Jewish people.”

Really?

The Board of Deputies and the Jewish Leadership Council have both called for the cancellation of his booking at the Wireless Festival.

BoD president Phil Rosenberg said that given the current high levels of anti-Semitism in the UK, inviting West to perform “seems to be absolutely the wrong decision and many Jewish people will worry that that will just inflame what is already a very febrile situation.”

The Campaign Against Antisemitism commented: “The Government can ban anyone from entering the UK who is not a citizen and whose presence would ‘not be conducive to the public good’. Surely this is a clear case.”

That must have been one heck of a car accident.

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Iran regime running low on missiles with "widespread desertions"

Iranian missile strikes have dropped to their "lowest number" yet over the past 24 hours, as Operation Epic Fury sparks "widespread desertions" among Tehran's fighting force, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday morning.

"The last 24 hours saw the lowest number of enemy missiles and drones fired by Iran," Hegseth told reporters at the Pentagon. "Our strikes are damaging the morale of the Iranian military, leading to widespread desertions, key personnel shortages, and causing frustrations amongst senior leaders."

"They will go underground, but we will find them," Hegseth said of the Islamic Republic’s remaining leadership. "We recently destroyed another one of their command bunkers. Leaders forced to flee, no water, no power, no oxygen, no command and control. Their faith in their caves diminishing."

The chaos and confusion inside the regime has allowed U.S. forces to penetrate deeper into Iran, hitting missile systems and other targets based on real-time intelligence. The United States conducted some 200 dynamic strikes through Monday evening, with fighter pilots being fed updated targeting information mid-air. These types of attacks have allowed the U.S. military to take out Iran’s mobile missile launchers and troop formations while they move into place.

"A dynamic target is one that changes while you're in the air because of improved intelligence, 200 dynamic strikes alone, in addition to the pre-planned targets," Hegseth said, confirming that among the targets was an ammunition depot inside Iran’s Esfahan nuclear complex. Trump posted a video of the strike Monday evening on Truth Social, showing 2,000 pound bunker busters hammering the military site.

"The upcoming days will be decisive," Hegseth said. "Iran knows that, and there's almost nothing they can militarily do about it. Yes, they will still shoot some missiles, but we will shoot them down."

Hegseth said that Iran’s remaining leadership would be wise to strike a deal with Trump while the offer remains on the table.

"The new Iranian regime should know that by now this new regime, because regime change has occurred, should be wiser than the last," he said. "President Trump will make a deal, he is willing, and the terms of the deal are known to them. If Iran is not willing, then the United States War Department will continue with even more intensity."

The U.S. military has struck more than 11,000 targets over the past 30 days and is now conducting the first "overland missions" with B-52 bomber planes, according to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, who spoke alongside Hegseth. These missions have allowed U.S. troops "to get on top of the enemy," pressuring regime assets as they move across the battlefield.

Attack helicopters have also joined the fight, bringing "close air support assets into the naval domain," Caine said. These operations have helped sink more than 150 Iranian ships, including all of the Islamic Republic’s advanced Jamaran class frigates, which are designed to destroy submarines from long distances.

"We continue to prosecute our campaign against their defense industrial base at scale," Caine said. "This includes factories, warehouses, nuclear weapons, research and development labs, and the associated infrastructure required for Iran to reconstitute its combat capability."

Hegseth said in the press conference that the United States remains focused on opening the Strait of Hormuz but noted that the issue "is not just the United States of America’s problem set."Trump, in a Tuesday morning Truth Social post, said that Western allies like the United Kingdom need to "build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT. You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us. Iran has been, essentially, decimated. The hard part is done. Go get your own oil!"

Trump has also recently floated the possibility of seizing Iran’s main oil hub, Kharg Island, and Hegseth indicated those plans could be put into action soon.

"Our adversary right now thinks there are 15 different ways we could come at them with boots on the ground," Hegseth said. "And guess what: There are."

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Trump thinking about leaving NATO: sees it as "paper tiger"

Signaling a seismic shift in the post-World War II global order, President Donald Trump said he is “strongly considering” withdrawing the United States from NATO, delivering one of his clearest warnings that Washington may no longer be willing to underwrite European security without reciprocal support. If this comes to pass, this will render NATO impotent.

Delivered in a characteristically blunt interview with The Telegraph, Trump argued the alliance has become a “one-way street,” with the United States expected to defend Europe while allies decline to support American operations.

The catalyst for this potential divorce is the refusal of European allies to support the U.S.-led effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for 20 percent of the world’s oil, which has been temporarily shuttered by Tehran.

Asked whether he would reconsider U.S. membership after the war with Iran is over, Trump did not hedge.

“Oh yes, I would say beyond reconsideration,” he said. “I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way.”

Trump pointed directly to European reluctance to support efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for 20 percent of the world’s oil that has been shuttered by Iran, as evidence that the alliance is failing. He noted that while the United States has “automatically” stood by Europe, including in non-member states like Ukraine, the favor has not been returned.

“They weren’t there for us,” Trump remarked, specifically lambasting UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for a lack of naval support.

Senior administration officials are now echoing the president’s frustration.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that continued U.S. participation in NATO cannot be taken for granted if allies expect protection while limiting American military flexibility.

“If NATO is just about us defending Europe if they’re attacked but then denying us basing rights when we need them, that’s not a very good arrangement,” Rubio said.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth went further, arguing the war has exposed a fundamental imbalance.

“You don’t have much of an alliance if you have countries that are not willing to stand with you when you need them,” Hegseth stated.

The statements point to a hardening of the administration’s NATO stance. Sources suggest the White House is eyeing a model that would block delinquent or uncooperative members from decision-making and is revisiting plans to withdraw troops from Germany.

As the U.S. and Israel continue air strikes against Iran’s nuclear program, the message from Washington is clear: the era of the American “blank check” for European security is over. If NATO will not serve as a platform for mutual security, President Trump appears ready to walk away from the table entirely.

This move seems to be a long time coming. The U.S. has always carried most of the financial burden for NATO, and even when Trump demanded they pay their share, the treaty nations always got a bargain price for membership compared to the United States.

According to Grok: 

In absolute dollar terms (total defense spending, which funds NATO's real strength): The United States dominates, spending an estimated $980 billion in 2025 — about 62% of all NATO defense spending combined (total NATO ~$1.59 trillion).

Next are Germany ($94 billion) and the UK ($91 billion). All other members are far behind.

I suspect NATO members are quivering in their boots when considering the global implications.

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London: Four Hatzola ambulances destroyed by Iranian regime-aligned group

The torching of four ambulances belonging to the Jewish volunteer service Hatzola, carried out in the early hours outside the Machzike Hadath Synagogue in Golders Green, north London, represents yet another grim chapter in the escalating war against Jewish life in Europe.

Surveillance footage shared on social media appears to show several hooded or masked men pouring gasoline on the vehicles before fleeing the scenes. An aerial view captures fire services continuing to monitor the scene after the attack on March 23, 2026.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the incident as "a deeply shocking anti-Semitic arson attack." Hatzola, a not-for-profit volunteer organization that responds to medical emergencies, provides essential life-saving services to the community, free of charge.

The London Fire Brigade dispatched six engines and forty firefighters to the blaze, where multiple cylinders on the vehicles exploded, shattering windows in a nearby apartment block. Mercifully, no injuries were reported.

The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that the attack is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime. A newly emerged Shiite terror group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin, known in English as the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right, or the Islamic Movement of the People of the Right, claimed responsibility via its Telegram channel for the assault outside the synagogue.

This group has surfaced only in recent weeks, linking itself to a string of attacks on Jewish targets across Europe, including an explosion at a synagogue in Liège, Belgium, a blast at a Jewish school in Amsterdam, and arson at a synagogue in Rotterdam. It is widely believed to be connected to Iranian-backed Shia Islamist factions operating under the banner of the so-called Islamic Resistance in Iraq.

A video released by Ashab al-Yamin appears to depict its members conducting reconnaissance on the Hatzola ambulances prior to the arson. Handheld footage suggests the perpetrators lingered near the scene to observe the flames. Yet the text overlaid in the video reveals the true intent: "The Machzike Hadath Synagogue is one of the most important centers of Orthodox Judaism [...] and one of the main bastions of support for Israel in Britain."

Superintendent Sarah Jackson of the Metropolitan Police stated, "We are in the process of examining CCTV and are aware of online footage," adding that no arrests have yet been made, but three suspects are believed to have been involved.

Starmer, posting on X, declared, "My thoughts are with the Jewish community who are waking up this morning to this horrific news. Anti-Semitism has no place in our society. 

"The Israeli embassy in Britain pointed to the rampant antisemitism in London and condemned the firebombing of ambulances as the bitter fruit of years of tolerated hatred. "Enough is enough," the embassy posted on X. "There must be a thorough investigation and decisive action to put an end to this climate of intimidation before it spirals further. Silence and inaction are no longer an option."

Mark Gardner, chief executive of the Community Security Trust, which provides security advice to Britain's estimated 290,000 Jews, observed that the fires bore "an obvious parallel to similar recent anti-Jewish arson attacks in Liège, Rotterdam and Amsterdam."

London Mayor Sadiq Khan perfunctorily condemned the attack and announced increased police patrols in the area.

Hatzola Northwest, a registered UK charity based in Golders Green, describes itself on its website as offering "a 24/7 community service, operating 365 days a year to provide a swift response to medical emergencies in a 2.5-mile radius" from its headquarters. "The service is provided free of charge by our 61 fully qualified medics and paramedic volunteer responders, all of whom have undergone and continue to receive intensive training. They are equipped with comprehensive Basic Life Support kits, including resuscitation equipment, oxygen, and defibrillators and are ready to drop everything to respond to a medical emergency. 

Hatzola Northwest presently has a fleet of five active ambulances and 3 Fast response Units, which are used for responding when needed, including urgent patient transport as required."

What we witness here is a calculated assault on the infrastructure of communal care, chosen precisely because it serves the vulnerable and stands as a quiet emblem of Jewish resilience in the heart of Britain. The perpetrators, shielded by masks and the anonymity of the night, have struck at something far more than vehicles: they have aimed at the very sense of security that Jewish communities have fought so hard to maintain. 

The question now is whether the authorities in Britain will finally treat such acts with the gravity they demand, or whether this too will be absorbed into the weary pattern of condemnation without consequence.

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Mayor Mamdani busted for lying--big time

Late last week, we learned that Rama Duwaji, the wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, had illustrated a book for the Palestinian-American author and journalist Susan Abulhawa, a woman with a distinctly troubling record of antisemitism, including describing Jews as "cockroaches," "rootless parasites," and "rabid demons."

This revelation arrived hot on the heels of the earlier discovery that Duwaji had liked dozens of social media posts celebrating the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. Once again, Mamdani stepped forward to run interference for his wife, insisting that she had secured the freelance illustrating job through a third party and had no idea it was for Abulhawa. He described Abulhawa's remarks as "reprehensible," which, one notes, fits neatly with Mamdani's apparent habit of throwing friends and allies under the bus when the moment requires it.

And we say "friends and allies" advisedly, because it turns out the Mamdani family has rather more substantial ties to Abulhawa, and to many like her, than the mayor would have us believe. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s family has crossed paths with the anti-Israel activist who called Jews “cockroaches” and “vampires,” despite his attempts to distance himself from her.

Susan Abulhawa, now 55, sits on the Advisory Policy Council of the Gaza Tribunal alongside Mamdani’s father, the Columbia University professor Mahmood Mamdani. The group, a select body of just 29 members, was set up in London in 2024 and presents itself as an independent “people’s tribunal” dedicated to gathering evidence against Israel in Gaza. Among its other prominent figures is the British Member of Parliament Jeremy Corbyn.

But the connections run deeper still. Abulhawa was a featured speaker at Columbia University’s Center for Palestine Studies, an institution with which Mamdani Sr., a long-time professor in the Department of Anthropology, has been closely associated, his name appearing in a bio on their website.

Moreover, Abulhawa was among the prominent signatories to a 2018 open letter addressed to members of the Saudi royal family, urging them to release the professor and women’s rights activist Hatoon al-Fassi. Mamdani’s filmmaker mother, Mira Nair, as well as his father, were also among those who signed.

This is not an isolated incident but part of a clear pattern: Mamdani repeatedly finds himself acquainted with deeply controversial figures and then denies, or at least minimizes, the connections. Last fall, we learned that his family had ties to an Ugandan politician who wished to imprison gays for life, despite his protestations of ignorance.

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When one marries, one generally ensures compatibility on the big questions. Supporting Islamic terrorism, or at the very least declining to recoil from those who do, appears to be one of those big questions in the Mamdani marriage.

New Yorkers were warned. They chose to ignore the warnings.

We are sure, of course, that it is all just a coincidence.

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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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