MI6 chief: We need intelligence operations to stop Iran developing nuclear weapo
dandelion salad | 29.10.2010 07:41 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Other Press | Sheffield | World
"Stopping nuclear proliferation cannot be addressed purely by conventional diplomacy. We need intelligence-led operations to make it more difficult for countries like Iran to develop nuclear weapons," Head of MI6 John Sawers said in the first public speech by a serving UK secret intelligence service chief.
MI6 Chief Sir John Sawers delivers his 'Britain's Secret Frontline' speech
MI6 chief: We need intelligence operations to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons
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1) MI6 chief: We need intelligence operations to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons (28 October 2010)
2) UK Foreign Minister: We will continue to lead the way in imposing tighter sanctions on Iran (6 October 2010)
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“The risks of failure in this area are grim. Stopping nuclear proliferation cannot be addressed purely by conventional diplomacy. We need intelligence-led operations to make it more difficult for countries like Iran to develop nuclear weapons.”
[MI6 Chief Sir John Sawers’ “Britain's Secret Frontline” speech to the Society of Editors, Canary Wharf, London, 28 October 2010. This is the first ever public speech by a serving Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS).] [1]
“[A]s long as the Iranian nuclear programme is pursued in defiance of the world and without a clear peaceful purpose, this country will continue to lead the way, as we did this summer, in imposing tighter sanctions on Iran both at the United Nations and in the European Union. Those sanctions are beginning to bite”
[UK Foreign Minister William Hague's speech at the annual Conservative Party Conference, Birmingham, 6 October 2010] [2]
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[1] Britain’s Secret Frontline
Foreign and Commonwealth Office website, 28 October 2010
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=Speech&id=23107618 [2] William Hague: Sovereignty clause will enshrine key principle
Conservative Party website, 6 October 2010
http://www.conservatives.com/News/Speeches/2010/10/William_Hague_Sover eignty_clause_will_enshrine_key_principle.aspx ___________________________
from the archives:
UK’s new Prime Minister: An Iran free from nuclear weapons is vital to our security
Dandelion Salad, 26 May 2010
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/uk%E2%80%99s-new-prime- minister-an-iran-free-from-nuclear-weapons-is-vital-to-our-security/ William Hague: I have Iran in my sights
Hague pledges to re-engage in Middle East peace process if the Tories win
The Jewish Chronicle, 29 April 2010
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/31180/william-hague-i-have-iran-my-s ights Averting the Iranian Nuclear Flashpoint
Foreign Secretary David Miliband writes in the International Herald Tribune on Iran’s nuclear programme
British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) website, 27 March 2010
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=News&id=21970837 British intelligence services accuse Iran of designing nuclear warhead
Dandelion Salad, 30 September 2009
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/british-intelligence-services-accuse-iran-of-designing-nuclear-warhead/ UK: New sanctions on Iran is a priority – Israel: Time is running out
Dandelion Salad, 25 August 2009
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/uk-new-sanctions-on-iran-is-a-priority-israel-time-is-running-out/ UK Foreign Minister Miliband: The long thesis of the conspiracy by foreign powers against Iran is peddled vociferously by the regime
Dandelion Salad, 19 June 2009
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/uk-foreign-minister-david-miliband-the-long-thesis-of-the-conspiracy-by-foreign-powers-against-iran-is-peddled-vociferously-by-the-regime/ Long history of Anglo-American covert provocation and action in Iran
by Steve Watson, Global Research, 3 April 2007
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UK special forces training police to deal with Mumbai-style terrorists
29.10.2010 08:04
SAS training police to deal with Mumbai-style terrorists
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excerpts from: SAS training police to deal with Mumbai-style terrorists
The SAS is training police to respond to a Mumbai-style shooting after discovering that special forces are unlikely to be able to deal with such an attack.
by Duncan Gardham, Daily Telegraph, 27 October 2010
Analysis has shown that the SAS would not make it onto the scene in time to prevent most of the deaths if terrorists launched a commando-style shooting spree in a major British city.
John Yates, Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism police officer, has persuaded the government to buy better weapons for police firearms units across the country which will also get training from special forces.
The Specialist Firearms Command at Scotland Yard, known as CO19, already has officers in armed response vehicles trained to use the Heckler and Koch G36 assault rifle along with expanding hollow point “dum dum” bullets which are better at stopping targets.
There has been resistance from other forces to adopt such “paramilitary” weaponry but Mr Yates has told chief constables that they need to be ready to deal with such an attack. [...]
In Britain police firearms officers would be expected to shoot to kill in order to prevent terrorists entering a major building. [...]
The Daily Telegraph reported last week that the government’s Strategic Defence and Security Review had decided to improve the firearms capabilities of police armed response units and support their work with specialist military units to improve their response to a Mumbai-style terrorist firearms attack.
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related links:
Strategic Defence and Security Review - Securing Britain in an age of uncertainty
UK Parliament website, 19 October 2010
‘Mumbai-style terror plot’ against UK uncovered
Dandelion Salad, 29 September 2010
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by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 31 October 2008
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from the archives:
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Daily Mail, 15 April 2010
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by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 24 July 2005
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