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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 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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notes:


[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


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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

 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=5267


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dandelion salad
- Homepage: http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/mi6-chief-we-need-intelligence-operations-to-stop-iran-developing-nuclear-weapons/

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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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 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8088338/SAS-training-police-to-deal-with-Mumbai-style-terrorists.html


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

 http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/documents/digitalasset/dg_191634.pdf



‘Mumbai-style terror plot’ against UK uncovered

Dandelion Salad, 29 September 2010

 http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/mumbai-style-terror-plot-against-uk-uncovered/



"A Second 9/11": An integral part of US military doctrine

by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 31 October 2008

 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10767


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from the archives:


Police need more powerful weapons to combat ‘Mumbai-style terror attacks’ says police chief

Daily Mail, 15 April 2010

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1266001/Police-need-powerful-weapons-combat-Mumbai-style-te rror-attacks-says-police-chief.html#ixzz10wQ6Eask



Were British special forces soldiers planting bombs in Basra?

by Michael Keefer, Global Research, 25 September 2005

 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=994



British cops trained in Israel
"Operation Kratos": London Met police special operations unit "shoot to kill"

by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 24 July 2005

 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=732


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- Homepage: http:// http://www.911forum.org.uk/board/viewtopic.php?p=151405&highlight=#151405


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