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UK Anti-Terror Chief: ISIS Planning "Enormous and Spectacular Attacks" in Britain
(Guardian-UK) Vikram Dodd - Islamic State wants to inflict an "enormous and spectacular" terrorist atrocity on Britain, Mark Rowley, who leads on counter-terrorism for Scotland Yard, said Monday. "In recent months we've seen a broadening...from that narrow focus on police and military as symbols of the state to something much broader. And you see a terrorist group which has big ambitions for enormous and spectacular attacks, not just the types that we've seen foiled to date." There were 339 arrests in the UK under counter-terrorism laws in 2015, 77% of which were British nationals. The ringleader of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, visited Birmingham and London months before spearheading the carnage in the French capital. Found on his phone were pictures taken during his visit to fellow jihadis.