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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent

‘My blood is boiling, brother’: the foiled plot to massacre Jews on streets of Greater Manchester

Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein talking inside a car
Surveillance photo of Walid Saadaoui (left) meeting Amar Hussein in a car park. Photograph: Greater Manchester police

When Walid Saadaoui recruited Amar Hussein to join him in a pogrom on the streets of Greater Manchester, Hussein wept with joy.

For years, the two men had been sleeper agents for the Islamic State terrorist group. Each had lived quietly in Britain for years, waiting for the right moment to stage an attack, and for the right person to give them the support to make it happen.

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