{"id":22192,"date":"2026-02-16T03:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=22192"},"modified":"2026-02-16T03:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:26:31","slug":"how-an-undercover-cop-foiled-an-is-plot-to-massacre-britains-jews-podcast-antisemitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=22192","title":{"rendered":"How an undercover cop foiled an IS plot to massacre Britain\u2019s Jews \u2013 podcast | Antisemitism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Walid Saadaoui had once worked as a holiday entertainer, organising dance shows and quizzes at a resort in his native Tunisia<\/a>. After moving to the UK and marrying a British woman, he became a restaurateur and an avid keeper of birds.<\/p>\n

All the while, however \u2013 as the Guardian\u2019s community affairs correspondent, Chris Osuh<\/strong>, explains \u2013 he was hiding a secret: he had pledged allegiance to Islamic State<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were sentenced to life imprisonment after attempting to carry out what could have been one of the deadliest terror attacks in the UK. They had planned a devastating assault on Greater Manchester\u2019s Jewish community. Unbeknown to them, the fellow IS supporter involved in their plot \u2013 known by the codename \u2018Farouk\u2019 \u2013 was in fact an undercover police officer.<\/p>\n

Saadaoui\u2019s younger brother, Bilel Saadaoui, was jailed for six years for failing to disclose information about the plan.<\/p>\n

Osuh, who has been covering the trial, speaks to Helen Pidd<\/strong> about how the plot was uncovered and the impact it has had on one of the largest Jewish communities in the world.<\/p>\n

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