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ISIS is still a threat, especially to the UK

By Tom Rogan
Published December 28, 2017 9:38pm ET
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ISIS is still a threat, especially to the UK
In this June 5, 2017 photo, commuters walk past a police officer on London Bridge. Two days earlier on June 3, terrorists struck several pedestrians there before launching a knife attack in a nearby part of the city; the Islamic State later claimed responsibility. A recent report released in December by Britain's parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee said that "The scale of the current threat facing the U.K. and its interests from Islamist terror groups is unprecedented." (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) | Alastair Grant

When it comes to Islamic terrorist plots, Britain faces “a pace [of threat] we have just never experienced before.”

Those aren’t the words of a politician, but rather the warning of an officer from Britain’s domestic spy agency, the Security Service (also known as MI5).

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