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Nevilledog

(51,055 posts)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 01:09 PM Aug 2021

UK: Secret army of 200 ex-soldiers plotting attacks on vaccine centres



Tweet text:
Shayan Sardarizadeh
@Shayan86
Veterans 4 Freedom, a private army of more than 200 ex-servicemen and women, is plotting to cause mayhem across Britain with a series of anti-vaccine offensives.

Secret army of 200 ex-soldiers plotting attacks on vaccine centres
Calling itself Veterans 4 Freedom (V4F) and founded by a former Royal Marine commando, the self-styled paramilitary group is made up of 16 operational 'cells' across Britain.
dailymail.co.uk
10:00 AM · Aug 29, 2021


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9936399/Secret-army-200-weapons-obsessed-ex-soldiers-plotting-attacks-vaccine-centres.html


A sinister private army of more than 200 ex-servicemen and women is plotting to cause mayhem across Britain with a series of devastating anti-vaccine offensives, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Calling itself Veterans 4 Freedom (V4F) and founded by a former Royal Marine commando, the self-styled paramilitary group is made up of 16 operational 'cells' across Britain, linked to a secret leadership command.

Some members appear obsessed with weapons and have discussed violent insurrection, including attacking vaccine centres and targeting employees – what one chillingly termed 'bringing the fight to the people sticking the needle in'.

The group insists all new recruits provide evidence of service in the Armed Forces.

Once 'vetted' they are given access to a channel on Telegram, an encrypted messaging app used by extremists and criminals due to its high security levels.

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UK: Secret army of 200 ex-soldiers plotting attacks on vaccine centres (Original Post) Nevilledog Aug 2021 OP
Crazy knows no borders nt XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #1
I remember reading about medical personnel in third world countries getting attacked tanyev Aug 2021 #2
Hate, looking for outlets? empedocles Aug 2021 #3
At least they aren't using the word 'jab'. Tomconroy Aug 2021 #4
bwaaaaaaa! XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #5
+1 musette_sf Aug 2021 #8
hahaha obamanut2012 Aug 2021 #12
Well done! Treefrog Aug 2021 #17
Well then maybe they should be put down. Arrested perhaps. rockfordfile Aug 2021 #6
USA is ground zero-- but social media and the net allows the spread of dangerous andym Aug 2021 #7
I actually think Russia probably is (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #19
Covid is a world crisis and people are responding with cowardice, fear, ignorance, aggression. Irish_Dem Aug 2021 #9
Thanks, Putin. Kid Berwyn Aug 2021 #10
More like it. 2naSalit Aug 2021 #11
Fiends in high places. Kid Berwyn Aug 2021 #13
Thanks... 2naSalit Aug 2021 #16
Some believe what they are told, but can't think for themselves RANDYWILDMAN Aug 2021 #14
I'm sure they don't have any informants Red Mountain Aug 2021 #15
Insane rage knows no boundaries, evidently Hekate Aug 2021 #18

tanyev

(42,540 posts)
2. I remember reading about medical personnel in third world countries getting attacked
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 01:13 PM
Aug 2021

when they were trying to help with ebola or whatever the health crisis of the moment was. I thought how terrible it was that the level of education/poor communications/rampant supersitions in that country was responsible for such violent attacks.

Well here we are.

andym

(5,443 posts)
7. USA is ground zero-- but social media and the net allows the spread of dangerous
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 01:22 PM
Aug 2021

misinformation and conspiracies wide and far with potentially tragic consequences elsewhere.

Irish_Dem

(46,767 posts)
9. Covid is a world crisis and people are responding with cowardice, fear, ignorance, aggression.
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 01:24 PM
Aug 2021

Not our finest moment.

Kid Berwyn

(14,848 posts)
13. Fiends in high places.
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 02:58 PM
Aug 2021
Steve Bannon Officially Cleared Of Federal Charges After Trump Pardon — But This State Probe Still Looms

Alison Durkee
Forbes, 25 May 2021

Fraud charges against Steve Bannon were dismissed by a federal judge Tuesday in light of former President Donald Trump’s last-minute pardon of his former advisor before leaving office—but he still faces a new state investigation into his role in the “We Build The Wall” fundraising scheme.

* Bannon was arrested in August on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering for his role in We Build The Wall, a private fundraising campaign for Trump’s border wall between the U.S. and Mexico (he pleaded not guilty to the charges).

* The organizers of the scheme allegedly defrauded their donors—who raised more than $25 million for the cause—by siphoning money for their own personal use, with Bannon reportedly receiving more than $1 million of the funds.

* Trump then gave Bannon a “full and unconditional pardon” on his final day in the White House to clear his federal indictment, which Bannon accepted.

* U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres granted Bannon’s motion to dismiss the case against him on Tuesday, saying that was the “proper course” following Trump’s pardon.

* After Trump pardoned Bannon, however, state prosecutors in New York reportedly opened their own criminal investigation into Bannon’s role in We Build The Wall—which the pardon does not protect Bannon from, as that only applied to federal charges and not state ones.

* CNN reported in February that the New Jersey Attorney General’s office is also looking into We Build the Wall, though that is a civil and not a criminal investigation.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/05/25/steve-bannon-officially-cleared-of-federal-charges-after-trump-pardon---but-this-state-probe-still-looms/?sh=2cd306c057c4

Red Mountain

(1,729 posts)
15. I'm sure they don't have any informants
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 03:02 PM
Aug 2021

who are members.

Nothing like media coverage of your secret plot.

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