{"id":2569868,"date":"2026-02-13T19:21:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T00:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-men-convicted-for-isis-inspired-plot-to-kill-hundreds-of-jews-in-uk\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T19:23:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T00:23:02","slug":"two-men-convicted-for-isis-inspired-plot-to-kill-hundreds-of-jews-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-men-convicted-for-isis-inspired-plot-to-kill-hundreds-of-jews-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Two men convicted for ISIS-inspired plot to kill hundreds of Jews in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-men-convicted-for-isis-inspired-plot-to-kill-hundreds-of-jews-in-uk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2569868&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two men in the United Kingdom were convicted for an ISIS-inspired plot to kill hundreds of Jews in the greater Manchester area. Walid Saadaoui, 38, who led the operation, and Amar Hussein, 52, were sentenced to long prison terms\u2014Saadaoui to at least 37 years and Hussein to at least 26 years\u2014with Saadaoui\u2019s younger brother, 37, receiving six years for failing to disclose facts about the plot. Prosecutors said the pair sought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-congress-enact-major-restrictions-on-constitutionally-protected-second-amendment-rights\/\" title=\"Biden To Congress: Enact Major Restrictions On Constitutionally Protected Second A...d...t Rights\">automatic firearms<\/a> and hundreds of rounds of ammunition to gun down Jews, an attack that could have been the deadliest in UK history. The plot collapsed after they contacted an undercover operative named Farouk; Saadaoui planned to pick up two assault rifles,a pistol,and about 200 rounds near a Manchester hotel,but over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >200 counterterrorism officers arrested<\/a> them in May 2024.Judge mark Wall noted the suspects,who had sworn allegiance to Islamic State,were \u201cvery close to being ready to carry out this plan,\u201d with the inquiry beginning in December 2023.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Two men convicted for ISIS-inspired plot to kill hundreds of Jews in UK<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2494673\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Two Muslim men residing in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a> were sentenced to dozens of years in prison over an Islamic State group-inspired plot to kill hundreds of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jews\/\">Jews<\/a> in the Greater Manchester Area.<\/p>\n<p>Walid Saadaoui, 38, of Tunisian origin, and Amar Hussein, 52, of Kuwaiti origin, were convicted on Friday over the planned terrorist plot. Saadaoui, the head of the plot, was sentenced to a minimum of 37 years in prison, while Hussein was sentenced to at least 26 years. Saadaoui&rsquo;s younger brother, 37, was sentenced to six years in prison for his failure to disclose information about the plot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4457163\/arizona-sheriff-denies-report-blocked-key-guthrie-evidence-fbi\/\">Arizona sheriff denies report he blocked key Nancy Guthrie evidence from FBI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4457045\/arizona-sheriff-nanos-fbi-evidence-nancy-guthrie\/\">Arizona sheriff accused of blocking FBI access to evidence in Nancy Guthrie abduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4457021\/fbi-doubles-reward-nancy-guthrie-new-suspect-details\/\">FBI doubles reward in search for Nancy Guthrie as new suspect details released<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Judge Mark Wall revealed the two, who had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group, &ldquo;were very close to being ready to carry out this plan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to prosecutors, the duo had attempted to gain access to automatic firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, which they planned to use to gun down potentially hundreds of British Jews. If successful, the attack could have been the deadliest in U.K. history.<\/p>\n<p>Saadaoui, a former Italian restaurant owner and hotel entertainer, according to the <em>Guardian<\/em>, did the brunt of the work, scouting out locations and targets and arranging the purchase of the weapons to be used in the attack. Their scheme fell through after they made contact with a law enforcement operative known as Farouk, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-synagogue-bomb-plot\/\" title=\"Colorado Man Sentenced To ... For Synagogue Bomb ...\">undercover agent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3834845\/manchester-terrorist-attack-uk-antisemitism\/\">MANCHESTER ATTACK SHOWS A DARKENING FUTURE FOR EUROPE AND ITS JEWS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saadaoui arranged to pick up two assault rifles, a pistol, and roughly 200 rounds of ammunition from Farouk at a parking lot near a hotel. When he arrived, a counterterrorism team of over 200 officers apprehended him, then his accomplice.<\/p>\n<p>Their scheme began in December 2023, and they were arrested in May 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two UK men jailed over ISIS plot to kill Jews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2569869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25275477954727.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[73790,13802,40796,3937,73789],"class_list":["post-2569868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-antisemitic-plot","tag-convictions","tag-counterterrorism","tag-isis","tag-uk-terrorism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25275477954727.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569868"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2569872,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569868\/revisions\/2569872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2569869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}