Tony Blair's administration said Saudi Arabia was threatening to withdraw its support
for counterterrorism operations unless the investigation was dropped.
Not exact matches
Mark Owen, the Navy SEAL who authored No Easy Day — a controversial firsthand account of the mission to kill Osama bin Laden — says his upbringing helped prepare him
for his involvement in what was arguably the most important
counterterrorism operation in U.S. history.
«This was the largest ever
counterterrorism operation in the UK and I can not thank enough those involved
for their professionalism and dedication in thwarting this attack and saving thousands of lives,» he said.
The Specialist
Operations directorate is a unit of the Metropolitan Police Service responsible
for providing specialist policing capabilities including national security and
counterterrorism operations.