Dirty War

Foxtrot 57 1 now entering third level.

- We've got one on the ground. - OK.

You get her out, we'll take this guy.

One, two, three, lift!

Got it!

Steve, have you got it?

Yes.

Steve, you're dropping it!

l can't breathe!

l can't breathe! l can't breathe! l can't breathe!

Hang on, Steve.

Hang on, l'm coming.

Take your mask off, Steve.

Take your mask off.

Just forget what it's for, Steve.

Come on!

You're dead! Yourteam's compromised.

Leave your casualties and get your officers to the surface.

We need to speed things up.

Why is it taking so long?

The decontamination unit was in the wrong place.

The suits are hard to work in. lt's taking longer than anticipated to recoverthe casualties.

- How many casualties are you using? - 60.

60? How many people work in these offices?

- Two orthree thousand. - So it's not exactly realistic, then?

- lt's manageable, Minister. - The press are waiting, Minister.

Thank you.

- l need some help here. - We've got you, mate.

You'll be OK, mate.

That's it. Relax.

You'll be OK.

Let's get showered and out of these suits.

Turn around.

OK, good man.

Jenny, let's have a look at you.

Oh, shit.

- You're dead, too. - What?

You've got a tear. Your suit's ripped.

Get out, Jenny.

These drills must send a positive message.

1,600 gas-tight suits, 7,000 modesty packs, ten mobile mass decontamination units.

The Home Secretary wants us to reassure the public.

Understood.

lt's always worth reminding Londoners how resilient they are.

l'll put that in the report, will l?

- OK? - This was supposed to be easy.

- l've got Steve on the way to A&E. - Why?

Hyperventilation. We're meant to wearthe suits for 20 minutes.

lt was 16 minutes before we got into the car park, and Jen got a tear.

That's what this drill is for, to iron out these problems.

Biscuits?

Minister, how do you respond to accusations of scaremongering?

We live in difficult times and must be prepared for every eventuality.

These drills will reassure the British people

that we are doing all we can to protect them against terrorism,

and that London is as prepared as it can be.

This is part of the government's commitment to be honest about threats,

and to put as much information in the public domain as we can.

An emergency services drill was held today to test new anti-terrorism measures.

The new Minister for London, Nicola Painswick, reassured Londoners

that the drill was not linked to any specific threat.

West Yorkshire police confirmed that three men were arrested yesterday

outside the US Air Force monitoring station at Menwith Hill.

The men are being held under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Scotland Yard declined to comment on whether...

lt's been a busy morning. Two lrish nationals held at Dover.

A gun found in their car. Officers are on their way.

US lntelligence have passed on six names they want under surveillance.

The men arrested at Menwith Hill have been confirmed as North African.

- Sir. - Thank you.

The local police found notebooks and video footage of the perimeter security.

We flagged up two addresses in London.

- What do we know? - They could be GSPC.

Waiting for French and Algerian lntelligence to get back. MOD want it low-key.

Fine. You're dealing with that one.

- lncident room is being set up. - Good.

Excuse me.

- Excuse me. l'm looking for DS Drummer. - Just overthere.

Thanks.

- DS Drummer? DC Habibullah. - Great. l can give you five minutes.

Get up to speed on the briefing notes.

We assume the suspects are using false lDs. They're North African, possibly Algerian.

They weren't acting alone, so our job is to uncover cell members.

This is your desk here.

This is propaganda material, videos, letters, recovered from a B&B in Leeds,

and the suspects' addresses in London.

Go through all that lot. Most of it's in Arabic.

- What languages have you got? - Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic.

Great. Normally, l get stuck with a civilian translator.

l'll need you in interviews. Help me understand what makes them tick.

- How would l know? l'm from Luton, Sarge. - You're better qualified than l am, Detective.

- Mike, can l have a word? - Yes. DC Habibullah, this is Dl Brook.

- Sir. - Glad you're on board.

Get yourself settled.

l'm in A&E. (Eerste Hulp)

No, l'm fine. lt's Steve.

Can you pop down?

Hi.

Hello.

Thank you.

- How is he? - He'll live.

The drill went well, then?

l'm finished in half an hour. We could go home together.

Yeah.

Well, l'd better make sure Steve gets back all right.

You know, if that had been for real,

two of my crew would be dead.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner lves,

you have stated that we must now expect terrorists to use crude CBRN weapons

that could cause mass devastation to this city.

Could you explain what that means?

We're talking about such things as a dirty bomb...

..which is low-grade radioactive material, blown up by a conventional bomb.

Low-tech methods for contaminating large numbers of people with deadly agents.

Thank you.

Minister, in a public statement,

you said, ''The government is committed to being honest about threats,

''and putting information in the public domain.''

Yes, that is correct.

l have here a report from the Commons Science and Technology Committee.

lt accuses the government of being embedded in a culture of secrecy.

This seems to be a direct contradiction to your statement.

The government rejects the criticism that it is less open than it need be.

We have an active public information campaign.

We've sent a booklet to every house...

Are you confident the information is adequate to prepare the public for a terrorist attack?

Of course.

Obviously, there are times when disclosure would not be in the public interest.

l'm sorry, but now l'm confused.

You're open and transparent, except when it suits the government not to be.

Obviously, there has to be a balance between truth and reassurance.

Are you saying it's acceptable to lie to the public to reassure them?

What the public can be told, and the need for secrecy...

Very interesting, but this report states,

''Lack of openness has resulted in the public being ill-informed

''and insufficiently prepared for a chemical, biological, or radiological attack.''

Deputy Assistant Commissioner, as Head of the Anti-Terrorist Branch,

do you feel adequate measures are in place to protect the public?

lmprovements have been made across all emergency services,

but l'd warn against complacency.

A great deal of work needs to be done.

Thank you very much.

John.

That was public record.

And l'm not going on public record to say we're fully prepared when we're not.

We've allocated ?330,000,000 on homeland security.

That's a huge commitment when the public wants hospital beds.

What else do you expect us to do?

ln the States, they're spending 15 times more per head. They don't think it's enough.

So all the work we're doing counts for nothing?

Don't confuse activity with achievement.

Out of 30,000 officers, the Met have 1,500 with protective suits and two days' training.

We'd struggle with a conventional attack.

- lf a CBRN weapon went off... - lf it went off.

l've seen al-Qaeda's plans forthese weapons.

We knew 90% of what the lRA were up to and they got through.

With this lot, we're lucky if we know 20%.

lt's naive to hope it won't happen.

- How are you? - Fine.

- OK, this is stamped, marked from lstanbul. - Right.

- You all right? - Something l ate.

Yeah? You want to leave that goulash alone.

Cheers. Got the other one? The little one. That's it.

Cheers.

Come in, Mr Rashid. You know, this is a very popular area.

There's a post office close by.

Also, the tubes are five minutes away.

Buses, and there's a market on Saturday.

Show me the cellar.

- We'll need all this cleared. - lt'll cost you.

How much?

70 quid.

We have accommodation forthe bride's family.

This isn't the lRA.

With this lot, we don't know who or where they are.

We have no inside informants and they don't give warnings.

First thing to understand about lslamist terrorist groups, there's no single cell.

Don't write it down, remember it.

The logistics cell. These boys will be embedded in the target country.

They're likely to be British nationals, so they'll stay low-key.

They won't associate with known extremists. They may not even attend mosque.

Found the house.

They raise cash through petty crime like credit card fraud.

They provide passports, safe houses, equipment, et cetera.

They gather all the elements that make an operation possible.

The three North Africans at Menwith Hill recently entered the country underfalse lDs.

- So they won't be part of logistics cells. - Correct, they're checking out the base.

The sole purpose of a reconnaissance cell

is to gather intelligence on intended targets.

They're closer to the planning of an attack,

and far more likely to be foreign nationals.

Neither the logistics nor the reconnaissance cell would be your suicide bombers.

The attack cell.

These boys will be battle-hardened veterans.

Jihad nutters who fought in Chechnya, Bosnia, Kashmir.

Nutters, Sarge? Idioten'?

Fanatics. However you want to describe them.

Almost certain to be foreign nationals, brought in at the last stages.

And as we know, in any attack,

there's likely to be more than one attack cell.