A terror assault at the National Service of Remembrance prompted the SAS to launch its largest security operation in London in almost four decades.
They were at the Cenotaph watching over thousands of veterans, members of the public, and dignitaries who met at Whitehall at 11 am.
Precise numbers were not made public for security reasons, but it was believed to be the biggest deployment in London since the 1980 Iranian Embassy Siege.
It came after Ken McCallum, MI5 chief, warned that the security service would have ‘one hell of a job’ on its hands in protecting the public from Islamic groups, right-wing groups, and hostile nations such as Russia and Iran.
Many special forces men were sent in to target lone wolves.
Some 10,000 veterans from all wars assembled in London on Remembrance Day.
SAS soldiers served under the Met’s Counter Terror Command and were selected from the Special Forces Group.
A counter-terror source told the Sunday Express: ‘For Remembrance Day, our focus is on radical Islamists and the radical Left, financed by Iran.’
King Charles and the Prince and Princess of Wales lead the two-minute silence.
Since being diagnosed with cancer, the Princess of Wales made her first high-profile appearance at the Festival of Remembrance, and she also appeared alongside Prince William at the lavish Kensington venue to celebrate Britain’s servicemen and women.
Despite her reputation for wearing three poppies to the Remembrance weekend events in the past, Kate wore just one this year.
William recently described this year as the ‘hardest’ of his life and remarked upon how proud he was of his father and wife for their bravery.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: ‘We are forever in debt to those brave souls who fought to defend this country.
Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch said: ‘We owe so much to our Armed Forces and the families who support them.’
It will be the largest SAS deployment since 1980, when 26 hostages, including a British police officer, were taken when six Arab gunmen took over the Iranian embassy in South Kensington.
They took the hostages in a protest against the theocratic rule of Ayatollah Khomeini after he ousted the Shah, the Iranian monarch.
From the Royal College of General Practitioners next door, the SAS team scaled the structure to enter.
They were able to rescue all but one of the hostages as they killed five of the six gunmen.
Despite being given a life sentence, the surviving gunman, Fowzi Badavi Nejad, was freed in 2008 and is said to have continued living in the UK under a different identity.
Fifty soldiers participated in the assault: sixteen were on sniper detail, thirty-four were inside the building, and sixteen were in the reception area.
The SAS Special Projects team was each equipped with a submachine gun with four 30-round magazines, a 9mm semi-automatic pistol with two spare rounds of ammunition, a respirator, gloves, a balaclava helmet, body armour, boots, a belt, and a weapons-cleaning kit.
Vans carried teargas launchers and canisters, stun grenades, sawn-off pump-action shotguns, explosives, gun torches, food, water, radios, medical equipment, and spare weapons.
We’ve had years of open borders, vast swathes of our once green and pleasant land that are now occupied by the enemy within, and our government should be ashamed that we need to spend so much of our tax money on ensuring that Remembrance Day passes safely.
Furthermore, the government continues to permit them to enter our nation both officially and illegally.
It says a lot when it comes to our politicians and what they’ve done to our country when the SAS have to mount a huge operation to protect events like this from radical Islamists and the far left. Our politicians are weak and have a lot to answer for.
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