We know what's being planned... IT'S BIG

IRAQI GENERAL REVEALS UK TERROR ATTACK PLOT

-  CHRIS HUGHES

IRAQI special forces who smashed an ISIS desert cell discovered a plan for a "big" terror atrocity in Britain, their boss has warned.

General Abdul Wahab el-Saadi told us his troops found evidence that commanders of the feared group were plotting with British nationals to attack a public gathering on our soil.

The general, Iraq's most senior counter-terror officer, warned: "We know ISIS have been talking to UK-based terrorists and we know what they are planning. It is a big attack."

We joined the Iraqi Counter Terror Service in Baghdad as they trained for their next SAS-style assault on ISIS, also known as Daesh. The elite special forces team - dubbed the Golden Division discovered the shocking plot against the UK days ago after killing dozens of militants in their hideout.

The general, 60, told us: "We discovered that the UK is the next target outside Iraq. In the past few weeks we launched major operations against Daesh or Islamic State and killed large numbers of terrorists, in one raid there were about five of them, all quite senior.

"I can tell you that from the information we found at the site of one of our recent raids, the next intended terror attack will be in the United Kingdom.

Asked to describe the UK cell, he said: "These terrorists are British nationals."

We have agreed not to reveal some of the specifics because western intelligence agencies are working to smash the plot.

It is understood that they had already been made aware by senior Iraqi intelligence officials.

We can reveal that ISIS commanders in Iraq want a specific type of public gathering to be attacked to maximise the horror.

The general told us: "The Islamic State fighters we are coming up against here are Iraqis and we no longer believe there are foreign fighters in our country.