Rampage
Description:... In Syria, the civil war is in its final stages. Thousands of British fighters have fought and died in the war. Survivors are returning in numbers. The British authorities are in a race to track, question, and charge ISIS fighters. While ISIS has not fared well on the battlefield, its success radicalizing Muslim youth in Britain is a growing problem. Many claiming to represent the Muslim minority, are in fact proxies for radical groups. Manzoor Zaman, a British-born fighter returning from three years in Iraq and Syria, sees an opportunity.
In London’s Parliament, the Brexit debate has reached new levels of turmoil. The prime minister is doggedly refusing to acknowledge the inevitable; her deal will not pass. Nobody knows how the parliament can extract the country from gridlock. Passions are high on both sides as the country edges towards the precipice. An inept prime minister has thrust the country into an unnecessary constitutional crisis. Harry Gimble and Charlie Stamp, both leave voters, feel the referendum betrayal goes deep. Harry and Charlie feel direct action is their only choice. The mood in the country is ugly.
Radicalized young men and women, some with military experience, combine in this soup of uncertainty for a mission with a difference, a British Jihad. They are not on anyone’s radar until it is too late.
Ray Patel and Sally Anderson of MI5 fight a lonely battle. The authorities have been slow to recognize the fateful combination of forces. The hydra of resentment in the country, Brexit and Muslim radicalization, is building, and it crosses ethnic and religious lines.
Against this background a weak and reluctant government in London struggles to pass a deal, nobody wants, and nobody voted for, as the nation climbs the foothills of insurrection. Things may be bad, but they’re set to get a lot, lot worse.
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