Britain’s spy chiefs are hunting for suitable candidates to join an undercover anti-terror squad to monitor UK streets against terrorist groups like the Islamic State (IS).
The Ministry of Defence has released an advert calling for volunteers to help fight terror groups in the latest edition of the British Army’s official magazine.
It shows a woman at a bus stop reading a newspaper with the caption: “This woman has vital information. Do you have the skills to find out what it is?”.
According to the ‘Daily Express’, the recruits are intended for the Defence Human Intelligence Unit (DHU) to conduct “special intelligence duties” on a mission dubbed “Operation Samson”.
The DHU is undergoing an expansion after Prime Minister David Cameron pledged 2 billion pounds in additional funds for special forces in the fight against IS. The unit, which works alongside the Special Air Service (SAS) and intelligence agencies, was set up to collate intelligence across Afghanistan when British troops were fighting the Taliban.
However, with increasing fears of a major terror attack on British soil the unit is now being used to support the UK Home Office by gathering information across the UK, the newspaper claims.