This 'assassin' case sounds highly contrived to me. Does it you?
In these days in Britain, when incredibly 83 year old female vicars have been legally turned into 'terrorists' for displaying a sign opposing the real terrorism of genocide;
and where damaging a bank or foreign weapons manufacturer is classified as 'terrorism';
or where barristers are actually prosecuted for defending their clients by pointing out the jury has an unalienable right under Common Law to find accused persons 'not guilty';
or where judges sentence as terrorism actions the jury did not know would be regarded as such when they found the accused guilty;
is it any wonder our confidence in British policing, justice and the political system, should be shaken to its roots, or that we should become deeply sceptical about alleged 'terrorist' events?
Here we have a recent case in point (See Guardian report below) in which a 19 year old Norwegian has been on trial in Britain for an alleged 'terrorist plot linked to Iran', to assassinate an unnamed target.
Are we witnessing yet another (too many to enumerate) deep state theatrical event, intended and designed to influence public opinion, with the aid of the ever compliant media, to deepen the animus against Iran whilst bombing raids on that country take off from British bases?
For the reasons listed below, it certainly appears highly contrived to me . Does it you?
1. What organisation would hire a complete novice, 19, to carry out an high-profile assassination in another country?
2. A temporary passport not a false passport?
3. A claimed convenient link to Iran?
4. A complete absence of planning to carry out the attack or make an escape?
5. A retrial? Where is the report of the first trial and why the failure to convict at that?
6. "The 'Fox Trot Network' linked to Iran"? (See: the fox trot network - Search)
7. The above suggests that despite being active since 2012, only last year (2025) was it sanctioned by both the US and Britain suggesting coordination between them. "
"United Kingdom (2025): Imposed travel bans, asset freezes, and director disqualifications on the network and its leadership due to Iran‑linked violent activities."8. How likely is it, given the American/Israeli attacks on Iran, that the 'Fox Trot Network' is yet another contrived creation of Western security agencies?
9. Key figures in the alleged plot are given ficticious names but not identified or even hinted at. The teenaged member of the Fox Trot Organisation? The fanciful "Generalen"? "English speaking boss called 'Agent 47', claimed to be based on the 'Hitman' game and movie series? And lastly the actual target?
10. Do you mean to tell me that if this was a genuine assassination attempt, police both in Britain and Norway would not have identified the co-conspirators?
11. Who supplied the guns, £2000.00 in cash and a stolen Nissan all of which in a normal investigation would have supplied leads that appear not to be followed up. Were they in fact provided by American, Israeli or British intelligence assets to create the necessary artificial scenario?
12. "The prosecutor Alistair Richardson said: “The reality is the defendant is a troubled but dangerous young man. A young man who agreed to kill in a foreign country for money.” Is it not more likely he is a young and naive individual, who was fooled by security agencies to act out the role of the 'patsy', or agreed to play a role in return for assurances, to further an anti-Iranian script?
The Guardian: Norwegian teenager guilty of travelling to UK to carry out contract killing
A Norwegian teenager has been found guilty of travelling to England to carry out a killing ordered by an international crime gang linked to Iran.
Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, from Stavanger, Norway, agreed to shoot an unknown person for €25,000 (£21,500) in March last year. Two days after he arrived in the UK armed police arrested him in a hotel room in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, seizing two guns and ammunition.
After deliberating for 17 hours and six minutes, a jury at the Old Bailey found him guilty of conspiracy to murder following a retrial.
Natland blinked but did not visibly react to the verdict. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb remanded him into custody to be sentenced in October.
Natland, who worked part-time in a pizza restaurant, was recruited by the Foxtrot Network, a Swedish organised crime group with links to the Iranian government.
Natland told jurors he agreed at first to the murder plot in exchange for money to pay for drugs, thinking it was just a “joke” or “scam”.
Once he realised he was in a “pickle” with the Foxtrot Network, Natland said he planned to “shoot himself in the foot” to avoid carrying out the assassination.
The potential victim of the foiled murder plot has never been identified. The Metropolitan police said their counter-terrorism officers “uncovered a significant amount of evidence demonstrating that Natland was fully aware he was being asked to kill someone in the UK”.
“I’m going on crazy mission,” Natland had texted his girlfriend. “It will be a bit cool to kill someone. If I don’t get caught we have to celebrate.”
When armed police banged on his hotel room door, Natland emerged from his room smiling, only wearing his boxer shorts, and mimed shooting one of the officers with his empty hands.
In a search of his room, officers found a plastic bag under his bed containing a semi-automatic pistol, a revolver and 19 rounds of ammunition.
At his trial, one of Natland’s friends recalled a conversation where the defendant bragged he was “going to get a lot of money and somebody is going to die”.
Natland told jurors these statements were “bravado” and he was secretly “terrified”.
“I wasn’t an international assassin,” he said. “I thought people had this impression and expected me to be this guy. I knew I wasn’t.”
But jurors heard Natland lied after his arrest and had tried to persuade his girlfriend not to give evidence during his phone calls from prison.
The prosecutor Alistair Richardson said: “The reality is the defendant is a troubled but dangerous young man. A young man who agreed to kill in a foreign country for money.”
The court heard that Natland, a talented young footballer, began taking drugs aged 13. He spent a short period of time in a care home, where he first met a teenage member of the Foxtrot Network and was passed on to a recruiter known as “Generalen”.
On 17 March 2025, Natland took a flight from Stavanger to Manchester airport on a temporary passport. He was stopped by Border Force officials in Manchester, who bailed him to return to the airport and catch the next direct flight home.
Instead, he took a taxi to Huddersfield, where he picked up £2,000 in cash, two guns and bullets, as well as a stolen Nissan with a fake number plate. He was arrested the following day at 5.15am.
Natland was controlled by an English-speaking boss called “Agent 47” – an apparent reference to the Hitman game and movie series – whose identity and whereabouts remain unknown.
UK sanctions Iranian organised crime network
The UK has announced further sanctions to tackle the domestic threat posed by the Iranian regime by sanctioning Iranian-backed, Swedish-based Foxtrot criminal Network and its leader, Rawa Majid, for their role in attacks against targets across Europe.
