BRITAIN TERROR LATEST – AT 9:44 A.M. ET:   Apparently the Manchester bomber was part of a much larger operation.  The sweeps across Britain are extensive.  From The Telegraph: 

Counter-terror police investigating the Manchester Arena bombing have carried out fresh raids today, as security services brace for more attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan beginning tomorrow.

Islamic State has called on its followers to rise up in an “all-out war” on "infidels” in the West. Saturday marks the start of a 30-day period of fasting and reflection in the Islamic world, which has in recent years seen a large increase in terror attacks.

As detectives revealed the youngest man in custody over the Manchester attack is 18, early-hours searches were on Friday launched at a Manchester barbershop and a takeaway on Merseyside.

Officers who earlier raided terrorist Salman Abedi's home discovered a working bomb factory with a huge stash of explosive chemicals and other components.

It comes amid fears the attacker might have built a second device that is now in the hands of fellow jihadists.

Security sources now believe he assembled the bomb himself after learning his trade in Libya. But the amount of material in his home has led to fears that he could have built more than one device and and distributed them to other British-based extremists.

COMMENT:  At the same time, Britain is preparing to vote in a national election in two weeks.  As we reported here, the hard-left, pro-Islamist Labour Party is gaining rapidly in the polls, apparently because it promises more freebies than the governing Conservatives.  Conservatives, under Theresa May, are still ahead, however.  If Labour should win, Britain's stance against terror will collapse, and the country's alliance with the United States severely damaged.

New polls should be out in a few days.  They will tell us whether the Labour advance has stopped.  These are critical times.

May 26, 2017