The situation in Oman doesn't add up. The people holding the plant are novices - ex-students and small-time agitators - but they're very well-armed, and they've managed to get hold of a canister of Kurov-DK, an old Soviet nerve agent. It's very nasty stuff - not the sort of thing you'd expect from a group of amateurs like this. Just like with the Islamic Vanguard assault on the Met, it feels like someone bigger has put them up to it.
Dr. Holt is with the Strategic Studies Institute. They're working with our intelligence people to see if they can track down who's pulling the strings.
