Brits feared 'armed confrontation' with El Al security guards

On September 13, 2005, an El Al flight from Tel Aviv to London landed in Heathrow Airport. British police waited for the flight to arrest IDF general Doron Almog on charges of 'war crimes.' The arrests had been instigated by the Israeli leftist organization Yesh Gvul and 'Palestinian' organizations. Under British law, 'war crimes' may be prosecuted in British courts regardless of where they took