palmer. >> reporter: in london, prime minister david cameron issued a dramatic warning. >> what we're facing in iraq now with isil is a greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before. >> reporter: isis fighters who now control vast areas of iraq and syria have shown they are violent, organized, and trained to use weapons and explosives. >> you feel like you have no honor. >> reporter: what worries the u.k. government is several hundred of these fighters are british. as the man who murdered the u.s. journalist james foley is thought to be. >> you're no longer fighting an insurgency. >> reporter: at some stage, security forces believe some of these young men may try to return primed and prepared to stage an attack at home. to deal with that threat, the prime minister has said there will be new legislation introduced as early as monday, which could provide, for example, for confiscating the passports of anyone wanting to join isis or even revoking their citizenship while they're abroad so they can't come back. as you can imagine, maurice, it's going to be very controversial