British Jihad and Islamic Supremacism Watch

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(UK) Britain was wrong to freeze assets of Abu Qatada, rules EU, clearing way for him to get compensation
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1192365/Britain-wrong-freeze-assets-Abu-Qatada-rules-EU-clearing-way-compensation.html
-- EU court annuls freeze on Abu Qatada's assets
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090611/tuk-eu-court-annuls-freeze-on-abu-qatada-a7ad41d.html

(UK) Radical Islamists must be exposed, not invited to tea
http://www.thejc.com/articles/radical-islamists-must-be-exposed-not-invited-tea

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(UK) Terror laws built up after 9/11 and 7/7 may be scaled back, says Jack Straw
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/may/13/terrorism-legislation-jack-straw

(UK) British Parliamentarians give encouragement to jihad
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/05/13/british-parliamentarians-give-encouragement-to-jihad/

(UK) Extremist beaten up over mosque attack
-- Former Al-Muhajiroun leader Sayful Islam
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/80605/Extremist-beaten-up-over-mosque-attack/

(UK) Charity to sue over domestic violence murder victim Sabina Akhtar
-- "A charity that campaigns for victims of domestic violence is to sue a police force
and the Crown Prosecution Service over allegations that it failed to protect a woman who was murdered by her husband"
-- "She went to the police to complain that he had attacked her 25 times and made
repeated threats to kill her. On one occasion he had told her to prepare for death by reading
passages from the Koran adding: 'I am going to get a knife and when I return I am going to slaughter you.'"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6287902.ece
-- "Using both hands to squeeze her windpipe he told her to read her Koran warning: 'This is your final hour.'"
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/03/07/wife-killed-by-violent-husband-after-police-apathy-115875-21177797/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7928019.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/06/husband-jailed-wife-murder-cps

(UK) I would fight for women's freedom - by Sue Blackmore
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/may/13/women-sharia-veil-rights

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(UK) Al-Qaeda terror plot: searches continue over alleged plan to bomb Easter shoppers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5136227/Al-Qaeda-terror-plot-searches-continue-over-alleged-plan-to-bomb-Easter-shoppers.html
 -- Al-Qaeda terror plot to bomb Easter shoppers
---  "An al-Qaeda cell was days away from carrying out an 'Easter spectacular'
of co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks on shopping centres in Manchester, police believe."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5133535/Al-Qaeda-terror-plot-to-bomb-Easter-shoppers.html
-- Al-Qaida plot for mass casualties
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/society/law_order/alqaida+plot+for+mass+casualties+/3078357

(UK) Police extend search in terrorism probe - to Liverpool
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE5377GY20090410?rpc=401&

(UK) Anti-terror searches continuing
-- "Police are continuing to search 10 properties across the north-west of
England in connection with an alleged planned terror bomb attack."
-- "They have found pictures of popular Manchester shopping centres and a nightclub, the BBC has learned"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7993748.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7994109.stm

(UK) Where terror raids took place
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7991936.stm

(UK) Terror raid CCTV released
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7994109.stm

(UK) Threat was too great to risk a delay to counterterrorism operation
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6069931.ece

(UK) Counter-terror role spins too many plates at a time
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6069908.ece

(UK/Pakistan) UK PM Brown clashes with Pakistan over terror suspects handed student visas by Home Office
-- "The scandalous exploitation of Britain's lax student visas rules by a
suspected Al Qaeda cell erupted into a huge diplomatic row today between Gordon Brown and Pakistan."
-- "The Prime Minister declared that Pakistan 'has to do more to root out
terrorist elements in its country' in the wake of the revelation that 11 of the 12 suspects had travelled to Britain from the country."
-- "But at least 10 of the 12 were allowed to enter by the Home Office after successfully applying for student visas."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1168879/Brown-clashes-Pakistan-terror-suspects-handed-student-visas-Home-Office.html

(UK) Student visa row steps up as immigration minister rejects Pakistan criticism
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6073135.ece
--- Pakistan hits back at Gordon Brown over student visas for terrorists
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6071949.ece

(UK) Student visa system is weakest link in border control
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6069949.ece

(UK) Terror plot: Neighbours surprise that 'such nice ordinary lads' had been arrested
--- Six named: Abid Nazeer (alleged ringleader), Sultan Sher, Hamza Shinwari, Abdul Khan, Tariq, Adil
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5135393/Terror-plot-Neighbours-surprise-that-such-nice-ordinary-lads-had-been-arrested.html

(UK) British Columnist Shuiab Khan: "Condemn things? What on earth for?"
-- Khan: "I read one tabloid columnist wanting more people to come out and condemn the actions of extremists."
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/comment/4282815.No_one_likes_to_be_associated_with_terrorism/

(UK) Telegraph's Con Coughlin: "The new enemy within is invisible"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/concoughlin/5133188/The-new-enemy-within-is-invisible.html
-- Comment: Only to those in denial regarding Islamic supremacism

(UK) Home Office "under fire for allowing two leading terrorist sympathizers to enter Britain"
-- Hezbollah's Hussein Al Hajj Hassah and Dyab Abou Jahjah "spoke at the House of Commons"
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/250527/Home-Secretary-Jacqui-Smithrsquos-department-is-under-fire-for-allowing-two-leading-terrorist-sympathisers-to-enter-Britain-during-G20.html

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(UK) Anjem Choudary: "I want to see flag of Allah flying over Downing St"
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23661857-details/article.do?ito=newsnow&
--- Anjem Choudary: 'Britain's most reviled man? I wear that badge with pride'
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23661850-details/%C2%91Britain%C2%92s+most+reviled+man+I+wear+that+badge+with+pride%C2%92/article.do

(UK) Islamic fanatic Ibrahim Moussawi barred from entering Britain
-- Daily Mail: "Jacqui Smith has ruled the spokesman for the
terrorist organisation Hezbollah should not be allowed to travel
here - despite him making at least two previous visits to the UK on her watch"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1161754/Exclusive-Islamic-fanatic-Ibrahim-Moussawi-barred-entering-Britain.html
--- Not likely a coincidence: March 12, 2009: "US criticizes UK's vow to talk to Hezbollah"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4982046/Special-relationship-strained-US-criticises-UKs-vow-to-talk-to-Hezbollah.html

(UK) Report states only UK minister opposed to Ibrahim Moussawi visa was Hazel Blears
http://www.thejc.com/articles/ministers-welcome-voice-hizbollah
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/13/hazel-blears-was-only-moussawi-opponent/

(UK) One Law for All event a success, but BBC softens us up for sharia
--- "BBC has responded this week with a disgracefully one-sided promotion of sharia for Britain"
http://www.secularism.org.uk/one-law-for-all-event-a-success.html

Commentaries:

(UK) It is time for some of the self described moderates to prove themselves - by Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens
-- regarding Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) leaders support for Hamas
http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/blog/2009/03/it-is-time-for-some-of-the-self-described-moderates-to-prove-themselves.html

(UK) The Muslim Association of Britain's tortured logic -- on Sudan
http://waugh.standard.co.uk/2009/03/the-muslim-association-of-britains-tortured-logic.html

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(UK) Bluewater bomb fantasist hospital target threats -- Saeed Ghafoor
-- Saeed Ghafoor was convicted for car bomb plot at UK Bluewater shopping center, now calls for hospital bombing attacks
-- "I'm a Muslim. I support Al Qaeda."
http://www.gravesendreporter.co.uk/content/kent/reporter/news/story.aspx?brand=GVSROnline&category=news&tBrand=gvsronline&tCategory=news&itemid=WeED12%20Mar%202009%2014%3A47%3A17%3A147

UK approves visit of Hezbollah official -- Hezbollah's Ibrahim Moussawi to speak in London March 25
-- "Britain on Thursday approved the visit to the country of Hizbullah official Ibrahim Moussawi to address a seminar on political Islam at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies."
-- Hezbollah's "Ibrahim Moussawi to address seminar at University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236764172136&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-- "British officials granted senior Hizbullah member Ibrahim Moussawi a visa to visit the country on Thursday"
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130406
-- See also report with background and additional stories at:
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2009/03/uk_approves_ibrahim_moussawi.html
-- Betrayed By This Labour Government
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/12/betrayed-by-this-labour-government/
-- and Jawa Report and Atlas reports
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/196785.php
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/03/briticide-brits-ban-mp-wilders-welcome-extreme-hezbo-muslim-jihadi-.html

(UK) Anti-terror planning "poor", MPs
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1982377&Language=en

(UK) Canadian man jailed for failed UK bomb plot - Momim Khawaja
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/canadian-man-jailed-for-failed-uk-bomb-plot-1643638.html
-- see also Canadian news below

(UK) London: Mayor gives £30,000 of taxpayers' money to Muslim group led by 'extremist'
-- Muslim Safety Forum's "Azad Ali praises a spiritual leader of al Qaeda on his blog, denies the Mumbai attacks were "terrorism" and quotes, apparently approvingly, a statement advocating the killing of British troops in Iraq"
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23661320-details/article.do?ito=newsnow&
--- also coordinated with UK Home Office and Home Office's RICU - same RICU leading UK counterterror policy, and advising U.S.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1120831/Muslim-civil-servant-suspended-killing-British-troops-justified-blog.html
http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcb.org.uk%2Fjobs%2Fjob_details.php%3Fjob_id%3D1551&fr=yfp-t-501&u=mcb.org.uk/jobs/job_details.php%3Fjob_id%3D1551&d=YhF8XJ2uSV2g&icp=1&.intl=us
--- Additional reports on Azad Ali:
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2009/01/azad_ali_jan_23_2009.html
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2009/01/azad_ali_jan_18_2009.html
--- January 23, 2009 - Azad Ali - Oh No He Didn’t, Oh Yes He Did!
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/01/23/azad-ali-oh-no-he-didnt-oh-yes-he-did/

(UK) Muslim protester who works as baggage handler at Luton Airport has security pass suspended
-- Jalah Ahmed called British soldiers "butchers"
-- "said to have once joked he was the nephew of Osama bin Laden and was also allegedly questioned over pictures of passenger jets"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1161404/Muslim-protester-works-baggage-handler-Luton-Airport-security-pass-suspended-hurling-abuse-troops.html


(UK) One law for all -- article on Maryam Namazie
-- who has "had her share of death threats, including one of decapitation"
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1379415


(UK) Ahmed freed on appeal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/12/lord-ahmed-appeal
-- Fury as Labour peer jailed for texting at the wheel minutes before fatal crash to be freed after serving just 17 days
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1161531/Fury-Labour-peer-jailed-texting-wheel-minutes-fatal-crash-freed-serving-just-17-days.html


Commentaries:

Farewell to Britain - by Frank Gaffney, Jr.
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2703/pub_detail.asp

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(UK) 'Cowards who can't fight': Muslim hate preacher taunts grieving families of friendly-fire victims -- Anjem Choudary
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160958/Cowards-fight-Muslim-hate-preacher-taunts-grieving-families-friendly-victims.html
-- Muslim Preacher Mocks Fallen British Soldiers After Homecoming Parade Protest
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508686,00.html
-- Melanie Phillips: Labour's disastrous policy is radicalising a whole new generation of Muslims
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1161188/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-Labours-disastrous-policy-radicalising-new-generation-Muslims.html

(UK) Muslim group pledges more protests against UK soldiers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/11/muslim-group-anti-war-protests

UK Study: "Web's Role in Terrorism May Be Overstated"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508909,00.html

U.K. Targets Port-Smuggling Risks After Mumbai Terror Attacks
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=acSE1WbV3D10&refer=india

Commentaries:

(UK) Stop pandering to enemies of our way of life - by Ruth Dudley Edwards
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/4975163/Stop-pandering-to-enemies-of-our-way-of-life.html

(UK) Melanie Phillips: Labour's disastrous policy is radicalising a whole new generation of Muslims
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1161188/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-Labours-disastrous-policy-radicalising-new-generation-Muslims.html

(UK) Are Muslim radicals trying to provoke a civil war in Britain?
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/con_coughlin/blog/2009/03/11/are_muslim_radicals_trying_to_provoke_a_civil_war_in_britain
-- Comment: Con Coughlin never imagines that Islamic supremacists simply mean to conquer UK

(UK) Britain is now harbouring a menacing enemy within
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/88777
--- Comment: "now"???

(UK) Tolerance and the intolerant
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article5891253.ece

(UK) We'll Never Surrender
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/88828/We-ll-never-surrender

Meantime... while UK is worried about the "intolerant"... and "not surrendering"...

(UK) Crossing over to Islamic banking
-- "Sharia-compliant finance is prospering in Britain"
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article5889624.ece

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(UK) Muslim anti-war protesters abuse British soldiers as 'baby killers' during homecoming parade
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160958/Muslim-anti-war-protesters-abuse-British-soldiers-baby-killers-homecoming-parade.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/4968576/Muslim-extremists-shout-abuse-at-British-soldiers-during-home-coming-march.html
http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/news/article/1157160236784?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController
--- Two held during parade protests -- BBC video and article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7935679.stm
--- YouTube Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ygCc9qlWM&
--- JihadWatch report
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025185.php

(UK) Online extremism tactics "crude", report
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1981728&Language=en

(UK) 'Terror abroad' retrial ruled out
-- "A man accused of orchestrating terror attacks in Pakistan from his home in London will not face a retrial."
-- "Hyrbyair Marri, 40, was accused of being a key supporter of the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA)."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7935991.stm

Commentaries:

Will Sharia Courts in the UK Sabatoge The Forced Marriage Act?  by Victoria Golshani
http://www.rightsidenews.com/200903093938/culture-wars/will-sharia-courts-in-the-uk-sabatoge-the-forced-marriage-act.html

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/4962802/British-born-Muslims-supplied-equipment-to-al-Qaeda.html
-- Three jailed for equipping militants overseas
--- "Three British Muslims were jailed on Monday for sending equipment to militants fighting on the Afghan and Pakistan border."
--- all from Birmingham: Mohammed Nadim, Shabir Mohammed, and Shahid Ali
--- "A fourth Birmingham man, Abdul Ishaq Raheem, 32, was jailed for failing to disclose information about an act of terrorism."
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090309/tuk-uk-britain-equipment-fa6b408.html

(UK) £90m anti-terrorism project is fanning the flames of extremism
-- Report: ""some within government and the police service believe that only nonviolent radicals, otherwise known as 'political Islamists,' possess the necessary 'street cred' to control angry young Muslims"
-- Report: "plausible and well-mannered radicals, often representing themselves as moderate, are welcomed with open arms, however hardline their underlying philosophy"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/4957666/90m-anti-terrorism-project-is-fanning-the-flames-of-extremism.html

(UK) Inquiry to check faith schools are teaching right from wrong
-- "thought to be a response to recent criticism of some Muslim schools, or madrassas"
-- "Some pupils 'not prepared for life in British society'"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article5877732.ece

Related News:

(UK) 'Isn't Auschwitz the name of a beer?'
-- "Survey of UK secondary school pupils reveals a quarter don't know purpose of the Nazi death camp"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236603389024&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-- Auschwitz is a beer, schoolchildren tell researchers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/4957314/Auschwitz-is-a-beer-schoolchildren-tell-researchers.html

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-- "accused of advocating attacks on the Royal Navy if it tries to stop arms for Hamas being smuggled into Gaza"
-- "Dr Daud Abdullah, deputy director-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, is facing calls for his resignation, after it emerged that he is one of 90 Muslim leaders from around the world who have signed a public declaration in support of Hamas and military action."
-- Guardian Obserber reporter believes Abdullah "has helped counter extremism in the country's mosques"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/08/daud-abdullah-gaza-middle-east

(UK) Financial Secretary to the Treasury "Stephen Timms: Provide Banking Services to Interpal!"
-- "Interpal is a charity which has been proscribed by the US Treasury, which has identified it as part of the Hamas funding machinery"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/07/stephen-timms-provide-banking-services-to-interpal/
-- U.S. Treasury: "Interpal, headquartered in the UK, has been a principal charity utilized to hide the flow of money to HAMAS. Reporting indicates it is the conduit through which money flows to HAMAS from other charities, e.g., the Al Aqsa Foundation, and that it oversees the activities of other charities. "
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/js672.htm
-- July 9, 2008 - London Times: Israel bans British group over links to Hamas -- Interpal, also known as the Palestinian Relief and Development Fund
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4293935.ece

(UK) Campaigners will seek arrest of Islamic radical
-- "Campaigners from the Centre for Social Cohesion have pledged to seek an arrest warrant for Dr Ibrahim Moussawi, an Islamic extremist, who is due to visit Britain this March"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4953470/Campaigners-will-seek-arrest-of-Islamic-radical.html

(UK) Hizbullah: UK talks can't be secret
--"British Foreign Office denies pursuing closed-door talks; Miliband says UK will press disarmament"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269363400&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(UK) Another report by Guantanamo Bay ex-detainee Binyam Mohamed on alleged torture by Moroccans
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160238/How-MI5-colluded-torture-Binyam-Mohamed-claims-British-agents-fed-Moroccan-torturers-questions--WORLD-EXCLUSIVE.html

(UK) Hundreds expected at anti-sharia demo in London
http://timescolumns.typepad.com/gledhill/2009/03/hundreds-expected-at-antisharia-demo-in-london.html

Commentaries:

(UK) Telegraph: "Sensitivity to religion cannot dictate the course of the law -- Consistency demands that Hizbollah's spokesman be banned from entering Britain"
-- regarding Ibrahim Moussawi
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/4954427/Sensitivity-to-religion-cannot-dictate-the-course-of-the-law.html
--- Comment: Ignores the larger issue that is UK is negotiating with Hezbollah, that UK has larger "consistency" problems than only Ibrahim Moussawi

(UK) Melanie Phillips: "Beware the new axis of evangelicals and Islamists"
http://www.melaniephillips.com/articles-new/?p=649
http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/3409686/beware-the-new-axis-of-evangelicals-and-islamists.thtml
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025129.php

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1159901/Familys-fury-legal-blunders-left-husband-free-stab-wife-death--despite-warnings-kill-her.html
--- "Using both hands to squeeze her windpipe he told her to read her Koran adding: 'Read whatever other stuff you need to read now. This is your final hour.' The arrival of his brother stopped the attack but Mannan left shouting: 'I'm going to get a knife and when I return I'm going to slaughter you."
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U54NM9QE5VY/SbF5P8PhWMI/AAAAAAAAGVY/OnqppsFQ-SQ/s1600-h/DailyMailWhitewash.jpg
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=%22Using%20both%20hands%20to%20squeeze%20her%20windpipe%20he%20told%20her%20to%20read%20her%20Koran%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn

(UK) Gym club banned from holding classes at girls school after Muslim parents complain about boy members
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1159992/Gym-club-banned-holding-classes-girls-school-Muslim-parents-complain-boy-members.html?ITO=1490

(UK) British Union promotes lobby for Gaza
http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/news_centre/index.cfm/id/CD942B97-9961-436A-AF91E0319F22C60C

(UK) Scotland: Markets need morality, Gordon Brown tells Labour conference
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/4949681/Markets-need-morality-Gordon-Brown-tells-Labour-conference.html

(UK) Government Capitulating to Islamic Law if Shari'ah Finance Regulations Changed as Proposed
-- "if they change the current financial regulations to accommodate Shari'ah Finance and issue sukuk bonds, following recommended changes to the Legislative Framework for the Regulation of Alternative Finance Investment Bonds (Sukuk) as proposed"
http://www.earnedmedia.org/clc0306.htm

Commentaries:

(UK) "Labour Goverment To Allow Hezbollah's Moussawi Into The United Kingdom"
-- NOTE: this is writer's speculation based on willingness of UK to negotiate with "political" branch of terror group Hezbollah - not a press report of something that has actually happened per se
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/06/labour-goverment-to-allow-hezbollahs-moussawi-into-the-united-kingdom/

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(UK) Call to ban Islamic meeting - Hizb ut-Tahrir
http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/545/Call-to-ban-Islamic-meeting.5034541.jp

(UK) One Law for All Campaign against Sharia Law in Britain
-- March 7 - London's Trafalgar Square from 330-430pm
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/03/one-law-for-all-campaign-against-sharia-law-in-britain/
http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/

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(UK) Banned cleric Omar Bakri addresses conference at London primary school
--- "Omar Bakri, the radical cleric banned from Britain, has addressed a conference at a primary school in London in which he called for the country to become an Islamic state"
--- "Bakri told his followers: 'The existence of the Islamic state is a necessity for justice to be established... Islam is the future'"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4903920/Banned-cleric-Omar-Bakri-addresses-conference-at-London-primary-school.html

(UK) Quilliam Foundation: We want a more British Islam
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/mar/02/religion-islam-quilliam-imams
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/anya-hart-dyke

Posted by manager at 12:10 PM | Permalink

(UK) Al Muhajiroun Holds a Segregated March
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/01/al-muhajiroun-holds-a-segregated-march/
-- on UK for Islam leaflet, "You'll note that the telephone number on that leaflet is the same one used by Al Muhajiroun and Anjem Choudhry’s Society of Muslim Lawyers - an Al Muhaj front - in the late 1990s"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/islam4ukleaflet.jpghttp://www.hurryupharry.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/islam4ukleaflet.jpg

(UK) Former British resident: 'Wage Jihad against the Jews' -- Zaghloul al-Naggar
http://timescolumns.typepad.com/gledhill/2009/02/former-british-resident-wage-jihad-against-the-jews.html

UK terror attack 'rehearsal'-- emergency services exercise
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7916756.stm

(UK) Catholic Church slams new code of conduct forcing teachers to promote Islam
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1158406/Catholic-Church-slams-new-code-conduct-forcing-teachers-promote-Islam-gay-rights.html?ITO=1490

Commentaries:

(UK) Which is worse - Islamic terrorism or Muslim ghettos?  by Damian Thompson
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2009/03/01/which_is_worse__islamic_terrorism_or_muslim_ghettos

(UK) Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Why Muslims will not fight for freedom
-- "They ignore campaigns for the good of all, refusing to accept that non-Muslims are equal"
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/yasmin-alibhai-brown/yasmin-alibhaibrown-why-muslims-will-not-fight-for-freedom-1635153.html

Posted by manager at 12:12 PM | Permalink

-- "The Special Immigration Appeals Tribunal said Friday that three Algerian men and one Jordanian man could be released on bail. All four had previously been held pending deportation to their homelands."
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/27/europe/EU-Britain-Terror-Suspects.php
-- Judges free four terror suspects as Home Secretary blasts court over fresh risk to public security
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1157382/Judges-free-terror-suspects-Home-Secretary-blasts-court-fresh-risk-public-security.html

(UK) 'We gave US al-Qaida suspects'
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/we%20gave%20us%20alqaida%20suspects/3002657

(UK/Lebanon) Ibrahim Moussawi Appointed Hezbollah's Media Relations Officer
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/02/26/ibrahim-moussawi-appointed-hezbollahs-media-relations-officer/
http://www.iloubnan.info/politics/actualite/id/31753
-- February 26, 2009: Ibrahim Moussawi to advise UK government officials on foreign policy and security issues next month
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1155778/Civil-servants-ready-pay-2-000-cash-hear-Islamic-extremist-preach.html?ITO=1490

UK: Islamists lecturing on political Islam
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/uk-islamists-lecturing-on-political.html

UK diplomat suspended for 'hate-speech'
-- "The Foreign Office's Rowan Laxton was arrested last month for an alleged anti-Semitic rant"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410736256&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Commentaries:

(UK) Liberal fascism - by Melanie Phillips
-- "the now common analogy that is drawn between Israel and the Nazis, or Gaza and the Warsaw Ghetto, as used by such Israel-haters as George Galloway, Jenny Tonge, the British Muslim Initiative and others"
-- "tarring it [Israel] as a Nazi state delegitimises it and thus advances the agenda of its destruction"
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3392771/liberal-fascism.thtml

(UK) "British Muslims... resent the fact that the rest of society often sees them mainly as potential extremists"
http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13186100&source=hptextfeature

(UK) Individual argue British Muslims need to create a "native British Islamic culture"
-- Fail to grasp the larger issue that all free peoples need to respect equality and liberty for a functioning democracy
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article5810936.ece

Posted by manager at 12:22 PM | Permalink

(UK) Prince of Wales calls for 'bridges' to be built between faiths
-- at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/4837248/Prince-of-Wales-calls-for-bridges-to-be-built-between-faiths.html

(UK) Polygamy UK: This special Mail investigation reveals how thousands of men are milking the benefits system to support several wives
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1154789/Polygamy-UK-This-special-Mail-investigation-reveals-thousands-men-milking-benefits-support-wives.html

(UK) Binyam Mohamed: Britain too cold after Guantanamo
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4837171/Binyam-Mohamed-the-British-resident-released-from-Guantanamo-Bay-tells-friends-UK-is-too-cold.html

UK acknowledges 2 rendition cases
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_rendition

(UK) Terrorism experts share knowledge
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7912133.stm

Posted by manager at 12:24 PM | Permalink

(UK) Will Labour allow THIS Muslim hardliner with links to Hezbollah into Britain?
-- "Ibrahim Moussawi, a known hardliner with links to Hezbollah, has been invited to speak at a London university"
-- "Editor for the newspaper of Lebanon-based terrorist organisation Hezbollah, he is a former political editor of the Iranian-backed group's TV station"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1154827/Will-Labour-allow-THIS-Muslim-hardliner-links-Hezbollah-Britain.html?ITO=1490
--- UK Home Office has previously allowed Hezbollah's Ibrahim Moussawi to speak throughout UK
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1196847295423&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1569640/Ban-Hizbollah-TV-boss-from-UK,-say-Tories.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/philipjohnston/3555683/Labour%2C-extremism-and-a-friend-of-Hizbollah.html

(UK) Terrorist suspects claiming unemployment benefits
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4799494/Terrorist-suspects-claiming-unemployment-benefits.html

(UK) Reports of Muslims poisoning food with human waste
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025006.php
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019951.php
http://www.local6.com/news/5182853/detail.html
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gloucestershireheadlines/Man-accused-waging-spray-war/article-721336-detail/article.html

U.K: Analysts find new culprit for "radicalization": Old people
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025010.php
-- UK: Islamic group slams 'out of touch' imams
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/uk-islamic-group-slams-out-of-touch.html
-- Mosques 'fail to tackle radicals'
---- "97% of imams were born abroad"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7907037.stm

UK: Muslims first, British second-- with BBC video links
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/uk-muslims-first-british-second.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lswFMzD_hVU&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvAhN8iEnGo&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YLWCgRrSgI&

(UK) Discussion on Islamic finance begins in UK
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=275405&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28

Commentaries:

(UK) We let radical groups settle in our midst – so this is no surprise - by Kim Sengupta
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/kim-sengupta-we-let-radical-groups-settle-in-our-midst-ndash-so-this-is-no-surprise-1631353.html

Posted by manager at 12:30 PM | Permalink

(UK) Guantanamo man 'can settle in UK'  - Binyam Mohamed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7903330.stm
--- Binyam Mohamed: The false martyr - by Thomas Joscelyn
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/binyam_mohamed_the_f.php
--- February 6, 2009 report on Binyam Mohamed plot for terror attacks in U.S., role with Taliban, and reports of training to develop dirty bomb
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135491/Revealed-The-truth-Briton-tortured-Guantanamo-Bay.html?ITO=1490

(UK) Rights Court Halts Extradition of Radical Muslim Cleric from Britain -- Abu Qatada
-- "The European Court of Human Rights says it has asked Britain to halt the extradition of a radical Muslim cleric and suspected al-Qaida member, Abu Qatada, from Britain to Jordan"
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-21-voa17.cfm?rss=europe

(UK) Exeter: Holy books to stay separated
http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/education/Holy-books-stay-separated/article-714775-detail/article.html

(UK) Pakistan's The News: "Blast in Eastern London" -- NOTE report has not been confirmed by any other news source
"LONDON: Blast has been reported in Eastern London on Saturday."
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69278
http://www.geo.tv/2-21-2009/35658.htm

Commentaries:

(UK) Joan Smith: Beyond the psychotic drivel, Qatada is serious about jihad
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/joan-smith/joan-smith-beyond-the-psychotic-drivel-qatada-is-serious-about-jihad-1628837.html

(UK) Binyam Mohamed: The false martyr - by Thomas Joscelyn
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/binyam_mohamed_the_f.php

Posted by manager at 12:35 PM | Permalink

(UK) Galloway seeks inquiry into convoy arrests
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/21/galloway-viva-palestina-arrests-aid
--- UK Member of Parliament George Galloway has history of calling for public contributions for Interpal, linked to Hamas funding
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4293935.ece

Commentaries:

From Islamabad to Bradford - Degrees of accommodation - by Mark Steyn
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NmVhYzRmOGYzYmQ3ODRhYjBiMzllYzc2NDNhZmZjMzU=

Posted by manager at 11:51 AM | Permalink

(UK) Muslim Baby Boom
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/70359/Muslim-baby-boom-/

(Netherlands/UK) Wilders files appeal against UK ban
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6182741/Wilders-files-appeal-against-UK-ban

Commentaries:

(UK) Schooling children to hate our values - by Amanda Platell
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1151301/AMANDA-PLATELL-Schooling-children-hate-values.html

Propaganda:

(UK) Guardian's Seumas Milne attacks draft concept to challenge Islamic supremacism in UK
--- Seumas Milne: would be "most transparent folly"... "to label 'extremist' any British Muslim who supports armed resistance anywhere, including the Palestinian territories; favours sharia law; fails to condemn attacks on British occupation troops in Iraq or Aghanistan; regards gay sex as sinful; or supports the restoration of a pan-Islamic caliphate in the Muslim world"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/19/terrorism-policy-labour-stella-rimington

(UK) Left-Wing Group says Civitas report of Islamic supremacism in UK schools "endorses mind control over Muslims"
http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/3304

Posted by manager at 07:50 AM | Permalink

British Muslims 'providing Taliban with electronic devices for roadside bombs'
-- "British Muslims are providing the Taliban with electronic devices to make roadside bombs for use in attacks against British forces serving in southern Afghanistan"
-- "Brigadier Ed Butler, the former commander of UK forces in Afghanistan, told the Telegraph that there are 'British passport holders' in the Taliban ranks. Other officers believe their soldiers have killed British Muslims fighting alongside the Taliban"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/4736032/British-Muslims-providing-Taliban-with-electronic-devices-for-roadside-bombs.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1151622/British-Muslims-arming-Taliban-electronic-devices-build-roadside-bombs.html

(U.S./UK) Guantanamo Bay inmate to be sent to Britain -- Binyam Mohamed
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/20/europe/EU-Britain-Guantanamo-Bay.phphttp://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090220/tuk-guantanamo-brit-is-cleared-for-relea-45dbed5.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/cuba/4734821/Binyam-Mohamed-to-be-released-from-Guantanamo-Bay.html
--- Binyam Mohamed could be back in UK as early as Monday
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/4736036/Binyam-Mohamed-could-be-back-in-UK-as-early-as-Monday.html
--- "In the case of Binyam Mohammed, what we're looking at is extraordinary rendition in reverse. Instead of flying terror suspects abroad to be tortured, we're flying them here to be pampered"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1150525/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-Under-rule-Osama-Bin-Laden-British.html
--- February 6, 2009 report on Binyam Mohamed plot for terror attacks in U.S., role with Taliban, and reports of training to develop dirty bomb
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135491/Revealed-The-truth-Briton-tortured-Guantanamo-Bay.html?ITO=1490
--- February 5, 2009 - UK Amnesty International Blog: "We should campaign to lock up al Qaeda members not campaign for their release" -- by John Vashahi
http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid=2594

(UK) Britain asked to wait on Qatada deportation
-- "European Court of Human Rights called Friday on Britain to postpone its deportation to Jordan of radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada until after it had heard his appeal"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090220/wl_uk_afp/britainattacksjordanqatadalebanon_20090220142055

UK withdraws controversial terrorism lesson plan
--- "Britain's government apologized Thursday for endorsing a lesson plan which asked students to think like suicide bombers"
--- UK spokesman "acknowledged that the lesson about the bombings was inappropriate for schoolchildren and said it had been pulled from the site"
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/20/europe/EU-Britain-Terror-Lesson.php
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/7901312.stm
--- Pupils taught to see 7/7 from bombers' perspective
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/14/20090220/tpl-pupils-taught-to-see-7-7-from-bomber-81c5b50.html
--- Ministers in U-turn over guidance that urges children to think like suicide bomber
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4734272/Ministers-in-U-turn-over-guidance-that-urges-children-to-think-like-suicide-bomber.html

Commentaries:

(UK) Under this rule, even Osama Bin Laden is British -- by Richard Littlejohn
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1150525/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-Under-rule-Osama-Bin-Laden-British.html

(UK) Why we need a new Churchill to stand against Islamic extremists -- by Kevin Myers
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/why-we-need-a-new-churchill-to-stand-against-islamic-extremists-14197276.html

(Egypt/UK) Propaganda: "Al-Qaeda founder launches fierce attack on Osama bin Laden"
-- Deluded reporter Daily Telegraph David Blair reports misinformation from Egypt that Sayyid Imam al-Sharif, aka "Dr. Fadl" is attacking Bin Laden
--- never questions the "credibility of Dr Fadl"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/4736358/Al-Qaeda-founder-launches-fierce-attack-on-Osama-bin-Laden.html
--- ignores that Al-Sharif is documented supporting Jihad in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Israel, supports Taliban and calls for Sharia state of Afghanistan
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/092.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/13/heretic.alqaida.part.two
"Fadl [aka Al-Sharif] does not condemn all jihadist activity, however. 'Jihad in Afghanistan will lead to the creation of an Islamic state with the triumph of the Taliban, God willing,' he declares. The jihads in Iraq and Palestine are more problematic. As Fadl sees it, 'If it were not for the jihad in Palestine, the Jews would have crept toward the neighbouring countries a long time ago.' Speaking of Iraq, he [Al-Sharif] notes that without the jihad there, 'America would have moved into Syria.'"
--- Same propaganda nonsense peddled by the UK Home Office
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html#T01

Posted by manager at 11:48 AM | Permalink

(UK) Islamic fundamentalism promoted on websites at some Muslim schools in the UK, think tank finds
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/4699505/Islamic-fundamentalism-promoted-on-websites-at-some-Muslim-schools-in-the-UK-think-tank-finds.html
-- Related reports:
http://www.civitas.org.uk/press/prcs87.php
http://www.civicsociety.co.uk/MusicChessandOtherSins17Feb09.pdf

(UK) Polygamy: Muslim peer says issue has been avoided because of 'cultural sensitivity'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4733171/Polygamy-Muslim-peer-says-issue-has-been-avoided-because-of-cultural-sensitivity.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1151087/Labour-failed-polygamy-fear-offending-muslims-says-peer.html

Posted by manager at 07:47 AM | Permalink

(UK) Muslim Engage organization leader condemns report of plans to consider new draft "Contest 2" code
-- Engage's Inayat Bunglawala (former spokesman for the Muslim Council of Great Britain) says that calling for British Muslims to respect equality, reject caliphate, reject jihad, and not promote Sharia "would be counterproductive and class most Muslims as extremists"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/17/counterterrorism-strategy-muslims
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/02/17/who-is-an-extremist/
-- Engage web site
http://www.iengage.org.uk/
-- Inayat Bunglawala also a writer for UK's Guardian
---- "In August 2005, Inayat was appointed by the Home Office as the Convenor of a working group on Tackling Extremism"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2007/jun/03/inayatbunglawala
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news/tacklilng-extremism?version=2
-- August 20, 2005: "Top job fighting extremism for Muslim who praised bomber"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1496621/Top-job-fighting-extremism-for-Muslim-who-praised-bomber.html
-- Inayat Bunglawala states Osama Bin Laden "was a freedom fighter"
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/01f7156e-12a9-11da-8cc3-00000e2511c8,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F01f7156e-12a9-11da-8cc3-00000e2511c8.html%3Fnclick_check%3D1&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3B_ylt%3DA0geu8cu8ppJAGgBFydXNyoA%3Fp%3DUK%2BHome%2BOffice%2B%2522Inayat%2BBunglawala%2522%26y%3DSearch%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501&nclick_check=1
-- Inayat Bunglawala: "Calling for establishing a state with Islamic values should not be a crime"
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-07/18/05.shtml
-- British Muslims who object to homosexuality could be classed as extremists
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-11206.html
--- Pakistan Daily: "Leaked UK Government Proposals Label Core Aspects Of Islam as 'Extremist'"
http://www.daily.pk/world/europe/9473-leaked-uk-government-proposals-label-core-aspects-of-islam-as-extremist.html

February 19, 2009 - Guardian: "Labour's cricket test for British Muslims" by ENGAGE's Inayat Bunglawala
--- Bunglawala: "One point that is becoming clearer by the day is that the 'extremists' as defined by Contest 2 are no longer a fringe element but rather those who believe in the fundamental aspects of Islam, ie the majority."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/18/islam-labour-contest-2

Posted by manager at 09:58 AM | Permalink

So is Britain really going to break with the Muslim Brothers? -- by Melanie Phillips
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3365496/so-is-britain-really-going-to-break-with-the-muslim-brothers.thtml
 
(UK) Muslim Engage organization leader condemns report of plans to consider new draft "Contest 2" code
-- Engage's Inayat Bunglawala (former spokesman for the Muslim Council of Great Britain) says that calling for British Muslims to respect equality, reject caliphate, reject jihad, and not promote Sharia "would be counterproductive and class most Muslims as extremists"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/17/counterterrorism-strategy-muslims
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/02/17/who-is-an-extremist/
-- Engage web site
http://www.iengage.org.uk/
-- Inayat Bunglawala also a writer for UK's Guardian
---- "In August 2005, Inayat was appointed by the Home Office as the Convenor of a working group on Tackling Extremism"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2007/jun/03/inayatbunglawala
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news/tacklilng-extremism?version=2
-- August 20, 2005: "Top job fighting extremism for Muslim who praised bomber"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1496621/Top-job-fighting-extremism-for-Muslim-who-praised-bomber.html
-- Inayat Bunglawala states Osama Bin Laden "was a freedom fighter"
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/01f7156e-12a9-11da-8cc3-00000e2511c8,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F01f7156e-12a9-11da-8cc3-00000e2511c8.html%3Fnclick_check%3D1&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3B_ylt%3DA0geu8cu8ppJAGgBFydXNyoA%3Fp%3DUK%2BHome%2BOffice%2B%2522Inayat%2BBunglawala%2522%26y%3DSearch%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501&nclick_check=1
-- Inayat Bunglawala: "Calling for establishing a state with Islamic values should not be a crime"
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-07/18/05.shtml
-- Hizb ut-Tahrir complains of fears that "UK Government to Compel Muslims to adopt secular liberal values"
http://www.hizb.org.uk/hizb/press-centre/press-release/leaked-uk-government-proposals-label-core-aspects-of-islam-as-extremist.html
-- British Muslims who object to homosexuality could be classed as extremists
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-11206.html
--- Pakistan Daily: "Leaked UK Government Proposals Label Core Aspects Of Islam as 'Extremist'"
http://www.daily.pk/world/europe/9473-leaked-uk-government-proposals-label-core-aspects-of-islam-as-extremist.html

(UK) Asim Siddiqui: "How to categorise every Muslim as an extremist"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/17/terrorism-islam
--- Siddiqui trustee of UK's City Cirle group on British Muslim issues
http://www.thecitycircle.com/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/asimsiddiqui
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asim_Siddiqui
--- City Circle event this week in UK on February 20: "Resistance - the Essence of Islamic Revolution"
http://www.thecitycircle.com/more.php?ann_id=143

(UK) Islamic finance is booming in face of Western credit crunch
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/legal-business/2009/02/18/islamic-finance-is-booming-in-face-of-western-credit-crunch-65233-22949964/

(UK) Scotland: Imams to join police in fighting gangs
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/scotland-imams-to-join-police-in.html

British law professor on Pakistan Sharia law - "Is Sharia the answer?"
-- British professor Shaheen Sardar Ali is "a professor of law at the University of Warwick, UK"
http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/the-paper/editorial/is+sharia+the+answer
-- biography for British university professor Shaheen Sardar Ali -- consults for NORAD, UNICEF
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/staff/academic/ali/

(UK) Libraries told to move books in response to complaints that Quran is not on top shelf
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1148363/Libraries-Bible-shelf-sop-Muslims.html


Commentaries:

England's Muslim Spleen - Brits ban a foe of Islamism -- by John O'Sullivan
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02162009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/englands_muslim_spleen_155468.htm

Posted by manager at 10:32 AM | Permalink

(UK) Report: "UK to shift anti-terror strategy"
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1976234&Language=en
-- BBC: "A senior Whitehall source said that Muslim leaders who urge separation will be isolated and publicly rejected"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7889631.stm
-- "Extremist Muslim preachers targeted in new counter-terrorism strategy"
---- Abdurraheem Green, who views "Islam is not compatible with democracy," calls for wife-beating sought by UK police for "advice"
---- "the Metropolitan Police has sought Abdurraheem Green's advice recently... the preacher insists that in spite of his conservative views about life in Britain he is 'part of the solution' to extremism because young people listen to him"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4639626/Extremist-Muslim-preachers-targeted-in-new-counter-terrorism-strategy.html

(UK) Guardian: "Anti-terror code 'would alienate most Muslims'"
-- Guardian says new anti-terror code would alienate those calling for caliphate, Sharia, support Jihad, etc.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/17/counterterrorism-strategy-muslims

(UK) Spy chief: We risk a police state
-- "Dame Stella Rimington, the former head of MI5, has warned that the fear of terrorism is being exploited by the Government to erode civil liberties and risks creating a police state"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4643415/Spy-chief-We-risk-a-police-state.html
--- Comment: remember this is the same MI5 that views more Islam as the solution to Jihadist terrorism
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html#T04
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/20/uksecurity.terrorism1
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/3561662/How-to-target-the-extremists.html

(Somalia/UK) UK: 60 British youth fighting Jihad in Somalia
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/uk-60-british-youth-fighting-jihad-in.html
-- UK: Jihadis to Somalia
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/uk-jihadis-to-somalia.html

(Somalia/UK) British Muslim student killed 20 in suicide bomb attack in Somalia
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1146290/Revealed-British-Muslim-student-killed-20-suicide-bomb-attack-Somalia.html?ITO=1490
--- Growing number of British men joining Islamic radicals in Somalia
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4638987/Growing-number-of-British-men-joining-Islamic-radicals-in-Somalia.html
--- Suicide bomber from Ealing is first in a new wave of Islamic terror
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23643466-details/article.do?ito=newsnow&

(Somalia/UK) Somalia's terror recruits return to UK
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/somalias+terror+recruits+return+to+uk/2954747
-- Somalia-trained terrorists back in Britain
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/16/Somalia-trained_terrorists_back_in_Britain/UPI-83721234804431/
-- Somali radicals 'importing terror to UK' say intelligence analysts
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5741300.ece

(Somalia/UK) Somalia, the 'new Pakistan'?
-- "A young man blows himself up in Somalia, killing several people, but he is from Ealing in west London. He is just one of scores of Muslims believed to have travelled from the UK to join Islamist militants in one of the world's worst failed states."
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/somalia+the+new+pakistan/2956057
--- Comment: unfortunately when UK's Channel 4 refers to "failed states," it doesn't acknowledge UK's responsibility

Posted by manager at 06:07 PM | Permalink

(UK) Archbishop of Canterbury: Society is coming round to my views on sharia
-- Rowan Williams claims "a number of fairly senior people" in UK now support institutionalizing Sharia law in UK
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4631128/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-Society-is-coming-round-to-my-views-on-sharia.html
---- A drift of misunderstanding in Londonistan - by Melanie Phillips
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3363346/a-drift-of-misunderstanding-in-londonistan.thtml
---- Rowan Williams is right to say the public supports him over Sharia. (The Saudi Arabian public, that is.) -- by Damian Thompson
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2009/02/16/rowan_williams_is_right_to_say_the_public_supports_him_over_sharia_the_saudi_arabian_public_that_is

Commentaries:

UK: The Ghost of a Supremacist-Appeased Future - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/125.html#3

(UK) A drift of misunderstanding in Londonistan - by Melanie Phillips
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3363346/a-drift-of-misunderstanding-in-londonistan.thtml

(UK) Rowan Williams is right to say the public supports him over Sharia. (The Saudi Arabian public, that is.) -- by Damian Thompson
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2009/02/16/rowan_williams_is_right_to_say_the_public_supports_him_over_sharia_the_saudi_arabian_public_that_is

Geert Wilders and the Fight for Europe - Does defending Western values constitute "inciting hatred"? -- by Bat Yeor
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZGVhOWZlNjk4N2E0NDk1NDgwYWRhNzlhMTdmNWZlNjI=
 

Posted by manager at 02:08 PM | Permalink

The UK Home Office's rank hypocrisy regarding Geert Wilders is pathetically embarrassing as the weakness of a government that has clearly surrendered to Islamic supremacism.  The UK Home Office claimed that its objectives in silencing Wilders was to "stop those who want to spread extremism, hatred and violent messages," while its security minister calls for talks with Al-Qaeda, while it allows Hezbollah supporters to enter the UK to tour the nation, while its promotes an individual calling for Jihad and supporting the Taliban, while it funds an organization that praises Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa (a known Hezbollah supporter and Islamic supremacist).  This is the same UK Home Office that allows its employees to be members of the Islamic supremacist Hizb ut-Tahrir, which seeks the creation of a Islamic supremacist caliphate, supports jihad, and whose leaflets have been reported by BBC to include "threats against Jews to "kill them wherever you find them'" -- the same Hizb ut-Tahrir organization that reportedly radicalized British suicide bomber Omar Shariff -- the same Hizb ut-Tahrir organization whose speakers state "democracy is un-Islamic."

So this makes it clear that the UK Home Office's use of the meaningless term "extremism" is merely a political ploy to silence only those who would challenge their efforts to maintain a "covenant of security" between the UK and Islamic supremacists.  There will be no silencing of  former Al-Muhajiroun leader Anjem Choudary and the "Islam for the UK" group, who provided a forum on November 10, 2008 in the UK for Omar Bakri Muhammad , who told the audience "Do not obey the British law... We must fight and die for Islam."    "Islam for the UK" has another meeting scheduled for March 3, 2009 where it will seek to encourage Muslims to develop a global Islamic supremacist caliphate.  But this isn't "extremism" for the UK Home Office.  Nor did UK Home Office concerns about "extremism" halt a Muslim Brotherhood festival for the terrorist group Hamas in London on February 15, 2009 - just a few days after the UK Home Office silenced Geert Wilders.  The  fund raising Hamas festival in London included Wagdi Ghuniem, who has been thrown out or run out of most countries, except of course, the UK -- the same Wagdi Ghuniem, who promotes Jihad and calls Jews "apes."   Not surprisingly, this Muslim Brotherhood festival for the Hamas terrorist group also included so-called British "counterterror leader" Kamal Al-Helbawy, the "former" Muslim Brotherhood spokesman in UK, who supports attacks on Israeli children, and is viewed as "really respected" by British journalists in "counterterrorism" such as CNN's Peter Bergen and Paul Cruickshank.

When one understands that the UK Home Office's real agenda is to silence those who would point out their abject surrender to Islamic supremacism, it is clearly no surprise that they would not want Geert Wilders to speak.  It is also not surprising that other UK institutions have sought to silence Briton Douglas Murray and others; Mr. Murray, a challenger of Islamic supremacism in the UK, was silenced by the London School of Economics in "the interests of public safety."

But what you may not realize is the UK Home Office has also aggressively sought to influence debate in the United States as well.  On June 24, 2008 in Washington, DC, the UK Home Office sent a representative to a George Washington University panel discussion that I was part of, regarding the definition of "jihad" to dissuade Americans from using the term "jihad" or "Islamist" when discussing Islamic supremacist terrorism.  In our nation's capital, this foreign government sought to sway American debate to ignore the Islamic supremacist nature of Jihad.

Two months later, I was told by a well-known American blog on counterterrorism subjects that the UK Home Office had written them in complaint of my articles regarding Islamic supremacism in the UK and sought to have me silenced (an American).  I was told that the representative of the UK Home Office was specifically angry about an article where I questioned why the Quilliam Foundation was publicly praising on their web site Egyptian Mufti Ali Gomaa - a known supporter of Hezbollah and Islamic supremacism -- while Quilliam claims to oppose "Islamism."  A few weeks before that Senators Kyl and Coburn had written then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asking why U.S. government funds were supporting ISNA's meeting with this same Ali Gomaa.  Like ISNA, the UK Home Office does not need such scrutiny of the facts, and this particular American blog chose to discontinue my articles on Jihad and Islamic supremacism.   (Four months later, the Quilliam Foundation was given 1 million pounds sterling of British taxpayer funds -- and their support for Ali Gomaa remains on their public web site.)

The UK Home Office's agenda in protecting its "covenant of security" with Islamic supremacism is not going to be limited to silencing just visiting European legislators such as Geert Wilders.  It seeks to silence Americans in this country as well, and it will doubtless continue to use its resources and influence within this country to do so.  This shows the stakes in failing to defy Islamic supremacism -- surrender will not only undermine support for equality and liberty, surrender will also alter your relations with free nations committed to being responsible for equality and liberty.  While we must continue to support the resistance movement by individuals in the UK who are still committed to equality and liberty, we must recognize that the current British Home and Foreign Offices and their supporters have abandoned all pretense of commitment to equality and liberty, preferring appeasement and infiltration by the enemy.  It has gone well down the road to becoming an enemy-occupied, collaborationist, "Vichy Britain."  

Moreover, some publicly promote their collaborationist credentials to impress Islamic supremacists, as shown by the February 15, 2009 report of the Archbishop on Canterbury's claims that he has persuaded "a number of fairly senior people" to support the growing incorporation of Islamic supremacist Sharia law in the United Kingdom.  Some wear their surrender proudly.

This is the treacherous, sinister, perverted future that would await free people who fail to be accountable in defying Islamic supremacism; those who fail to defy it will eventually become a tool of the enemy to protect your "peace" through submission.  Failure to defy Islamic supremacism will not only cost us our freedoms... it will also cost us our identity.

In Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," there is the well-known story of Scrooge facing the "ghost of Christmas yet to come," a grim reaper that points to Scrooge's dishonor, disgrace, and grave. Scrooge asks "Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?"

This is the question to America regarding what we must learn from the grim and sad tale of the United Kingdom's appeasement of Islamic supremacism. The deteriorating United Kingdom serves as a cautionary example of the future that awaits us, should we fail to be responsible for equality and liberty today.

Americans can choose another path. Our destiny remains in our hands. Our ability to forge a new path of defiance against Islamic supremacism and in defense of equality and liberty remains the responsibility of our generation.

 

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(UK) U.S. Guantanamo detainee fit to travel: British diplomats -- Briton Binyam Mohamed
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090215/wl_nm/us_britain_guantanamo;_ylt=AvK9p60R88rGDQhsHO3nyAZvaA8F
--- February 6, 2009: Revealed: The 'truth' behind the Briton 'tortured in Guantanamo Bay'
---- "Investigators also believe Binyam Mohamed was planning to blow up an apartment block in the United States when he was arrested."
---- "U.S. authorities claim Mohamed fought against anti-Taliban Northern Alliances forces and, because of his UK residency, was selected by Al Qaeda and trained to construct and detonate a radioactive 'dirty bomb'."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135491/Revealed-The-truth-Briton-tortured-Guantanamo-Bay.html?ITO=1490

(UK) Muslim Brotherhood Leaders Hold Hamas Festival In London Today
-- will include "general superintendant of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria lawyer Ali Sadr Adiin Beanounii, president of the centre for terrorism studies Dr Kamal Al-Helbawy"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/02/15/muslim-brotherhood-leaders-hold-hamas-festival-in-london-today/
http://www.qudspress.com/look/article.tpl?IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=1&NrArticle=53860&NrIssue=1&NrSection=3
-- more on "Centre for Terrorism Studies" Al-Helbawy -- of Muslim Brotherhood
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19078

(UK) Nine suspects arrested by terror police
---- "Nine people arrested in connection with terrorism offences but six were later released without charge."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4621561/Nine-suspects-arrested-by-terror-police.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5732316.ece
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/15/terror-motorway-arrests
-- Anti-terror police seize three vans headed for Gaza
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE51D1NH20090214
-- More time to quiz terror suspects
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23642519-details/More+time+to+quiz+terror+suspects/article.do
http://www.burnleyexpress.net/burnleynews/Antiterrorism-police-34given-more-time34.4982288.jp
-- Anti-terror police search homes after arrests in Burnley
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25056921-23109,00.html
http://www.burnleyexpress.net/burnleynews/Burnley-homes-to-be-searched.4981693.jp
-- UK police arrest 3 men in anti-terror probe -- arrests and seizures in Preston and Burnley
---- "seized three vehicles that tried to join a convoy organized by a British charity to carry aid to the Gaza Strip"
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/14/europe/EU-Britain-Terror-Arrests.php

(UK) George Galloway £1million aid convoy link to three terror suspects arrested on M65
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1145585/George-Galloway-1million-aid-convoy-linked-terror-suspects-arrested-M65.html
-- British Member of Parliament Galloway has history of seeking donations for front groups to Hamas
--- seeking donations for Interpal (Palestinian Relief and Development Fund) linked to Hamas
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4293935.ece

Posted by manager at 06:27 PM | Permalink

UK conference to "emphasise the need for all Muslims worldwide to struggle as much as they can for the sake of Allah (SWT) to implement the Shari'ah on the earth"
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024855.php

(UK) Police opening office within mosque
http://www.beverleyguardian.co.uk/latest-york-and-humberside-news/Police-opening-office-within-mosque.4982291.jp

(UK) Project to help growing Muslim community -- to help Muslim convert women
http://new.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED14%20Feb%202009%2009%3A33%3A01%3A473

(UK) Surge of anti-Semitic attacks in UK
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3671416,00.html

UK Paper: Boycott Israeli Government with Lieberman -- London-based Arabic-language Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129946

(UK) Islamic finance accelerates into motor policies -- expansion of Sharia in UK
http://www.independent.co.uk/money/insurance/islamic-finance-accelerates-into-motor-policies-1622160.html

(UK) New counter-terrorism campaign  - featuring "prominent Muslims"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7891152.stm

Commentaries:

(UK) Labour bares its appeaser's teeth to unbending Muslims -- by Minette Marrin
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/minette_marrin/article5733899.ece

Posted by manager at 12:28 PM | Permalink

(UK) BBC - Video: Muslim First, British Second
http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_7888000/7888467.stm

(UK) What happened to the book burners? -- regarding those in UK who burned Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses
--- Aki Nawaz: "I don't really care what non-Muslims think - I think what the Muslims did had to be done."
--- Ishtiaq Ahmed says UK has benefited: "People became more aware about the presence of Muslims, more aware of their sensibilities regarding their faith"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7883308.stm
--- see also London Times' "Burning Satanic Verses lit the flame for better race relations" -- by Sunny Hundal
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5720319.ece

(UK) Few attend UK screening of Wilders' film
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6175108-Few-attend-UK
-- Fitna broadcast in House of Lords: "Only five peers -- and no MPs -- were among the 30 people who attended last night's screening"
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23641599-details/Islam%2C+hate+and+free+speech/article.do

(UK) BBC Hides Report on Bias
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129932

(UK) Rolling road blocks will be in place for holy parade
http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/asianspotlight/spotlight/4117412.Muslim_parade_date_set_for_High_Wycombe/

Commentaries:

IFPS: The House of Lords Speech: What Wilders Would Have Said If the UK Allowed Free Speech
-- Geert Wilders: "you cannot run away from history, you cannot escape the dangers of ideologies that are out to destroy you. Denial is no option"
-- Geert Wilders: "Will Britain offer submission or perseverance? Freedom or slavery?"
http://www.internationalfreepresssociety.org/2009/02/the-house-of-lords-speech-what-wilders%E2%80%99-would-have-said-if-the-uk-allowed-free-speech/

Wall Street Journal: Britain Bans One of Islam's Critics
By detaining Geert Wilders, the U.K. undermines its own values.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123447930283579567.html?mod=

(UK) Banning Wilders plays into the hands of our Islamist enemies - by Charles Moore
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/charlesmoore/4615504/Banning-Wilders-plays-into-the-hands-of-our-Islamist-enemies.html

(UK) Debate in House of Lords on the UK government's justification for barring Wilders from the country
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024815.php
http://news.parliament.uk/2009/02/geert-wilders/

(UK) "Preserving 'Harmony' for Islamic Radicals" - by Andrew McCarthy
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDVhODU5MDQ2OTg5OGNmOWJkNjk3MTRlYTg4MGJjZjM

Propaganda:

(UK) Guardian: Wilders' ban is in Britain's best interests -- by Nazir Ahmed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/13/geert-wilders-extremists-liberty-central

(UK) Evening Standard: Islam, hate and free speech
-- "for anyone to use that right of free speech purely to provoke trouble risks threatening the very atmosphere in which free speech is possible"
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23641599-details/Islam%2C+hate+and+free+speech/article.do

(UK) Guardian: "Geert Wilders? Good riddance" - by Chris Huhne
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/13/geert-wilders-liberty-central

(UK) Closing the door on Geert Wilders - by Clive Davis
http://www.spectator.co.uk/clivedavis/3353811/closing-the-door-on-geert-wilders.thtml

(UK) BBC apology as radio guests swear about politician Geert Wilders
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-apology-as-radio-guests-swear-about-politician-1608627.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1143878/BBC-new-swearing-row-Radio-5-guests-Dutch-MP-w--.html

(UK) "Burning Satanic Verses lit the flame for better race relations" -- by Sunny Hundal
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5720319.ece

Posted by manager at 08:30 PM | Permalink

Images of Demonstrations Against Geert Wilders
http://www.spitsnieuws.nl/archives/foto/2009/02/wilders_wacht_geen_warm_welkom.html
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024808.php

(UK) "Anti-Islam Dutch Lawmaker Sent Back to Netherlands Amid U.K. Ban"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,491505,00.html
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Geert-Wilders-Dutch-MP-Banned-From-UK-Is-Sent-Back-To-Holland-From-Heathrow-Airport/Article/200902215221965?lpos=Politics_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15221965_Geert_Wilders%2C_Dutch_MP_Banned_From_UK%2C_Is_Sent_Back_To_Holland_From_Heathrow_Airport
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/84535
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/02/geert-wilders-arrested-refused-entry.html
http://www.geertwilders.nl/
-- PDF of UK February 10, 2009 Letter to Wilders
http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/wilders_letter.pdf

(UK) "Mr Wilders said: 'I am in a detention centre at Heathrow ... I am detained. They took my passport. I will not be allowed to enter the country. They will send me back within a few hours.'"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5718039.ece

(UK) Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film
--- "ban was supported by the Muslim Council of Great Britain"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html

(UK) Dutch MP banned over anti-Islam film is to be sent back home from Heathrow
--- "Speaking from Heathrow, Mr Wilders branded Gordon Brown the 'biggest coward in Europe' and said freedom of speech in Britain had been 'set back centuries'."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1141622/Dutch-MP-arrives-Heathrow-booted-Britain-anti-Islam-film.html

(UK) Wilders: "It's a very sad day for freedom of speech in the UK"
--- Lord Pearson: "The film isn't offensive unless you are a violent Islamist."
--- BBC: "The Lords screening went ahead as planned, despite Mr Wilder's non-attendance."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7885918.stm
--- Video: Banned Dutch MP held at Heathrow
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7886491.stm

(UK) Muslim peer who invited terror suspect to visit Parliament
-- "Muslim peer [Lord Ahmed] at the heart of the opposition to extremist Dutch politician Geert Wilders's visit once invited an Al Qaeda terror suspect to visit Parliament."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1142862/Muslim-peer-invited-terror-suspect-visit-Parliament.html?ITO=1490

(UK) Security Minister "Lord [Alan] West" [of Spithead]: "I certainly don't think we are guilty of appeasement in any way whatsoever."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5718039.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2
--- Same UK Security Minister Alan West that has called for talks with Al-Qaeda
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7299888.stm
--- More on Alan West
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html#T05
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/UK_Strategy_Sources.htm#003
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_West,_Baron_West_of_Spithead

(UK) Just 4 parents forced head to resign over Muslim assemblies
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/84465

(UK) Outrage at 'Muslim only' Domino's pizza
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/69327/Outrage-at-Muslim-only-Domino-s-pizza/

Dutch govt 'regrets' British decision on far-right Dutch MP
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68408

Dutch protest Britain's ban of right-wing lawmaker
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/10/europe/EU-Netherlands-Britain-Lawmaker-Barred.php

International Free Press Society (IFPS): An Open Letter to the Government of the UK
http://www.internationalfreepresssociety.org/2009/02/an-open-letter-to-the-government-of-the-uk/

Commentaries:

UK: How Britain, the cradle of liberty, is sleepwalking towards cultural suicide - by Melanie Phillips
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1141806/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-How-Britain-cradle-liberty-sleepwalking-cultural-suicide.html

Andrew Bostom Commentary on Geert Wilders
http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2009/02/11/geert-wilders-and-the-mendacious-very-little-green-craven-one-and-his-mindless-minions/

UK: Whatever happened to free speech? - by Philip Johnston
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/philipjohnston/4604985/Whatever-happened-to-free-speech.html

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(UK) 'Let them arrest me': Dutch MP vows to defy Home Office ban and fly to Britain to show anti-Islam film
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1141622/Let-arrest-Dutch-MP-vows-defy-Home-Office-ban-fly-Britain-anti-Islam-film.html
-- Image of UK letter sent to Geert Wilders
http://www.dianawest.net/Portals/0/Geert%20Letter.jpg

(UK) Diplomatic row after Jacqui Smith bans from Britain Dutch MP who planned to show anti-Islam film at House of Lords
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1141622/Diplomatic-row-Jacqui-Smith-bans-Britain-Dutch-MP-planned-anti-Islam-film-House-Lords.html

(UK) Daily Mail reports UK Home Office spokesman as stating:
"The Government opposes extremism in all its forms. It will stop those who want to spread extremism, hatred and violent messages in our communities from coming to our country."
"We endorse the original condemnation of the film 'Fitna' by the Dutch Government, and feel that it serves no constructive purpose."
"The British Government has absolutely no connection with any screening of this film that may take place in the House of Lords or anywhere else in the UK. It is a matter for the House of Lords or any other venue as to whether they choose to show it."
"Freedom of speech is a fundamental right, but one that must be used responsibly and not as a cover for causing offence and division. We fully appreciate the sensitivities around the portrayal of any religious figure or text."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1141622/Diplomatic-row-Jacqui-Smith-bans-Britain-Dutch-MP-planned-anti-Islam-film-House-Lords.html
--- see also August 31, 2008: British Government Efforts against "Extremists" Ignores Jihad and Islamic Supremacism
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html

(UK) Lord Ahmed on Banning Geert Wilders: "It would be unwise to have him in the UK because this man's presence would cause hatred"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7882953.stm

(UK) Controversial anti-Muslim MP banned from the UK because of public order fears
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/4582982/Controversial-anti-Muslim-MP-banned-from-the-UK-because-of-public-order-fears.html
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/00213dde-f7a0-11dd-a284-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5709892.ece

(UK) Yes, Wilders is highly controversial but freedom dies if we ban him from addressing our Parliament -- by Melanie Phillips
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1141806/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-Yes-Wilders-highly-controversial-freedom-dies-ban-addressing-Parliament.html

(UK) Re: Brits ban Wilders - by Mark Steyn
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmM1NTcwNGQzMzA3ZDE2MTZlZjUwYTNiMjE1ZTlhZGY=

(UK) Spectator: Britain capitulates to terror
http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/arts/3344161/britain-capitulates-to-terror.thtml

(UK) Is Geert Wilders inconsistent in calling for banning the Qur'an and defending free speech?
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024800.php
--- References:
--- NYT's "Totally Tolerant, Up to a Point" by Ian Buruma
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/opinion/30buruma.html?_r=3&scp=2&sq=Ian%20Buruma&st=cse

(UK/Netherlands) Wilders to travel to Great Britain despite ban
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6171838/Wilders-to-travel-to-Great-Britain-despite-ban
--- Defiant Wilders to travel to Britain despite ban
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024799.php
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/3225518/__Wilders_gaat_confrontatie_aan__.html
--- Far-right Dutch MP ignores Britain on entry refusal
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090211/wl_uk_afp/netherlandspoliticsislambritain_20090211135757

(UK/Netherlands) "Dutch protest Britain's ban of right-wing lawmaker" -- on Geert Wilders
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/10/europe/EU-Netherlands-Britain-Lawmaker-Barred.php

(UK) BBC should not keep Israeli bias report secret according to Lords
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/4591752/BBC-should-not-keep-Israeli-bias-report-secret-according-to-Lords.html

(UK) Birmingham: Domino's Pizza outlet bans pork in favour of halal menu
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/4590251/Dominos-Pizza-outlet-bans-pork-in-favour-of-halal-menu.html

(UK) Woman saved from forced marriage in Pakistan by new UK law
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4590895/Woman-saved-from-forced-marriage-in-Pakistan-by-new-UK-law.html

Commentaries:

Who's Committing Crimes against Humanity? by Janet Levy
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/02/whos_committing_crimes_against.html

A Geert Wilders Defense Journal Entry - by Gary H. Johnson, Jr.
http://unitedagainstislamicsupremacism.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/a-geert-wilders-defense-journal-entry/

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(Afghanistan) UK New envoy to Afghanistan, Pakistan
-- "Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, an Arabic speaker who has previously been Britain's ambassador to Saudi Arabia as well as Israe"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090209/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanpakistandiplomacy_20090209130357;_ylt=Atk3Mmdua02U6q7Z2BFJYNQBS5Z4
-- October 2, 2008: British envoy says mission in Afghanistan is doomed, according to leaked memo
--- Sherard Cowper-Coles memo reported by London Times: "reportedly saying that the campaign against the Taleban insurgents would fail"
--- Sherard Cowper-Coles memo reported by London Times: "the only realistic outlook for Afghanistan would be the installation of 'an acceptable dictator'"
-- October 3, 2008: Official: NATO will fail against Taliban
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/10/03/Official_NATO_will_fail_against_Taliban/UPI-51561223082545/
-- June 22, 2007 - UK's Nottingham - "he claimed that the streets of Saudi cities were safer than theirs"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2007/jun/22/uk.afghanistan

(UK) Taxi driver coaxed into becoming al Qaida spy
-- Habib Ahmed found guilty of collaborating with Rangzieb Ahmed
-- "He became radicalised after he joined a college Islamic society operated by his close friend Hassan Butt"
-- "society was operated on behalf of Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HT)"
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Taliban_recruiter_helped_taxi_driver_become_an_al-Qaeda_agent&in_article_id=526821&in_page_id=34

(UK) Al-Qaida fantasist tells court: I'm a professional liar -- Hassan Butt
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/09/uksecurity-july7
-- UK Muslim tells court he fabricated Islamist past
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090209/wl_nm/us_britain_security_confession

(UK) Compulsory visas for South Africans
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5689448.ece
--- Pakistanis returning from Jihad training have long used South Africa as a stopover to avoid visa detection on return to UK
---- May 3, 2007: British terrorists using Africa as secret staging post
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article1739245.ece
---- February 4, 2008: South Africans face visa curb to shut terrorists' route to Britain
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3301166.ece
---- July 11, 2008: UK to tighten entry for South Africans over terrorism fears
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4315614.ece

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(UK) British diplomat arrested over 'anti-Semitic' rant
-- Senior Foreign Office diplomat Rowan Laxton publicly ranted "f***ing Israelis, f***ing Jews" and saying that Israeli soldiers should be "wiped off the face of the Earth"
-- Laxton has "served in Pakistan and Afghanistan" and is "in charge of UK diplomatic policy in South Asia, directly briefing David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5693687.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4564216/Foreign-Office-diplomat-arrested-over-anti-Semitic-rant.html
--- High-ranking Foreign Office diplomat arrested over anti-Semitic gym tirade
----- UK Foreign Office: "It is too early to comment"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1139249/High-ranking-Foreign-Office-diplomat-arrested-anti-Semitic-gym-tirade.html

(UK) Britain's Islamic finance sector bigger than Pakistan's, report claims
-- "$18billion (£12bn) in assets of Britain's Islamic banks dwarf those of some states where Islam is the main religion, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey and Egypt"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/4569263/Britains-Islamic-finance-sector-bigger-than-Pakistans-report-claims.html
 
(UK) Headteacher forced to resign after being branded racist for trying to axe separate assemblies for Muslims
-- "She wanted to hold assemblies for all the pupils, which would include all faiths."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1139653/Headteacher-forced-resign-branded-racist-trying-axe-separate-assemblies-Muslims.html

(UK) Head 'forced out' over ban on Muslim assemblies
-- Additional report by London Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article5697694.ece

(UK) Protests continue in Mosque row
http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/asianspotlight/spotlight/4113070.Protests_continue_in_Mosque_row/

(UK) Muslim mothers given web advice
-- "course is being funded by the government under its preventing violent extremism initiative"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7878413.stm

UK: 12-year-old Jewish girl terrorized by "youths" chanting "Kill all Jews" and "Death to Jews"
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024769.php
http://www.thejc.com/articles/schoolgirl-terrorised-mob

(UK) Christian nurse row: now teachers could be disciplined for discussing religion
-- "There is a witch hunt against Christians"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4557794/Christian-nurse-row-now-teachers-could-be-disciplined-for-discussing-religion.html

(UK) Osama Bin Laden's niece to play London gig
http://www.nme.com/news/wafah-dufour/42644

Propaganda:

(UK) "Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: 'Satanic Verses' forced me to declare myself a Muslim"
-- "The arguments over freedom of expression though were disingenuous. There is no absolute freedom."
-- "Muslim believers like me... can belong to no exclusive camp or side"
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/yasmin-alibhai-brown/yasmin-alibhaibrown-lsquosatanic-versesrsquo-forced-me-to-declare-myself-a-muslim-1604607.html

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(UK) British Hizb ut-Tahrir Web Site Promoting Pakistan Jihad
http://www.hizb.org.uk/hizb/press-centre/press-release/hizb-ut-tahrir-pakistan-the-only-solution-to-the-occupied-territories-is-jihad-through-the-armies.html

(UK) Miliband denies U.S. threatened to break off co-operation on terrorism intelligence
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135491/Miliband-denies-U-S-threatened-break-operation-terrorism-intelligence.html
-- UK ruling sparks debate on Guantanamo detainee
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/05/europe/EU-Britain-Guantanamo.php
-- UK Amnesty International Blog: "We should campaign to lock up al Qaeda members not campaign for their release" -- by John Vashahi
-- on Binyam Mohamed case
http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid=2594

Commentaries:

(UK/U.S.) It's time to shut down Al-Muhajiroun for good - by Edmund Standing
--- "Islam For The UK continues to promote Bakri Muhammad's ravings via its website and their American allies use anti-Semitic material lifted from neo-Nazi websites."
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/02/05/its-time-to-shut-down-al-muhajiroun-for-good/

UK Amnesty International Blog: "We should campaign to lock up al Qaeda members not campaign for their release" -- by John Vashahi
-- on Binyam Mohamed case
http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid=2594
--- also by John Vashahi "Amnesty should not be a toy in hand of al Qaeda"
http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid=2549

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(UK) Yusuf Islam performs song for Gaza (aka Cat Stevens)
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/entertainment&id=6624848&rss=rss-wabc-article-6624848
--- Yusuf Islam and Salman Rushdie
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/015294.php
--- May 23, 1989: Cat Stevens Gives Support To Call for Death of Rushdie
http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/18/specials/rushdie-cat.html?_r=6&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=login&oref=slogin&oref=login

(UK) BBC and Sky News Refuse to Air 'Give to Gaza' Clips
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129612

(UK) Gaza donations double after DEC aid appeal screened
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article5599384.ece

(UK) Muslim Council of Britain Boycotts Holocaust Memorial Day Again
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/01/26/muslim-council-of-britain-boycotts-holocaust-memorial-day-again/
--- Guardian "news brief" (scroll down)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jan/26/5

(UK) Scottish Islamic Foundation (SIF) tightens stranglehold over Scottish Muslims
--- SIF's Osama Saeed promotes caliphate, Sharia law, censorship -- seeks UK govt funds to promote
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/01/26/scottish-islamic-foundation-tightens-stranglehold-over-scottish-muslims/

Commentaries:

(UK) The charities are guilty, not the BBC - by Andrew Roberts
-- "The Corporation is right not to run the Gaza appeal. Oxfam and others are clearly anti-Israel"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5586716.ece

(UK) The Muslim Council of Britain's disgusting decision to boycott Holocaust Memorial Day - by James Forsyth
http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/3292011/the-muslim-council-of-britains-disgusting-decision-to-boycott-holocaust-memorial-day.thtml

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(UK) Evening Standard: Right-wing author is banned from Islam talk
--- Douglas Murray, director of Centre for Social Cohesion, banned from debate on Islam
--- Standard: "right-wing writer has been banned from chairing a debate on Islam at the London School of Economics today amid security fears"
--- Standard: "The LSE asked Mr Murray not to attend in the interest of public safety as his presence could provoke further unrest"
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23626820-details/Right-wing+author+is+banned+from+Islam+talk/article.do
---- Civil liberties group calls for resignation of Prof Janet Hartley
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/alex_singleton/blog/2009/01/23/civil_liberties_group_calls_for_resignation_of_prof_janet_hartley

UK: 44% of Muslims against integration
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/uk-44-of-muslims-against-integration.html
-- Daily Star Report: "Ghetto Britain"
--- on UK Equalities and Human Rights Commission poll
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/66597/Ghetto-Britain/
--- Daily Mail Graphic of Poll Results
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/20/article-0-031CE3E9000005DC-387_468x448_popup.jpg
--- Associated Daily Mail Report: "Religion divides us more than race, say Britons"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1123176/Religion-divides-race-say-Britons.html
----- Results in text:
----- Question: "Communities should be free to develop along separate lines and not forced to integrate"
------- Muslim Reponse - 44 percent agree
----- Question: "I would be happy for my child to marry someone from another religion"
------- Muslim Reponse - 60 percent disagree
---- New Commission poll shows British institutions need to 'keep up with Obama generation'
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/newsandcomment/Pages/keepupwithObamageneration.aspx

(UK) Azad Ali - Oh No He Didn't, Oh Yes He Did!
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/01/23/azad-ali-oh-no-he-didnt-oh-yes-he-did/
http://blog.islamicforumeurope.com/?p=148
http://blog.islamicforumeurope.com/?p=98
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1120831/Muslim-civil-servant-suspended-killing-British-troops-justified-blog.html

UK: Muslims walking into Jewish-owned shops and saying, "I'm going to kill you"
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024540.php
--- UK: London - More Anti-Semitic Attacks in Golders Green
http://www.vosizneias.com/26119

(UK) Islamic protest to hold anti-Gaza rally in East End -- Hizb ut-Tahrir
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED23%20Jan%202009%2015%3A33%3A58%3A117

(UK) Seminar: Women of Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain Examine Why Gaza is not defended
http://www.hizb.org.uk/hizb/press-centre/press-release/seminar-women-of-hizb-ut-tahrir-britain-call-on-muslim-armies-to-defend-gaza.html

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(UK) "Government gives 1m pounds to anti-extremist think-tank Quilliam Foundation"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5549138.ece

See Also:
-- January 13, 2009: Quilliam Foundation Guardian Commentary by James Brandon Attacks Mark Steyn, Melanie Philips and calls her writing "crazed rhetoric"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/13/islam-uksecurity
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/james-brandon
-- January 11, 2009: Quilliam Foundation's Ed Husain: "As a British Muslim, it is so frustrating that no one seems to understand our anger"
--- Quilliam's Husain: "Many urged me to calm Muslim anger, but why should I? If this does not make me and other Muslims angry, then what could?"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/11/israel-palestine-islam
--- On the other side from civilisation - by Melanie Phillips
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3197296/on-the-other-side-from-civilisation.thtml
---- Press release: Quilliam Foundation calls for UK Government to pressure Israel to stop military operations
http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/index.php/component/content/article/374
---- "Britain has a duty to Arabs" - by Ed Husain
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/30/israelandthepalestinians-middleeast
---- Gaza invasion could spark extremism in Britain: Muslims
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-71379.html
http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKTRE5072Z520090108?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=401
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/08/open-letter-gaza-gordon-brown-israel
---- Maajid Nawaz defended the rights of Jihadists in Afghanistan and Iraq under the Geneva Convention
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Quilliam
---- Quilliam Foundation and Misdirection on Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/098.html
---- Quilliam Foundation's Ed Husain Argues for new proposed UK Sharia "contract" on women's rights to deal with rape and forced marriages
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/20/islam.religion
----- ignorning existing UK laws
http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/consent.pdf

(UK) Boy Scouts adopt Islamic pledge
-- can replace "God" with "“Allah, the Most Beneficent and the Most Merciful"
http://www.christian.org.uk/news/20090120/scouts-adopt-islamic-pledge/

(UK) Authors: "Muslim areas NOT 'breeding ground' for terrorism"
-- Professor Ludi Simpson and Dr Nissa Finney from The University of Manchester
-- new book 'Sleepwalking to segregation? Challenging myths about race and migration'
http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/asianspotlight/spotlight/4060422.Muslim_areas_NOT__breeding_ground__for_terrorism/

(UK) "Terror attacks can 'lower suicide rates' according to doctor" -- Dr Emad Salib
http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/news/4058041.Terror_attacks_can__lower_suicide__rates_according_to_doctor/

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(UK) Birmingham-based Islamic charity appeals for £2million for victims of Gaza bombings - Islamic Relief Worldwide
http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2008/12/31/birmingham-based-islamic-charity-appeals-for-2million-for-victims-of-gaza-bombings-65233-22579224/
--- Jeffrey Imm: Islamic Relief Worldwide Group Linked to Jihadist Organizations
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/003.html
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6625
--- 2006: Israel: British national arrested for assisting Hamas
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Terrorism+and+Islamic+Fundamentalism-/British+national+arrested+for+assisting+Hamas+29-May-2006.htm

Commentaries:

(UK) On the other side from civilisation - by Melanie Phillips
--- on Quilliam Foundation
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3197296/on-the-other-side-from-civilisation.thtml
---- See Also:
---- Press release: Quilliam Foundation calls for UK Government to pressure Israel to stop military operations
http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/index.php/component/content/article/374
---- Britain has a duty to Arabs" - by Ed Husain
------ referencing "Israel’s massacre of innocent Palestinians"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/30/israelandthepalestinians-middleeast

August 18, 2008 - Quilliam Foundation and Misdirection on Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/098.html

August 31, 2008 - British Government Efforts against "Extremists" Ignores Jihad and Islamic Supremacism - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html
January 18, 2009 British Jihad News

In this war, Islamists have found a shared strategy. We haven't
--- "David Miliband is misguided to claim that the terrorist threat is disaggregated and heterogeneous, writes Matthew d'Ancona"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/matthewd_ancona/4278595/In-this-war-Islamists-have-found-a-shared-strategy.-We-havent.html
---- See also "Resistance is Survival" by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/120.html
http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2009/01/resistance-is-survival/

(UK) Muslim civil servant suspended over 'killing British troops is justified' blog
-- Treasury official Azad Ali
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1120831/Muslim-civil-servant-suspended-killing-British-troops-justified-blog.html
-- "As a former chairman of the influential Muslim Safety Forum and the current head of its counter-terrorism work-team, he works with the Home Office, senior police officers and the Security Services trying to combat extremism."
-- "Azad Ali is considered a high profile 'moderate' Muslim who is trustee of the East London Mosque & London Muslim Centre, among many posts"
-- "Mr Ali's friends on the Facebook website include former Guantanamo Bay inmate Moazzam Begg, Inayat Bunglawala of the Muslim Council of Britain, and journalist and Muslim convert Yvonne Ridley"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1120831/Muslim-civil-servant-suspended-killing-British-troops-justified-blog.html
---- Surprise! "Moderate" Muslim in British government turns out to be a jihadist!
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024453.php
--- MCB lists Muslim Safety Forum (MSF) Azad Ali advertisement for MSF individual to coordinate with UK Home Office RICU
http://www.mcb.org.uk/jobs/job_details.php?job_id=1551
--- Muslim Safety Forum (MSF) lists Azad Ali as Public Relations/Press Contact, provides contact information
http://muslimsafetyforum.org/press-media/msf-press-release-election-7th-june-2007.html
--- November 25, 2008 -- Harry's Place: "Azad Ali: I Am Working For A Hamas Caliphate"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/25/azad-ali-i-am-working-for-a-hamas-caliphate/
--- November 20, 2008 -- Harry's Place: "Azad Ali: The Jihad Lover and the Civil Service"
----- Azad Ali cites the words of Azzam fils in calling for killing of American and British soldiers
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/20/azad-ali-the-jihad-lover-and-the-civil-service/
--- September 24, 2006 - Muslim Safety Forum (MSF)'s Azad Ali calls for UK police to review potential raids with Muslim groups
----- "Azad Ali, chairman of the MSF, said: 'The major concern that came to us from Muslims was that the intelligence was flawed -- the raid was on assumption and nothing else. This will allow independent scrutiny of intelligence.'"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article648982.ece
--- April 26, 2006 - Azad Ali calls for police hunt for protestors praising July 7 bombers as "disproportionate"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/apr/26/muhammadcartoons.world
---- See also: "British Home Office's RICU Seeks to Discredit Al-Qaeda, But Not Jihad"
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html#T01

(UK) ISNA's Ingrid Mattson Promoted on UK Home Office-Supported "Radical Middle Way"
-- Note October 2008 report
http://www.radicalmiddleway.co.uk/videos.php?id=23&t=1&art=133&a_id=23
http://www.radicalmiddleway.co.uk/scholars.php?id=1&art=32

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UK: BBC's "favorite" Muslim organization launches "witch-hunt" against Muslims who helped expose hate literature in UK mosques
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024108.php
--- MPAC launches a witchhunt against 'Zio-Con' Muslims
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2008/12/28/mpac_launches_a_witchhunt_against_ziocon_muslims

(UK) Scotland Yard arrest 10 protesters outside Israeli embassy
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1963515&Language=en
--- Anti-Israeli protests across Europe
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/28/europe/EU-Europe-Gaza-Reaction.php

UK: "For The First Time In Decades Religion Is Molding Public Life In This Country; That Religion Isn't Christianity"
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/195602.php

Commentaries:

(UK) Indulgence of Islam is harming society - by Damian Thompson
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3965637/Indulgence-of-Islam-is-harming-society.html

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(UK) Scotland: Lockerbie marks 20th anniversary of bombing
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/21/scotland.lockerbie.anniversary/index.html
--- Lockerbie anniversary a painful reminder
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/21/20-years-later-pain-of-lockerbie-still-fresh/
--- London Times: Lockerbie bomber "Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi: a sacrificial lamb, says wife"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5367535.ece

(UK) Bilal Abdulla: Doctor by day, terrorist by night – the secret life of a new breed of terrorist
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3867334/Bilal-Abdulla-Doctor-by-day-terrorist-by-night---the-secret-life-of-a-new-breed-of-terrorist.html
--- December 17, 2008: Car bomber Bilal Abdulla was known to MI5
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3797943/Car-bomber-Bilal-Abdulla-was-known-to-MI5.html
----- Comment: So much for MI5's "observation" techniques

(UK) MI5 spy on jails: undercover officers enter Britain's jails
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/106027/MI5-spy-chiefs-are-putting-undercover-officers-into-Britainrsquos-jails.html

(UK) 132 refugees are missing in the UK
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/scottish/scottish_news/106552/132-refugees-are-missing-in-the-UK.html

(UK) Briton Liz Jones' complains over security checks in NYC, and while shopping worries about inequality in "Third World"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1099107/LIZ-JONES-Shopping-New-York-terrorists-wear-suits-red-braces.html

Commentaries:

(UK) Britain has lost the stomach for a fight - Michael Portillo
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5375770.ece

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(UK) Glasgow Car Bomb Trial: Trial hears of car bombing plans -- Mohammed Asha and Bilal Abdulla
http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/12/01/trial-hears-of-car-bombing-plans/
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/12/01/accused-doctors-planned-murder-on-a-terrible-scale-91466-22379647/

(UK) Intelligence services look at possible threat to UK targets
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/01/mumbai-terror-attacks-uk-india

(UK) Islamic terrorist 'planned Mumbai-style massacre in Britain' -- Kazi Nurur Rahman
--- Kazi Nurur Rahman associate of Omar Khyam who trained with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3537523/Islamic-terrorist-planned-Mumbai-style-massacre-in-Britain.html

(UK) The Mumbai atrocity is a wake-up call for a frighteningly unprepared Britain
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090762/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-The-Mumbai-atrocity-wake-frighteningly-unprepared-Britain.html?ITO=1490

(India/UK) BBC criticized for refusing to call Mumbai gunmen terrorists
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3539646/BBC-criticised-for-refusing-to-call-Bombay-gunmen-terrorists.html
--- England know this time they may be targets after Westerners attacked in Mumbai
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/3540346/England-know-this-time-they-may-be-targets-after-Westerners-attacked-in-Bombay-Cricket.html

Commentary:

(UK) The Mumbai atrocity is a wake-up call for a frighteningly unprepared Britain
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090762/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-The-Mumbai-atrocity-wake-frighteningly-unprepared-Britain.html?ITO=1490
--- "statement that the terrorists' agenda is non-negotiable"
--- "Britain now harbours the most developed infrastructure of Islamist terrorism and extremism in the Western world"

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Reports on Kamal Al-Hilbawi (aka Helbawy) and Growing Challenge of Counterterrorism Think Tanks' Infiltration
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/18928

(UK) MEMRI: "British Islamist Kamal Al-Hilbawi and Liberal Nabil Yassin Debate: Are Israeli Children Legitimate Military Targets?"
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD212908
--- NOTE name also spelled as "Helbawy"
--- Dr. Kamal Al-Hilbawi: "I believe that every Israeli civilian is a future soldier.... Even if he is a child."
--- MEMRI: "Dr. Kamal Al-Hilbawi, introduced on the program as director of the London Center for the Study of Terrorism, and political analyst Dr. Nabil Yassin. Dr. Hilbawi is also former spokesman of the international Muslim Brotherhood in the West. The debate aired on BBC Arabic TV on October 17, 2008"
---- Video Clip:
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1922.htm
---- Video Transcript
http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1922.htm
--- "Asharq al-Awsat talks to Sheikh Dr Kamal al-Hilbawi, former spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe and founding member of the Muslim Association of Britain"
http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=13028
--- Kamal Al-Hilbawi aka Kamal El-Helbawy web site
http://www.khelbawy.com/home.html
--- Harry's Place: Hilbawi "also is an adviser to the Global Civilization Study Center in London and chairman of the Center for the Study of Terrorism.' The website of the GCSC is 'under construction.'"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/24/british-islamist-says-israeli-children-are-legitimate-targets/
----- Centre for the Study of Terrorism
http://www.cfsot.com/index.php?thm=home
----- Centre for the Study of Terrorism - Dr Kamal el-Helbawy - Chairman
http://www.cfsot.com/index.php?thm=staff
---- "Dr Kamal is the chairman of Centre for the Study of Terrorism (CFSOT) since the inception in 2006."
http://www.khelbawy.com/link.html
----- Global Civilisation Study Center
http://gcsclondon.com/
--- Hilbawi mentioned in HLF trial testimony
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/788
--- Hilbawi listed in HLF unindicted co-conspirators - Page 4, item 22
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Attachment+A+(List+of+Unindicted+Co-conspirators).pdf
--- 1998: Islamic Militants on the Lecture Circuit in the United States
http://www.steveemerson.com/article/100
---- Paul Cruickshank sought Muslim Brotherhood's Kamal Helbawy in October 2006 meeting in New York University Law SchoolCenter for Law and Security
http://www.lawandsecurity.org/muslim_brotherhood.cfm
http://www.newsweek.com/id/45335
------ "When Newsweek asked Mr. Cruickshank about why Kama el Helbawy wasn't allowed in the United States, Cruickshank was baffled, stating that '[h]e's a really respected guy... [h]e's very influential within the Muslim community in Britain and his name is recognized throughout the world.'"
---- U.S. Homeland Security denied entry to Muslim Brotherhood's Kamal Helbawy
http://www.newsweek.com/id/45335
---- in 2008 Kamal El Helbawy was praised by Paul Cruickshank and Peter Bergen as Muslim Brotherhood contact in British Finsbury mosque recruiting "moderates"
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=702bf6d5-a37a-4e3e-a491-fd72bf6a9da1
----- More on Paul Cruickshank comments on Capitol Hill in September 2008
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Cruickshank1
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Cruickshank2
----- More on Peter Bergen comments on Capitol Hill in September 2008
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Bergen
--- Helbawy speaks on America and the War on Terror at London Muslim Centre (LMC)
http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2485
--- October 18, 2008 - BBC: Helbawy representing "Centre for the Study of Terrorism"
http://worldhaveyoursay.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/talking-points-17th-october/
--- Kashmir Herald: "On June 19-21, 1991, the virginia-based United Association for Studies and Research (UASR) co-sponsored one of the largest gatherings of Islamist militants ever held in the US. Kamal Hilbawi, the leader of Muslim brotherhood of Egypt, openly incited terrorist attacks against the Jews."
http://kashmirherald.com/featuredarticle/HowAmericaSoftPeddlesIslamicFundamentalism.html
--- August 2007 - Think Tank Directors Spy a Potential Enemy Within - by Elaine Monaghan
----- links to Jamestown Foundation
------ "Jamestown board member Diana Denman found the Helbawy connection sinister enough to suspect that Abedin’s present affiliation with the Centre for the Study of Terrorism could mean the Jamestown Foundation had been infiltrated by Islamists"
http://public.cq.com/docs/cqw/weeklyreport110-000002566958.html

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(Pakistan) FATA: Terror plot mastermind killed by US missile in Pakistan: officials -- alleged death of Rashid Rauf in North Waziristan
--- NOTE: Rashid Rauf alleged mastermind in failed August 2006 UK tranatlantic airline plot on 9 jets headed to U.S. and Canada
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081122/ts_afp/pakistanunrestusmissilebritain
-- Pakistan senior security official: "The transatlantic bombing plot alleged mastermind Rashid Rauf was killed along with an Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative in the US missile strike in North Waziristan early Saturday"
-- another Jihadist allegedly killed Egyptian Abu Zubair al-Misri
--- Other sources
Pakistan's The News and Geo TV: Rashid Rauf, Abu Al-Asr among five killed in U.S. missile strike
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=60688
http://www.geo.tv/11-22-2008/29267.htm
---- (UK) British terror mastermind Rashid Rauf 'killed in US missile strike'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3500341/British-terror-mastermind-Rashid-Rauf-killed-in-US-missile-strike.html
---- (UK) Missile strike kills suspected UK mastermind of airline bomb plot
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5211809.ece
---- (UK) UK militant 'killed in Pakistan'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7743334.stm
---- (UK) Rashid Rauf: profile of a terror mastermind
------- "radicalisation of Rauf had begun many years earlier in Birmingham"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3500661/Rashid-Rauf-profile-of-a-terror-mastermind.html
----- (UK) Profile: Rashid Rauf
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7743339.stm
----- India Times: British al-Qaida member killed in Pakistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/British_al-Qaida_member_killed_in_Pakistan/rssarticleshow/3745262.cms
----- Reports: Airstrike kills suspect in jet bomb plot
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27850820/

---- More on Rashid Rauf:
----- April 5, 2008: Jet bombing plot mastermind visited Pakistan, court told
http://www.dawn.com/2008/04/05/top13.htm
----- January 27, 2008 - Court martial of nine civilians ordered in Rashid Rauf escape case
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=12545
----- December 17, 2007: Rashid Rauf's escape: two policemen detained
http://www.dawn.com/2007/12/17/top3.htm
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=11767
----- December 15, 2007: Al Qaeda commander Rashid Rauf escapes Pakistani custody
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/12/al_qaeda_commander_r.php
http://cbs2chicago.com/national/terror.suspect.escapes.2.611721.html
----- November 19, 2007: Airplane Bomb Plot 'Ringleader' Suspect To Escape Terror Charges
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/11/airplane-bomb-p.html
----- April 17, 2007: Jihad obligatory for every Muslim: Rashid Rauf
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\04\17\story_17-4-2007_pg7_18
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1292465.php/UK_terror_plot_suspect_firm_believer_in_jihad_says_fellow_inmate
----- April 13, 2007: Pakistan Sends UK Transatlantic Airline Terror Suspect Rashid Rauf to Jail for Only 2 Months (my title)
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\04\13\story_13-4-2007_pg7_15
----- August 17, 2006: Rehman, Rauf, suspected London Airline Plotters Captured, and the Pakistani Connection
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2006/08/rehman_rauf_suspecte.php
----- August 16, 2006 - How The Road To Terror Leads Back To London - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/006.html
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2006/08/how_the_road_to_terror_leads_b.html

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2964090/Businessman-arrested-for-terrorism-offences.html

(UK) Man arrested in Kent under Terrorism Act
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/news/man-arrested-in-kent-under-terrorism-act-18779678.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/7616852.stm
http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/news/Hawkinge-man-arrested-terrorism-act/article-327764-detail/article.html

(UK) 'Terrorism cell' data stick missing
-- "West Midlands Police said it could not comment on the contents of the device, but local media reports suggested it held 'top-secret information on terror suspects'"
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/latest-national-news/39Terrorism-cell39-data-stick-missing.4492760.jp

(UK) 'I cracked safes for Osama Bin Laden,' reveals Birmingham father-of-one
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1055659/I-cracked-safes-Osama-Bin-Laden-reveals-Birmingham-father-one.html?ITO=1490

Commentaries:

UK: Islamist 'Air Terror Plot' in Focus -- by Adrian Morgan
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1168/pub_detail.asp

(UK) London Times Commentary: "Terror trial blown away - and it's all George Bush's fault" -- by Ron Suskind
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4740814.ece
-- London Times prints such biased commentary as if it were a NEWS story of fact
-- Times not blaming responsibility where it belongs with British Jury on trial

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(UK) Merchants of Hatred: On the anniversary of 9/11 this terrifying investigation reveals the hatred of Britain's enemies within
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1055422/Merchants-Hatred-On-anniversary-9-11-terrifying-investigation-reveals-hatred-Britains-enemies-within.html?ITO=1490

(UK) Next 9/11 will be in Britain, warn banned Muslim extremists at  meeting with exiled cleric Bakri
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1054909/Next-9-11-Britain-warn-banned-Muslim-extremists-meeting-exiled-cleric-Bakri.html
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23554769-details/article.do?ito=newsnow&

(UK) Teen in court over alleged terror plot -- Hashi Omar -- arrested in connection with Andrew Ibrahim
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/teen+in+court+over+alleged+terror+plot/2450882
-- Andrew Ibrahim arrest news links from April 2008:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7364418.stm
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2008/04/april_20_2008_uk_jihadist_news.html
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2008/04/april_18_2008_uk_jihadist_news.html

(UK) Look Here - Tragedy in Britain - by Melanie Phillips
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZWUzMzZiMzdhYWNlMGNlNjhlNzRlYjg3YmU2YTMwYzc=
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022651.php

(UK) Commentary: The Great Surrender: How Britain has given in to the religious fanatics intent on destroying our way of life - by A.N. Wilson
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1054090/The-Great-Surrender-How-Britain-given-religious-fanatics-intent-destroying-way-life.html
-- views Quilliam Foundation's Ed Husain as "hope"... ignoring pro-Sharia commentary by Ed Husain in Guardian
-- Quilliam Foundation's Ed Husain Argues for new proposed UK Sharia "contract" on women's rights to deal with rape and forced marriages
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/20/islam.religion
-- ignorning existing UK laws
http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/consent.pdf

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UK Channel 4 Dispatches Documentary - Undercover Mosque: The Return

YouTube Video

Undercover Mosque: The Return - Video (Part 1 of 5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOIYkLWY4Fc&feature=related

Undercover Mosque: The Return - Video (Part 2 of 5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j21OSS5G39k&feature=related

Undercover Mosque: The Return - Video (Part 3 of 5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcd5jcxCRCA&feature=user

Undercover Mosque: The Return - Video (Part 4 of 5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd2atmHJQN4&feature=related

Undercover Mosque: The Return - Video (Part 5 of 5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsg2UDnC6Y4&feature=user

Also at:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31120_Undercover_Mosque-_The_Return

Related news stories:

August 31, 2008 - Daily Telegraph: Preachers of separatism at work inside Britain's mosques
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2653266/Preachers-of-separatism-at-work-inside-Britains-mosques.html

August 31, 2008 - London Times: Women preachers at moderate mosque 'urge faithful to kill gays'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4641082.ece

August 30, 2008 - Daily Mail: Revealed: Saudi women preaching hate in the British mosque that promised to clean up its act 18 months ago
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1050917/Revealed-Saudi-women-preaching-hate-British-mosque-promised-clean-act-18-months-ago.html#

August 22, 2008 - Guardian: Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/aug/22/channel4.islam?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews

August 22, 2008 - Daily Telegraph: Channel 4's 'Undercover Mosque' returns
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2604023/Channel-4s-Undercover-Mosque-returns.html

Commentaries and Analysis:

August 31, 2008 - JihadWatch.org: Filmed at a top U.K. mosque: "Loyalty is only to the Muslim, not to the kaffir [disbeliever]"
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022478.php

August 30, 2008 - JihadWatch.org: UK: Muslim women caught on tape promising death and destruction to Christians, Brits, ex-Muslims, moderate Muslims, Muslims working in banks, adulterers, fornicators, gays, and women wearing short-sleeves and make-up
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022475.php

August 22, 2008 - Commentary: UK: New Documentary to Show Growing Islamic Supremacism in Mosques - by Jeffrey Imm
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2008/08/uk_new_documentary_to_show_gro.html
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022329.php
http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/08/undercover-mosque-return/

Previous Undercover Mosque Documentary:

January 15, 2007 - Channel 4 - Undercover Mosque
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/undercover+mosque/158390

Video Links:
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/youtube-has-uks-undercover-mosque
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24026_Busted_Islamic_Leader_Reacts&only

Related News on January 2007 documentary
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2007/01/uk_undercover_mosques_docu.html

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by Jeffrey Imm

In the global war against Jihad, the United Kingdom is a key battlefield of vital importance to American national security. British Jihadists have planned or attempted three mass casualty terrorist attacks on the United States homeland - led by Dhiren Barot, Richard Reid, and a team of jihadists who sought to target transatlantic jets from UK to Washington DC, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. The national security debates over American homeland security must not lose sight of the continuing threat of Islamic supremacists in the United Kingdom to the United States and other nations.

But the past several weeks have shown a willingness of British government agencies to ignore the basis behind such Jihadist threats. This has been seen in the recent MI5 report that states that Jihadists are not "religious zealots" and that there is "no single pathway" to Jihad, ignoring the ideology of Islamic supremacism. This has also been seen in the British Home Office's inconsistencies in trying to discredit Al-Qaeda, while promoting an individual who calls for Jihad in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Israel. Such combined denial and inconsistencies should be troubling to Americans.

On further inspection, these actions are part of a larger challenge for the British government and for American national security in honestly addressing and confronting the Islamic supremacist ideology behind Jihad. Recent studies have shown that many young British Muslims continue to believe violence is justified by religion, and over the past several months, some Americans have finally seen excerpts from videotapes from British Jihadists in the August 2006 transatlantic jet terror plot - where such Britons justify their actions based on an Islamic Jihad against America.

The British government will not recognize the terms "Jihad" or "Islamist terrorist," and claims that it has a "counter-radicalization" process in place to discourage "extremism" and the use of violence. British "counter-radicalization" tactics fail to identify an ideology that such "extremists" embrace, making such tactics of questionable value at best. America should rightly be skeptical of such British "counter-radicalization" tactics, given the long history of British tolerance and appeasement of Islamic supremacists, both before and after 9/11. Instead, such British "counter-radicalization" tactics are being promoted in the United States, and being recommended by American analysts to our policy makers, military, and legislators.

Islamic supremacism in the United Kingdom is not just a British problem. It remains a near and present threat to America's national security and the security of our allies. Furthermore, as British tactics are being promoted to be used in the United States as well, such tactics must be examined in the larger war of ideas against Jihad and Islamic supremacism. As the British Channel 4 Dispatches documentary "Undercover Mosques-The Return" will show, Islamic supremacist preaching continues in British mosques thought to be "dedicated to moderation"; the UK Guardian, Daily Telegraph, London Times, Daily Mail all have reports on such Islamic supremacist hatred, segregationist views, and calls to violence being taught in mosque preaching to adults and children. This is the same Islamic supremacism and hatred revealed in the Channel 4's previous documentary "Undercover Mosques." It is clear that the war of ideas is being lost in the key battlefield of the United Kingdom, because the British government and its leaders refuse to acknowledge who and what the enemy ideology of Islamic supremacism is. Americans must not only learn lessons from their shortcomings for our own national security, we also must not repeat such British mistakes ourselves.

On the following pages, I have summarized the challenge at multiple levels of the British government, the impact of refusing to understand the supremacist nature of the Jihadist ideology we face, and the political blinders that keep many British leaders (and increasingly American leaders) from recognizing that there is no way to compromise with Islamic supremacism. Ultimately, like any supremacist ideology, as shown in America's history in fighting white supremacism in the 20th century, we must declare a confrontational war of ideas at every level to combat Islamic supremacism. I have divided this analysis into the following major topics:

1. British Home Office's RICU Seeks to Discredit Al-Qaeda, But Not Jihad
2. Discussions with British Home Office's RICU on Terror Lexicon and Supremacism
3. British MI5 Report's Willful Blindness on Islamic Supremacism
4. Why MI5 Report Seeks to Ignore Islamic Supremacism in Britain
5. UK Security Minister Views UK as "World Leader" Against Terrorism
6. The Challenge of Britain's "Northern Ireland Conflict" Perspective towards Jihad
7. British "Counter-Radicalization" and Impact on American Counterterrorism
8. Why Americans Must Reject British Tactics of "Counter-Radicalization" and Denial on Islamic Supremacism
Sources and Related Documents

Continue reading "British Government Efforts against "Extremists" Ignores Jihad and Islamic Supremacism" »

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2653266/Preachers-of-separatism-at-work-inside-Britains-mosques.html

August 31, 2008 - London Times: Women preachers at moderate mosque 'urge faithful to kill gays'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4641082.ece

August 31, 2008 - JihadWatch.org: Filmed at a top U.K. mosque: "Loyalty is only to the Muslim, not to the kaffir [disbeliever]"
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022478.php

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7581634.stm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080826/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticscrime_080826114033;_ylt=AuBkXUeyKVz0gMf1XVqz3K8Tv5UB
-- Gordon Brown murder threats lead to four arrests under terror powers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/26/uksecurity.gordonbrown
-- 'White' terror suspect arrested over 'Islamic plot to kill Gordon Brown'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1049212/White-terror-suspect-arrested-Islamic-plot-kill-Gordon-Brown.html

(UK) Revealed: Britain's secret propaganda war against al-Qaida -- BBC and website forums targeted by Home Office unit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/26/alqaida.uksecurity
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23544673-details/article.do?ito=newsnow&
-- "campaign aims to 'channel messages' through internet bloggers and chatroom members as well as major media outlets such as the BBC"
-- BBC targeted in campaign to taint al-Qaeda
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2623819/BBC-targeted-in-campaign-to-taint-al-Qaeda.html
-- "first dossier of material being despatched to diplomatic posts worldwide cites condemnation of al-Qaida from Sayyid Imam al-Sharif aka Dr Fadl"
-- UK Home Office fails to acknowledge that Al-Sharif continues to support Jihad in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Israel
--- see also: "False Reports of Jihadists "Quitting" or Abandoning Islamic Supremacism" by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/092.html
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.637/pub_detail.asp
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/07/false_reports_on_jihad.php
--- see also related article mentioning fraud on Al-Sharif: "Quilliam Foundation and Misdirection on Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa" by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/098.html
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.924/pub_detail.asp
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/quilliam_foundation_and_gomaa.php

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The UK's Security Service MI-5 report recently leaked to the UK Guardian newspaper is reported to show that "there is no single pathway to violent extremism" and "there is evidence that a well-established religious identity actually protects against violent radicalisation."

However, a new documentary "Undercover Mosques: The Return" by UK's Channel 4 is to be broadcast on September 1 that shows Islamic supremacists promoting such radicalism directly in British mosques:  "Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque," by Tara Conlan for the Guardian, August 22:

In the new documentary, a female reporter attends prayer meetings at an important British mosque which claims to be dedicated to moderation and "dialogue with other faiths".

According to Channel 4, "she secretly films sermons given to the women-only congregation in which female preachers recite extremist and intolerant beliefs".

In one scene, as hundreds of women and some children come to pray, a preacher calls for adulterers, homosexuals, women who act like men and Muslim converts to other faiths to be killed, saying: "Kill him, kill him. You have to kill him, you understand. This is Islam."

Channel 4 also said that in the same mosque, "the reporter visits the bookshop and discovers books and DVDs still on sale, promoting extremist, anti-Semitic, misogynistic and intolerant messages".

The undercover reporter also "films inside a key Saudi-funded Muslim organisation, which claims to promote tolerance and integration yet distributes literature which promotes intolerance for non-Muslims, an extreme version of sharia law and teachings which support discrimination against women".

In addition, Undercover Mosque: The Return also "investigates the role of the Saudi Arabian religious establishment in spreading a hard-line, fundamentalist Islamic ideology in the UK - the very ideology the government claims to be tackling".

A former Foreign Office minister tells Dispatches he thinks the government should take a stronger line on the issue.

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(UK) Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque -- documentary to show that Islamic supremacism, calls for killing, continue to spread in UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/aug/22/channel4.islam?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews

(UK) Manchester: Boys 'happy to flog themselves'
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1063910_boys_happy_to_flog_themselves

(UK) Censored: imam of Dibley is banned from ITV
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4587798.ece
-- "lawyers said it might be culturally insensitive"

Commentaries:

British Submission -- by Douglas Stone
http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=F5BFAB45-7CB7-4FEB-8BF3-7E75014BE5BB

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http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2008/07/04/sharia_is_a_danger_to_us_all

(UK) Is cosying up to Muslim extremists the best way to defeat terrorism? - by Charles Moore
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/07/05/do0501.xml

(UK) The Sharia debate: we can't all be equal under different laws - by Matthew Parris
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article4272421.ece

(UK) Former chair of Bar Council calls for sharia rules in English law - Stephen Hockman QC called for sharia rules to be written into English law
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1032080/Former-chair-Bar-Council-calls-sharia-rules-English-law.html

(UK) Sharia will 'inevitably' become part of British law, says barrister Stephen Hockman QC: "It is vital and inevitable that sharia will become part of British law in some shape or form"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2247947/Sharia-will-%27inevitably%27-become-part-of-British-law%2C-says-barrister.html

(UK) Muslims in Britain should be able to live under sharia, says top judge  - Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2242340/Muslims-in-Britain-should-be-able-to-live-under-Sharia-law%2C-says-top-judge.html
-- Full Text of Speech Published at East London Mosque in UK's Web Site
http://www.eastlondonmosque.org.uk/uploadedImage/pdf/EQUALITY%20BEFORE%20THE%20LAW03-07-2008.pdf

(UK) Case dismissed: Lord Chief Justice lays down law on Sharia
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article4265549.ece

(UK) Let UK Muslims live under partial Shariah: judge
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\07\05\story_5-7-2008_pg7_9

(UK) Does Britain have space for Sharia?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/yourview/2243045/Does-Britain-have-space-for-Sharia.html

(UK) Schoolboys disciplined for 'refusing to pray to Allah'-- spokesman for Cheshire County Council said 'Educating children in the beliefs of different faiths is part of Cheshire's diversity curriculum'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2247388/Schoolboys-disciplined-for-%27refusing-to-pray-to-Allah%27.html

(UK) Schoolboys punished with detention for refusing to kneel in class and pray to Allah
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031784/Schoolboys-punished-detention-refusing-kneel-pray-Allah.html
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=68785

(UK) British Muslims 'feel like the Jews of Europe'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2245450/British-Muslims-%27feel-like-the-Jews-of-Europe%27.html
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\07\05\story_5-7-2008_pg7_10

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If American leadership was looking for a case study on "what not to do" in addressing the challenge of Islamic supremacism, it would need to look no further than the United Kingdom. But in the chorus of denial on the challenge of Islamic supremacism, there are many who (frighteningly) believe that the United Kingdom offers ideas and research that could be valuable in counterterrorism measures in the United States. In fact, if America continues to pursue an approach of denial on Islamic supremacism, comparable to that of the United Kingdom's, it could well go down its same disastrous path.

The symptoms of the United Kingdom's disastrous policies on Islamic supremacism can be seen in the June 22, 2008 London Times where Sir Simon Jenkins writes that: "[t]he Taliban's chief objective is not world domination but a share of power in Afghanistan... [and that the Taliban] offer the best hope of beating Al-Qaeda." (Of course, the Taliban's objectives are to work towards a Sharia-based Islamic supremacist global caliphate, one country at a time, just as Al-Qaeda.) Such symptoms can also been seen in the recent comments by Sir Hugh Orde (frontrunner to be the next commissioner of Metropolitan Police) that UK should negotiate with Al-Qaeda. Most importantly, such symptoms can be seen in the repeated attempts by British Jihadists to commit mass casualty terrorist attacks in April 2001, December 2001, and 2006 on the United States homeland, and the position of the United Kingdom as the "focal point for Islamic terrorism across Europe." The disastrous United Kingdom approach to addressing Islamic supremacism has made it one of the most dangerous countries in the world, and a continuing serious threat to America's national security.

But among the chorus in denial on the threat of Islamic supremacism, the efforts of the United Kingdom to try to "engage" its Muslim community to discourage Muslims from "extremism" seem attractive. The UK Home Office's Jonathan Allen recently summarized this approach to a George Washington University panel on homeland security issues that Muslims don't need to agree with United Kingdom foreign policies to share UK's position on being against such "criminals" as Jihadists. Last winter, the United Kingdom government also developed its own "terror lexicon" where terms such as "Jihad," "Islamism," etc., would no longer be used, and the London police force started instructing its officers on Sharia law.

While there is a plethora of detail on tactics involving British Jihad and Islamism (much of which I address at the web site "British Jihad and Islamism Watch"), my focus in this article is on how the ideological challenges have failed in the United Kingdom, and why such failures must not be replicated to address tactical efforts in counterterrorism in the United States.

The United Kingdom strategies against Islamic supremacism have failed precisely because they have been consistently weak on the issue of Islamic supremacism as an ideology. Historically, the United Kingdom looked the other way for decades as Islamic supremacists infiltrated the United Kingdom, set up Islamic supremacist organizations, publicly threatened violence, and developed a European logistics base within the United Kingdom. The UK immigration policies were considered so lax that Osama Bin Laden applied for asylum to move to the UK in 1995 as a safe haven for his Al Qaeda operations, while Bin Laden was planning the "Bojinka plot". Had Bin Laden managed to immigrate to the UK, or had Dhiren Barot's British Jihadist gang managed to successfully attack New York City prior to the 9/11 attacks, it well may have been the United Kingdom that the U.S. had to deal with rather than Afghanistan.

During the decades of the United Kingdom's alleged "Gentleman's Agreement" with Islamic supremacists, other European nations were furious with UK's asylum for such supremacists and UK's unwillingness to crack down on this ideology. Many Europeans called the UK "Londonistan" due to its growing status as a logistics base, planning hub, and asylum center for Islamic supremacists throughout Europe. After the 9/11 attacks, Islamic supremacists such as al-Muhajiroun held conferences and rallies in "honor" of the "magnificent 19" who attacked America on 9/11, and Islamic supremacists became increasingly public and bold in their threats towards the Western world, encouraged by Al-Qaeda's attacks on America, and empowered by the UK's unwillingness to crack down on them.

It wasn't until the United Kingdom itself was attacked on July 7, 2005 in the London subway and bus bombings that the UK was sufficiently incentivized to "crack down" on Islamic supremacists. In a recent interview in Lebanon with Omar Bakri Mohammed, he stated that after the July 2005 bombings, the UK government "violated the 'Covenant of Security' (Aqd Al-Amaan) that had hitherto guaranteed peace between Muslims and the British state." But this did not last long. A few years after inconsistent efforts to crack down on Islamic supremacist organizations, the UK government concluded that it was facing a bigger problem than it could handle. The estimates of the numbers of Islamic supremacist terrorists and supporters being monitored by the UK MI5 domestic intelligence agency have varied - ranging from 1,200 to 4,000 -- but the fundamental problem is that the UK MI5 and the UK government feel overwhelmed by the task and gravity of their threat. (Of course, the UK has no historical experience in facing a challenge like the 4 million member Ku Klux Klan white supremacist terrorist group in the United States.)

So in an effort to reinvent old policy, today's UK has gone to a "War on Criminals" mode (since they won't use the word "Jihadists"), continuing to avoid recognizing the threat of Islamic supremacism as an ideology, and continuing to tolerate Islamic supremacist organizations (such as Hizb ut-Tahrir), while using terminology and public relations efforts (such as training Bobbies on Sharia) to convince British Muslims not to accept "extremism" or to support "criminals." In fact, this "new policy" is not much more different from the "old policy" on Islamic supremacist ideology, except that if Islamic supremacists make direct, public, and prosecutable threats, then they can expect to be arrested, at least until they are turned loose again.

This "new strategy" by UK is not intended to confront Islamic supremacism as an ideology at all, which is why the chorus of denial on Islamic supremacism find it so attractive. It is only intended to discourage and temporarily disrupt Islamic supremacist terrorist plots from being actualized on a rolling basis. What the UK government fails to appreciate is that it can't simply keep its ship of state afloat by endlessly bailing water as the hole in the bottom continues to grow larger. So with every new Sharia court established in the UK, with every new instance where British courts accepts Sharia, with every new pronouncement that Sharia law should be accepted, with every new comment that the Taliban and Al-Qaeda should be negotiated with, the empowerment of Islamic supremacism continues to grow as an ideology that can affect change within the United Kingdom. While the UK government believes that such "tolerance" and "understanding" of Islamic supremacism defuses violence, it fails to understand that weakness in its national values encourages others to gravitate to stronger, more defined values, such as Islamic supremacism.

Furthermore, the UK's history in conflict management over a foreign empire is one that ultimately concluded in constant defeat of Britain in region after region, resulting in a culture of conflict avoidance by the mid 20th century. Such conflict avoidance with Nazi Germany supremacists nearly cost the UK its national sovereignty, and those who demonize pre-WWII UK Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain should recognize that he represented a view common in British society at that time, and which has sadly been revitalized today.

While the chorus of denial on Islamic supremacism points to the UK experiments in "engaging" its Muslim society as a laudable example to be followed, it must be remembered that it is the American historical experience and commitment to sacrifice for the equality against supremacist organizations that is our most valuable lesson. It must be remembered that the UK continues to represent one of the greatest threats by Islamic supremacism towards the United States in the world - with repeated mass-casualty terrorist attack attempts by British Jihadists against the United States homeland. The last country (except perhaps for Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, or Iran) that the United States should seek to "learn lessons" from should be the United Kingdom.

Unlike the United States, the United Kingdom had no Abraham Lincoln, no Emancipation Proclamation, no Gettysburg Address, no words "all men are created equal" chiseled in marble in a memorial in the heart of its capital. It simply is not the same country as the United States. In America's Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom, our fundamental differences were clearly stated in the defiant declaration of the ideal that "All Men Are Created Equal."

Our beloved values ensure that America's population knows what it means to be "American." Does the UK's population know what it means to be "British"? The UK's history in the Magna Carta is focused on "liberty," but not necessarily equality. Liberty is only half of the equation of freedom, equality is the other completing half of freedom that provides the values to truly challenge any supremacist ideology.

America's war on white supremacism and its consistent sacrifices for both liberty and equality provide the necessary and relevant historical examples on how to counter such threats and provide the basis for a declaration of independence from Islamic supremacist influences.

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Dispatches: "From Jail to Jihad"

(UK) Dispatches: From Jail to Jihad
"Dispatches investigates the spread of Islamic extremism throughout British prisons and asks if today's prisoners will become tomorrow's terrorists"
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/from+jail+to+jihad/2288772

(UK) Critic's choice - Dispatches: From Jail to Jihad (Channel 4)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/06/17/nosplit/bvtv17critic.xml

(UK) New English Review: The Iconoclast: Dispatches: From Jail to Jihad (Channel 4) - by Mary Jackson
http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_display.cfm/blog_id/15413

VIDEO PORTION: 

(UK) Dispatches "From Jail to Jihad" Video (5-part online video)
-- Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKOvg1ijZr0&feature=PlayList&p=BD7533285EA8A370&index=0
-- Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTwGzWrY3Jc&feature=PlayList&p=BD7533285EA8A370&index=1
-- Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vw4d6ee_Ck&feature=PlayList&p=BD7533285EA8A370&index=2
-- Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9ICJ9t6Mdc&feature=PlayList&p=BD7533285EA8A370&index=3
-- Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEABGx6d8nM&feature=PlayList&p=BD7533285EA8A370&index=4

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June 13, 2008

(UK Politics) 42-Day Terror Detention Debate: Anti-Detention David Davis: My wife says I'm bonkers, but I had to take a stand
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1026124/David-Davis-My-wife-says-Im-bonkers-I-stand.html
-- pro-Davis Commentary in Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1026149/Lets-raise-caps-hats-helmets-bold-buccaneer-.html

June 12, 2008

(UK) Opponents vow to fight anti-terror plans
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080612/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticsattackslaw_080612094229;_ylt=Arpw0KA8j_LQETNyjWf7B8ETv5UB

(UK) PM faces Lords block and legal challenges to 42-day detention law
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1025413/Brown-faces-Lords-block-legal-challenges-42-days-law.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4119097.ece

(UK) Press slam Brown over 'hollow' anti-terror victory
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080612/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticsattackslawpress_080612082003;_ylt=AvNPsjJcPQjJVLCFg7Ojid0Tv5UB
 -- UK Telegraph Editorial: "42 day terror detention was a hollow victory for Gordon Brown"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/06/12/dl1201.xml
 -- UK London Times Editorial: "42 days: Westminster for sale"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article4116434.ece
 -- "Shadow Home Secretary David Davis stuns Parliament by resigning to fight by-election over 'strangulation of British freedoms'"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1025992/Shadow-Home-Secretary-David-Davis-stuns-Parliament-resigning-fight-election-strangulation-British-freedoms.html

42-day detention: the controversy
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/2116872/42-day-detention-the-controversy.html

Gordon Brown defends anti-terror vote tactics
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2116170/Gordon-Brown-defends-anti-terror-vote-tactics.html

Conservatives would 'look hard' at reversing 42-day terror detention, says David Davis
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/2091955/Conservatives-would-look-hard-at-reversing-42-day-terror-detention%2C-says-David-Davis.html

Labour MP stands down from leftwing group over support for 42 days
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jun/12/labour.terrorism

David Davis resigns over 42-days vote
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/video/2008/jun/12/david.davis.resignation

June 11, 2008

(UK) PM wins 42 day terror suspect detention vote
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/2112131/Gordon-Brown-wins-42-day-detention-vote.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7449268.stm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4115300.ece

(UK) PM faces tight vote on terror detention
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080611/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticsattackslaw_080611072326;_ylt=Akj5gN1mN96XlOawelF.s4UTv5UB

(UK) British Muslim Foundation opposes 42-day detention
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/11/civilliberties.terrorism

Commentary:

(UK) Britain's fateful vote
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1212659697735&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(UK) Britain vs. Islamism
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1212041467536&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

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Centre for Social Cohesion report "Virtual Caliphate: Islamic extremists and their websites"
http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pdf/VirtualCaliphate.pdf
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/VirtualCaliphate.pdf

News:

(UK) Islamic fanatics are openly using the internet to recruit children in Britain, says Civitas
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1025552/Islamic-fanatics-openly-using-internet-recruit-children-Britain-says-Civitas.html

(UK) Islamic extremists 'one step ahead of government'
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/news/islamic-extremists-one-step-ahead-of-government-18631957.html

(UK) Muslim parents blamed for extremism
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/education/2106757/Muslim-parents-to-blame-for-children-turning-to-extremism.html

(UK) Muslim children in Britain 'brought up to hate their homeland' - UK study
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2105429/Muslim-children-in-Britain-%27brought-up-to-hate-their-homeland%27.html

Posted by manager at 03:21 PM | Permalink

(UK) Transatlantic Airline Plot: Terror suspect - we wanted to blame Al-Qaeda
http://www.thisishertfordshire.co.uk/news/roundup/display.var.2332813.0.terror_suspect_we_wanted_to_blame_alqaeda.php

(UK) July 2005 Bomb Plot Trial: Wife of July 21 bomber found guilty -- Hussain Osman's wife
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2110877/Wife-of-July-21-bomber-Hussain-Osman-guilty-of-helping-him-escape.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4112705.ece
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1025714/Wife-failed-London-suicide-bomber-convicted-keeping-secret-husbands-terror-attack-plans.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,365604,00.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/11/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Terror-Trial.php

(UK) Terror suspect identified Birmingham Airport as possible target
http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2008/06/11/terror-suspect-identified-birmingham-airport-as-possible-target-65233-21054438/
 
(UK) Two in court on terrorism charge -- Musse Said Yusuf and Ahmed Said Mohammed
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1277746.ece

(UK) Britain investigates al-Qaida document leak - Secret government documents on al-Qaida & Iraq left on commuter train
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25099850/

(UK) Top secret terror documents left on train - relating to Al-Qaeda in Pakistan as well as the security situation in Iraq
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2112226/Top-secret-terror-documents-left-on-train.html
- handed to BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7449255.stm

(UK) PM wins 42 day terror suspect detention vote
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/2112131/Gordon-Brown-wins-42-day-detention-vote.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7449268.stm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4115300.ece


(UK) Northern Ireland: al-Qaeda suspect to be deported - Algerian Abbas Boutrab
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0611/breaking16.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7447343.stm

(UK) Islamic fanatics are openly using the internet to recruit children in Britain, says Civitas
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1025552/Islamic-fanatics-openly-using-internet-recruit-children-Britain-says-Civitas.html

(UK) Islamic extremists 'one step ahead of government'
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/news/islamic-extremists-one-step-ahead-of-government-18631957.html
 - Centre for Social Cohesion report "Virtual Caliphate: Islamic extremists and their websites"
http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pdf/VirtualCaliphate.pdf

http://britishjihad.com/blog1/VirtualCaliphate.pdf 

(UK) Muslim parents blamed for extremism
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/education/2106757/Muslim-parents-to-blame-for-children-turning-to-extremism.html

(UK) Muslim children in Britain 'brought up to hate their homeland' - UK study
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2105429/Muslim-children-in-Britain-%27brought-up-to-hate-their-homeland%27.html

(UK) Accused 'discussed Sharia state' - in Scotland to "discretely train" jihadists -- trial of Aabid Khan, Sultan Muhammad, Ahmed Sulieman, Hammaad Munshi
http://www.beverleyguardian.co.uk/latest-york-and-humberside-news/Accused-39discussed-Sharia-state39.4176050.jp
http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk/news/scottish/tm_headline=muslim-base-discussed-court-told%26method=full%26objectid=21059236%26siteid=50141-name_page.html
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2008/06/12/pair-had-plan-for-terror-86081-21061885/
--  'Scottish Islamic state plotted'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7449797.stm

(UK) PM faces tight vote on terror detention
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080611/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticsattackslaw_080611072326;_ylt=Akj5gN1mN96XlOawelF.s4UTv5UB

(UK) British Muslim Foundation opposes 42-day detention
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/11/civilliberties.terrorism

UK rights group says US has photographic evidence that Guantanamo inmate was tortured
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/10/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-US-Guantanamo.php
 
Commentary:

(UK) Britain's fateful vote
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1212659697735&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(UK) Britain vs. Islamism
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1212041467536&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Posted by manager at 03:00 PM | Permalink

June 3, 2008 Commentary:

(UK) Britain's Terrorism Derangement Syndrome - by Melanie Phillips
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/750341/britains-terrorism-derangement-syndrome.thtml

Posted by manager at 03:31 AM | Permalink

(UK) Poll - Majority of Britons view U.S. as a "force for evil"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/2049446/Barack-Obama-beats-John-McCain-in-European-vote-US-election-2008.html
- Poll spreadsheet
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00674/Country-by-country__674785a.xls

(UK) Royal Marines advert 'portayed Malaysians as terrorists'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/2054717/Royal-Marines-advert-%27portayed-Malaysians-as-terrorists%27.html

(UK) National Secular Society: Bishop of Rochester 'doing the BNP's work'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2050609/Bishop-of-Rochester-%27doing-the-BNP%27s-work%27.html

Posted by manager at 04:17 AM | Permalink

UK is Europe's top terror center, arrests show -- more Jihadist terrorists detained in UK in 2007 than in all of Europe
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/UK_Islamist_terror_centre_of_Europe/articleshow/2991437.cms
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/27/nterror127.xml 
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007510/posts

Posted by manager at 04:29 PM | Permalink

(UK) Airline terror plot: 'Bomber hid jihad books in baby's cot' -- Abdulla Ahmed Al
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1082351.ece

(UK) July 7 bomb plot trial: Surveillance video of July 7 bomb plotters
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/23/nplot123.xml

(UK) High Court: Freezing assets of terror suspects 'unlawful and unconstitutional'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/24/nterror224.xml

(UK) Terror suspects win legal challenge over assets: court -- suspected Jihadists under control orders get assets freed
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080424/wl_uk_afp/britaincourtattacks
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=561725&in_page_id=1770
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/24/2227093.htm?section=justin

(UK) Terror prisoner threatens to sue to get deported to India: Sabeel Ahmed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/24/immigrationpolicy.immigration

(UK/Pakistan) Extremists target woman with death threats -- Jemima Khan, former wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan threatened for supporting Quilliam Foundation
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\24\story_24-4-2008_pg1_8

JihadWatch.org: UK: New Muslim think-tank says it will challenge the jihad ideology with the true, peaceful Islam
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020771.php

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(UK) BBC chief Mark Thompson warns of 'over-cautious' Islam coverage
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3724384.ece

UK: Influence of moving to the UK on maternal health behaviours
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=558745&in_page_id=1770&ito=1490
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/04/uk-influence-of-moving-to-uk-on.html

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Case Summary: Abu Obaidah al-Masri and Newslinks

GlobalSecurity.org Profile: Abu Obaidah al-Masri
http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/profiles/abu_obaidah_al-masri.htm

Washington Post 2006 Profile:  Abu Obaidah al-Masri, External Operations Chief
Nationality: Egyptian
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/specials/terror/masri.html

Wikipedia: Abu Ubaidah al-Masri
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Obaidah_al-Masri

Profile: Abu Obaidah al-Masri
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?entity=abu_obaidah_al_masri_1

April 10, 2008

Al Qaeda planner linked to UK plots believed dead
http://www.dawn.com/2008/04/10/top12.htm
-- Abu Obaidah al Masri — a main suspect in the 2005 London subway and bus bombings and a foiled 2006 plot to blow up passenger planes

Al-Qaeda London bomb planner dead
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23515779-5005962,00.html

Plotter of al-Qaeda attacks in Britain dies
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3716673.ece

Top Al Qaeda Leader Abu Ubaida al-Masri Confirmed Dead in Pakistan
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,348668,00.html
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2058708696
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0410/p99s01-duts.html
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080410/NATION/666700676/1001
-- see Andrew Cochran April 9 Posting
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/04/abu_ubaida_almasri_senior_al_q.php

BBC: Al-Qaeda leader al-Masri 'dead'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7339324.stm
-- Abu Obaidah al-Masri is an Arabic nom de guerre meaning "Father of Obaidah the Egyptian".

April 2, 2007

New leadership is seen on rise within Al Qaeda
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/02/asia/web-0402qaeda.php?page=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/02/world/middleeast/02qaeda.html?_r=2&pagewanted=2&hp&oref=login
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/04/02/world/middleeast/20070402_QAEDA_GRAPHIC.html

November 1, 2006

Tribesmen vow revenge over attack on madrassa
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/01/wpak01.xml

February 11, 2006

Musharraf confirms 'al-Qaeda' hit -- Abu Obaidah al-Misri (?)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4704436.stm

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(UK) Two million Muslims now live in Britain and 10,000 are millionaires, reveals Home Secretary Jacqui Smith during visit to Pakistan
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=557929&in_page_id=1770

(UK) Muslim sex offenders could opt out of treatment because its against their faith
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=558091&in_page_id=1770&ito=newsnow
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/08/nmuslim108.xml

(UK) Jihad with money -- Melanie Phillips on Sharia Finance
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/597641/jihad-with-money.thtml

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 Case Summary: Mohammed Hamid  ("Osama Bin London") and Failed July 21, 2005 Bombers

BBC Articles on Mohammed Hamid Jihadists
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7231492.stm

London Telegraph Search (for articles on Mohammed Hamid)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?grid=F16&view=SEARCHADV&advancedSearch=true&reset=true&keepSearchText=true

London Times Articles on Mohammed Hamid
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sitesearch.do?query=Mohammed+Hamid&hitsperpage=10&nextOffset=0&offset=0&leftStartIndex=1&leftEndIndex=10&submitStatus=searchFormSubmitted&mode=simple&sectionId=2820

Profiles: 'Osama bin London' terror gang members
-- February 26, 2008, London Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3438194.ece

Wikipedia: Mohammed Hamid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Hamid

Terror training ringleaders jailed -- Mohammed Hamid (indefinite sentence with minimum of 7 1/2 years) and Atilla Ahmet (6 year 11 month sentence) - founded terror cell to prepare young Muslims for jihad, including July 21 bombers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/07/nterror107.xml

Terror grooming camp leaders jailed
-- March 7, 2008, London Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3506072.ece

BBC knew of link to failed 21/7 bombers
-- February 28, 2008, Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/27/nterror227.xml

Osama bin London, trainer of 21/7 plotters, is convicted
-- February 27, 2008, London Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3441588.ece

Top extremist recruiter is jailed
-- February 26, 2008, BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7231492.stm

Mohammed Hamid 'is evil personified'
-- February 26, 2008, Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/26/nterror226.xml

'Osama bin London' guilty over terror camps
-- February 26, 2008, Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/26/nterror126.xml

'Osama bin London' groomed 21/7 bombers
-- February 26, 2008, Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/26/nterror526.xml

Transcript: '7/7 bombing not even breakfast for me'
-- February 26, 2008, London Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3438323.ece

How the terror camp gang were bugged and caught
-- February 26, 2008, London Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3437865.ece

Analysis: terror camp convictions mark end of the Hamza network
-- February 26, 2008, London Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3438492.ece

BBC 'took terrorist trainers paintballing'
-- December 5, 2007, London Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3001102.ece

MI5 'filmed Muslim terrorist camp' -- Mohammed Hamid trial
-- October 16, 2007, Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/17/nterror117.xml

July 21 bombers 'trained at Cumbria camp'
-- October 16, 2007, Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/16/nbombers116.xml

UK camps 'preparation for terror'
-- October 11, 2007 - BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7039608.stm

Suspect 'dubbed himself Osama bin London'
-- October 10, 2007, Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/10/nterror110.xml

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August 31, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Scotland: Terror trial jury sees footage of 'execution' - soldier execution on CD - suspect also at Abu Hamza web site -- Mohammed Siddique trial
http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1385742007

(UK) Commuters stop and searched in anti-terrorism operation
http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/newsroundup/display.php?artid=1655899&FROMPAPER=croydonguardian.co.uk

August 30, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) London bomb survivors begin legal fight for inquiry
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070830/wl_nm/britain_july7_dc;_ylt=AkzutKOfiRnHPbOK7IbCkTms0NUE

(UK) New anti-terror chief is building elite team
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2351162.ece

(UK) Scotland: Terror accused 'had videos urging jihad on laptop computer' - Mohammed Atif Siddique trial
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1375802007

August 29, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Commentary: The jihadists will never listen -- Don't waste time courting 'moderate' Muslims -- Carol Sarler
http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/104761/dont-waste-time-courting-moderate-muslims.thtml

(UK) Scotland: Terrorist files could be lost - from computer -- Mohammed Atif Siddique trial
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007400243,00.html

(UK) Scotland: Terror trial evidence 'may have been risked by officer' -- Mohammed Atif Siddique trial
http://news.scotsman.com/glasgow.cfm?id=1370462007

(UK) London editor prays for nuclear attack on Israel -- Abd Al-Bari Atwan regular commentator on BBC and Sky News
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1188197179708&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

August 27, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Scotland: Terror trial told of jihad emails -- Mohammed Atif Siddique trial
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/6965497.stm

(UK) Scotland: Cousin of terror accused says he sent emails about martyrdom
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1645597.0.0.php

August 24, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Scotland: Student 'showed beheading videos' - Mohammed Atif Siddique trial
http://www.berwickshire-news.co.uk/latest-scottish-news/Student-showed-beheading-videos.3145958.jp

(UK) Gordon Brown's Britain – How to Lose the War on Terror
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/terrorism.php?id=1260062

August 23, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

UK court denies bail for terror suspect -- Algerian "U" - arrested on suspicion in planning attacks on Los Angeles airport and in Strasbourg, France
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070823/ap_on_re_eu/britain_terror_suspect_1;_ylt=Ain7YK3gclsBvpPI_5Uta9AwuecA

(UK) Scotland: Student trained in terror in Edinburgh -- Mohammed Atif Siddique trial update
http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1341342007

(UK) Scotland: Terror trial hears threat claims -- Mohammed Atif Siddique threatened to "blow up Glasgow"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/6960285.stm

(UK) Britain frees assets eyed in jet plot -- lifted financial sanctions against Shazad Khuram Ali, was suspect in transatlantic jet plot to attack USA
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070822/ap_on_re_eu/britain_terrorism_finance_1;_ylt=Altm2jdcH3Iy0cJOChQE7DITv5UB

(UK) Britain ready to back down on asylum for its interpreters in Iraq
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article2310532.ece

(UK) Britain to start terrorism survival course
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Britain_to_start_terrorism_survival_course/articleshow/2300951.cms

(UK) Scotland: Terror accused 'saw bomber video' -- Mohammed Atif Siddique
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/6960285.stm

(UK) Scotland: Terror trial student was a model high school pupil, court is told
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1335972007

(UK) Scotland: Muslim warns of Scotland's 'home-grown' terror threat
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1335502007

August 22, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Scotland: Student terrorism trial date set -- Mohammed Atif Siddique in Glasgow charged with possession of bomb making instructions, the use of various weapons systems, terrorist training camp information
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6525961.stm

August 21, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

UK is Center of Hamas Incitement -- report by Israel govt Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123434

(UK) Police in court bid for Channel 4 tapes -- of unbroadcast material in documentary "Dispatches: Britain Under Attack"
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007380765,00.html

(UK) Scotland Mosque leaders blame UK foreign policy for extremism
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/other/display.var.1631153.0.0.php

August 20, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Glasgow Bomber Kafeel Ahmed had sent email wanting martyrdom
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=ecd61192-8c93-4ab7-b493-77a947925c6cindiandocsinukterrorplot_Special&&Headline=Kafeel+had+sent+email+wanting+martyrdom

(UK) Final email of Glasgow airport bomber: 'I want to die for Allah'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=476492&in_page_id=1770

(UK) Terror suspect's family claims he was tortured by Spanish police
http://www.guardian.co.uk/humanrights/story/0,,2152471,00.html

(UK) Midland Mosque plans to sue Channel 4 documentary on hold
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/sundaymercury/news/tm_headline=mosque-plans-on-hold%26method=full%26objectid=19663998%26siteid=50002-name_page.html

(UK) BBC drops fictional terror attack to avoid offending Muslims
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=476511&in_page_id=1770
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/columnists.html?in_article_id=476626&in_page_id=1772&in_author_id=322&in_check=N

UK more suspicious of Muslims than America and rest of EU
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8fb36962-4eb5-11dc-85e7-0000779fd2ac.html

(UK) Britain: Population 'more suspicious' of Muslims
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=1.0.1217124093

(UK) A third of Britons believe: 'You can't be British AND Muslim'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=476542&in_page_id=1770&ito=newsnow
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22274269-401,00.html

Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamist propaganda on YouTube -- update
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22272200-2,00.html?from=public_rss

(UK) Terror victims are BBC licence-payers, too
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/08/20/dl2001.xml

August 19, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(US & UK) Hamza may go free as witness backs down - Abu Hamza al-Masri, British Islamist wanted in US, might go free if James Ujaama doesn't testify
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2284368.ece

(UK) Muslim terror suspect allowed to stay in UK - Hani al-Sibai publicly praises Iraq & Afghanistan terrorists
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/19/nterr119.xml
 - see MEMRI video
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1513.htm

August 18, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Imam is backing police in TV row
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/walthamforest/walthamforestnews/display.var.1622816.0.imam_is_backing_police_in_tv_row.php

(UK)  Clarence House steps up security measures
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/18/nroyal118.xml

August 17, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Channel 4 TV complaint 'politically motivated'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/17/nofcom117.xml

(UK) Report says Russian agent's poisoning left radiation trail across London
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/17/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Poisoned-Spy.php

August 16, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Radio system problems could hit UK's terror response -- report
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=1011900

(UK) London bombings survivors appeal for inquiry into July 7 attacks
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/15/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Bombings.php

August 14, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(U.S.) Report: FBI, ICE disputes impede terror probes - Disputes harming terrorist financing cases
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-08-14-fbi-immigration_N.htm
 - download report here
http://grassley.senate.gov/releases/2007/08102007.pdf

(U.S.) Florida: Arrested USF student rents home with connection to Sami Al-Arian -- arrested in South Carolina for pipe bomb
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=61116

(U.S.) DHS Granting Millions for Surveillance Cameras
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/8/13/171338.shtml?s=tn

(Iraq) Death toll soars to 175 in Iraq suicide bombings
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20250066/

(Iraq) U.S. helicopter crash in Iraq kills 5
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070814/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AiXSR4Dpfw3tS9ac.Fi5m5ms0NUE

(Iraq) Suicide truck bombers strike members of ancient religious sect in northwestern Iraq; dozens killed
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/14/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Yazidis-Attacked.php

(Iraq) Former insurgents face al-Qaida wrath
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070814/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_abed_s_war_1;_ylt=ArQ.CEr1VqKgT478RXjAhGswuecA

Iraqi deputy oil minister kidnapped
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070814/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=Aogqd865U6F3Ss3hgCLjX8es0NUE

Iraq: 'Saddam Hussein' caught - Al-Qaeda leader with that battle name planned April attack, killing 71 & wounding 175
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.1205129240

(Afghanistan) Terror Alert: Western Journalists Targeted by Al Qaeda
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/08/terror-alert-we.html

Pakistan not to wait for US, to continue build nuke reactors
http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=495773

(India) Three terrorists among 70 Pakistanis freed at Wagah border
http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/273566

(India) Home Ministry undertakes intelligence agencies revamp
http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20070814/741876.html

Russia seeking two suspects in terror blast probe
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/93573.html

Russia Warns of Terrorist Threat After Bomb Derails Train
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a8ivnJ24myOU&refer=home

Gaza tunnel smugglers grow under Hamas - Smuggling weapons, cigarettes, people
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070814/ap_on_re_mi_ea/palestinians_gaza_tunnels;_ylt=Aq2j9nCyzS7cUXCw5NYkf4Cs0NUE

(Gaza) Two Hamas security officers die in clash with powerful Doghmush clan
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/14/africa/ME-GEN-Gaza-Clash.php

(Gaza) Six Palestinians killed, 26 wounded in Israeli raids in southern Gaza - update
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/14/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Palestinians.php

Jawa Report: Hamas Provides al-Qaeda Safe Haven in Gaza
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/189040.php

(Italy) Prodi stresses Quartet conditions after Hamas dialogue quote sparks Israeli anger
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/14/europe/EU-GEN-Italy-Prodi-Hamas.php

(Iran) President: Rule of Islam only way for salvation of mankind
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/017773.php

Iran authorities lash man for having bible in car - report
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=12109

Somalia: Mogadishu insurgency intensifies as civilian casualty increases
http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/12329

(Sri Lanka) Army troops kill 3 Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka's northeast, says military
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/14/asia/AS-GEN-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php

Colombia's FARC rejects Uribe's plan for hostage release
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/13/america/LA-GEN-Colombia-FARC-Hostages.php

August 14, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Al Qaeda seeks high impact from Western recruits
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL24229098.html

(UK) Heathrow protesters 'may stage bomb hoax'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/14/nheathrow114.xml

August 13, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

UK bombing suspect case delayed
http://newcastle.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=international%20news&subclass=general&story_id=1036688&category=general

(UK) The Libel Tourist Strikes Again - How Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz uses British court system to "squelch any unwanted discussion of his record."
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/987ankei.asp

(UK) Sky News Video - Muslim Radicals Being Groomed In London
http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-1278883,00.html

(UK Car Bombs Plot) Man remanded on terrorism charge -- Dr Sabeel Ahmed, brother of Glasgow suicide bomber Kafeel Ahmed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6944177.stm

(UK) Shiraz Maher analysis of experience in Hizb ut-Tahrir (my title)
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22239474-7583,00.html

(UK) Exodus of officers hits war on terror
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/13/wirq113.xml

(UK) Pentagon: Gitmo Prisoner 'Professor' Has Ties to Usama, Sept. 11 Plotter
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293027,00.html

(UK) British Parliament Group: 'British Hamas boycott counterproductive'
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2007/August/middleeast_August128.xml&section=middleeast&col=

(UK) Hamas boycott criticised in UK
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/26dbea2c-48f7-11dc-b326-0000779fd2ac.html

(UK) Mosques hire guards to protect worshippers as imam is attacked
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2246685.ece

(UK) Scotsman.com News - Man charged over attack on Muslim cleric at mosque
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1272972007

August 12, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Terror alert on freed UK suspects -- Pentagon has claimed that five terror suspects whom Britain wants back from Guantanamo Bay have close ties to some of Al-Qaeda's most high-ranking leaders
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2241658.ece

(UK) Database of top-secret police phone taps stolen - Thousands of records from terrorism and other cases stolen
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2856892.ece

August 11, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Stirring up racial hatred - not the medium -- analysis of UK Jihadist reports by Channel 4
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml;jsessionid=MGRZ3O3HUT3UTQFIQMFCFFOAVCBQYIV0?xml=/opinion/2007/08/11/do1101.xml

(UK) Birmingham Mosque puts plans to sue UK Channel 4 on hold
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/mail/news/tm_headline=mosque-puts-plans-to-sue-on-hold%26method=full%26objectid=19607761%26siteid=50002-name_page.html

August 10, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) 3 accused in London plot plead innocent - accused of conspiring with July 2005 suicide bombers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6939849.stm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070810/ap_on_re_eu/britain_terror_charges_1;_ylt=AhUYyykF8m6QqyudtFy1UeUTv5UB

(UK) Metropolitan police scheme aims to identify Muslim extremists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,2145934,00.html

August 9, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Dispatches: a Channel 4 statement
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/society/religion/dispatches+a+channel+4+statement/663752

(UK) Security firms working on devices to spot would-be terrorists in crowd
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/aug/09/terrorism

(UK) Muslim outrage at Channel 4 film prompts new inquiry by watchdog
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2224728.ece

(UK) London Gathering of Hizb ut-Tahrir Defends Vision of Radical Islam
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/world/europe/06hizb.html?_r=5&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=login

(UK) 'Mosques Failing To Address Key Issues'
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1279089,00.html?f=rss

August 8, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Channel 4: Britain Under Attack from Jihad
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/britain+under+attack/656252
With Britain facing a 'severe' level of terror threat, Dispatches investigates the roots of Islamic extremism in the UK and examines the government's attempts to win the battle for British Muslims' hearts and minds
Reporter Phil Rees, an expert on Islamist violence, explores the Koranic teachings that lie behind the concept of jihad
Related Excerpt Video Clip
http://www.channel4.com/player/v2/player.jsp?showId=8169
 
(UK) Channel 4 Dispatches Britain Under Attack from Jihad - Video in 5 parts
Part 1:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8W0rGaLdcA4
Part 2:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nUuih-7hP8o&mode
Part 3:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cq1ZZ3ZpHj0&mode
Part 4:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4CQ9H_qmEIE&mode
Part 5:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwbf5JCSTzs&mode

For UK Viewers: Channel 4 On Demand (must be UK viewer)
http://www.channel4.com/4od/index.html

(UK) Channel 4 denies distorting Islamic views
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6835487,00.html

(UK) London Times: Channel 4 in row over mosque film
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article2223340.ece?token=null&offset=0
Note - this London Times article was written with heavy bias against Channel 4 on its Dispatches documentaries "Undercover Mosque" and "Britain Under Attack".
The bias is very evident by the fact that this article was originally titled "Channel 4 in new fakery row over mosque film".
The London Times has since changed the title of this news story on the Internet.

(UK) Channel 4 rapped over mosque probe
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2144120,00.html

(UK) Release of inmates from Guantanamo leaves Britain facing a security headache
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2218052.ece

(UK) Profiles of the five Guantanamo detainees
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/08/ngitmo208.xml

(UK) Guantanamo detainee expected home 'within weeks'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=473768&in_page_id=1811

(UK) Abu Hamza ordered to pay back 1m pounds sterling in  legal aid
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/15892/Hamza-ordered-to-pay-back-%A31m-legal-aid
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=473843&in_page_id=1770&ito=newsnow

(UK) Channel 4: Britain Under Attack from Jihad
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/britain+under+attack/656252
Related Video
http://www.channel4.com/player/v2/player.jsp?showId=8169

(UK) Sabotage is suspected over foot-and-mouth
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2218183.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/08/nfandm308.xml

August 7, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Britain asks US to release 5 men from Guantanamo
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1186066402132&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(UK) Waltham Forest Area Interview: 'Only Radical Muslims Are Listening to Me' -- Amar "best friends with some of those now facing trial over the alleged airline plot"
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1278857,00.html?f=rss
Related Sky News Video:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-1278883,00.html

(UK) Channel 4 platform for radical "Abu Muhammed" who wants 'war'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/07/ntv107.xml

(UK) Channel 4 under fire for letting Muslim extremist defend 7/7
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=473694&in_page_id=1770
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/15803/Banned-in-Britain,-but-evil-fanatic-is-allowed-to-rant-on-our-TV-screens

(UK) Are ours the world's least safe airports?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/martin_samuel/article2210911.ece

August 6, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Britain Under Threat - UK Channel 4 - Dispatches
http://www.channel4.com/news/dispatches/war_on_terror/britain_under_threat
"With Britain facing a 'severe' level of terror threat, Dispatches investigates the roots of Islamic extremism in the UK and examines the government's attempts to win the battle for British Muslims' hearts and minds"
(will follow with YouTube link when available)
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/britain+under+attack/656252

(UK) Tea and al-Qaida sympathy -- Abu Muhammed
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/media/story/0,,2142154,00.html

(UK) "Terror Link" Wives fight over 29,000 pounds sterling in government handouts
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/15462/'Terror-link'-wives-fight-over-29,000-in-handouts

(UK) Radical Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir convenes in London
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/05/europe/islamic.php

(UK) Surge in police anti-terror stops
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6933034.stm

(UK) British lab says it has found no biosecurity breach
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/06/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Foot-and-Mouth.php

August 5, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) The wrong voice for Muslim Britain (commentary) - "Shadow" Home Secretary: Hizb ut-Tahrir should be banned
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2198072.ece

(UK) Schools are run by Islamic group Blair pledged to ban
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article2199245.ece

August 3, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) One in 11 British Muslims backs suicide bombers, says Brown aide -- Haras Rafiq also told Scotland Yard that up to 20% ' sympathize' with militants
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=472791&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source

(UK) Finsbury Park: Inside the British Jihad
http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=3205&cid=3&sid=74

(UK) Hospital cesium is 'terror chemical' says expert
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/03/ncesium103.xml

(UK Car Bombs Plot) Glasgow Airport attack man Kafeel Ahmed dies -- in hospital of burns from attempted Glasgow car bombing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6928854.stm

August 2, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK)  Man charged over failed July 21, 2005 London bombings remanded in custody - Lukimon Sulaimon
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070802/wl_uk_afp/britainattackscourt_070802131739;_ylt=Ahe.Zh.mSReJqKA9NTMJVL4Tv5UB

(UK) Preparing for a dirty bomb attack  - UK and USA increasing preparations
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6925584.stm

UK police chief cleared over Tube shooting
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22179819-23109,00.html

(UK Car Bombs Plot) Australia cautious on Indian doctor's 'Al-Qaeda links'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070802/wl_asia_afp/britainattacksaustraliaindia_070802060500;_ylt=AiE4mkashZQZwMwsvtv4x48wuecA

(UK Car Bombs Plot) India: Haneef scoffs at prospect of new charges
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.1167181545

(UK Car Bombs Plot) Haneef Lawyers: 'No proof of Haneef's alleged link to Al-Qaida'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/No_proof_of_Haneefs_Al-Qaida_links/articleshow/2250006.cms

(UK) Lockerbie bomber 'will be sent home soon'
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1201352007

(UK) Five police hurt as suspicious van explodes
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2185535.ece

August 1, 2007 UK Jihadist Newslinks

(UK) Man, 23, charged under Terrorism Act -- Lukimon Sulaimon
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/01/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Terror-Arrest.php

(UK Car Bombs Plot) Haneef 'must have' met al-Qaeda -- Indian police file on Mohamed Haneef completed after his arrest in Australia says Dr. Mohammed Haneef has alleged links to al-Qaeda
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22174426-29277,00.html

(UK Car Bombs Plot) Freed terror suspect Mohamed Haneef was warned by his brother last month (my title)
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22169538-601,00.html

(UK Car Bombs Plot) Doctor 'was told to flee after terror attacks'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2175070.ece

(UK Car Bombs Plot) Haneef files affidavit, seeks chat transcript
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Haneef_files_affidavit_seeks_chat_transcript/articleshow/2248478.cms

(UK Car Bombs Plot) Haneef could still face charges: Australian police
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070021068

(UK) Britain's top anti-terror officer to be rapped for de Menezes shooting
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=472274&in_page_id=1770

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(UK) Channel 4: Britain Under Attack from Jihad
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/britain+under+attack/656252
With Britain facing a 'severe' level of terror threat, Dispatches investigates the roots of Islamic extremism in the UK and examines the government's attempts to win the battle for British Muslims' hearts and minds
Reporter Phil Rees, an expert on Islamist violence, explores the Koranic teachings that lie behind the concept of jihad
Related Excerpt Video Clip
http://www.channel4.com/player/v2/player.jsp?showId=8169
 
(UK) Channel 4 Dispatches Britain Under Attack from Jihad - Video in 5 parts
Part 1:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8W0rGaLdcA4
Part 2:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nUuih-7hP8o&mode
Part 3:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cq1ZZ3ZpHj0&mode
Part 4:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4CQ9H_qmEIE&mode
Part 5:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwbf5JCSTzs&mode

For UK Viewers: Channel 4 On Demand (must be UK viewer)
http://www.channel4.com/4od/index.html

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Roundup and update of UK terror investigation news stories for the week ending July 22:

British radicals 'are a danger to America'
The Daily Telegraph reported on the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) and comments by DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff. The July 18, 2007 Telegraph story reported:

"Muslim radicals recruited to terrorism in Britain and Europe were labelled a major threat to US national security last night. The US homeland security secretary, Michael Chertoff, singled out extremists who have been radicalised in Britain as a danger to America. A report compiled by US security chiefs on the threat to their homeland concluded that British-based Muslims would regard 'the use of violence here as legitimate'. The findings will reinforce efforts by the US government to tighten up visa controls. Mr Chertoff is calling for visitors from the European Union who enter the US via the visa waiver scheme to register their personal details 48 hours before taking a transatlantic flight."

DHS Secretary Chertoff has previously warned of potential attacks on USA homeland from British Jihadists, and has been in discussions on visa issues for months with the UK government. The UK Foreign Office has stated, however, that the "visa waiver program is certainly not a 'loophole' ."

Earlier this month, links between British Jihadist investigations and threats against the USA included July 5 report that 45 doctors had used UK jihadist web site to make plans to attack US facilities such as the shipping facilities for USS John F Kennedy in Jacksonville, Florida, July 6 reports that two of the UK car bomb doctors sought work in Philadelphia, and July 4 report that AQ attacks in USA would follow attacks in UK.

4,000 in UK trained at terror camps.
Daily Telegraph reported that between 3,000 to 4,000 Islamists traveled from the United Kingdom to apparently pre-9/11 terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. The July 15, 2007 Daily Telegraph story reported stated that:

"Up to 4,000 Islamic extremists have attended terrorist training camps in Afghanistan before returning to Britain, security chiefs have revealed." The July 15, 2007 Daily Telegraph reported that "[a] senior security source said of the al-Qaeda camps: 'There are 3,000 to 4,000 people who went from the UK to Afghanistan and came back. The important question is, where are they now?' The figure is more than double the estimate of 1,600 which MI5 gave last autumn for the number of individuals actively involved in plotting terrorist attacks in the UK."

4,000 are UK terror suspects
The UK Sun reported that the number of Islamist terrorists increased to 4,000 active terrorists with 2,000 sympathizers. The July 17, 2007 UK Sun story reported:

"[the] number of suspected Muslim terrorists in the UK has multiplied nearly four times in seven months, security chiefs have been told. A staggering 2,000 active terrorists are under watch in Britain.And there are another 2,000 sympathisers. It is a massive rise from the 1,200 warned about by MI5’s former head seven months ago. The chiefs of MI5, Scotland Yard and MI6 were told the figure last week."

Missile Blueprint British Jihadist Imprisoned for 3 1/2 Years.
On July 18, Yassin Nassari was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for smuggling blueprints on how to build a missile into the United Kingdom. Per the July 18 Daily Telegraph report, in arresting Yassin Nassari "[p]olice discovered a mass of jihadi material on a laptop and removable hard drive including blueprints for an Al Qassam 1.5 rocket used by the Palestinian terror group Hamas." Yassin Nassari also had a letter from his wife urging him to conduct Jihad and hoping that their five month son would also be martyred. The UK court decided to accept his wife's contention that this was "creative writing". The Telegraph also provided partial illustratrations of the Nassari diagrams.

Hate Crimes British Jihadists Imprisoned.
The July 18 London Times reported the sentencing of four British Jihadists charged with hate crimes; protestors over the Muhammad cartoons included Mizanur Rahman, Umran Javed and Abdul Muhid sentenced to 6 years, Abdul Saleem sentenced to 4 years. Afterwards, the July 19 Daily Mail reported that dozens of veiled women gathered outside the Old Bailey to protest against the jail sentences given to four Muslim men for encouraging terrorism.

Hate Crimes British Jihadists in Court.
In a separate case, the July 17 Guardian reported that British Jihadists Abu Izzadeen (aka Omar Brooks) and Abdullah Hassan were in court on terrorism charges relate to hate speeches made at London's Regents Park mosque in 2004.

UK Car Bombs Suspect -- Dr. Sabeel Ahmed Update
Dr. Sabeel Ahmed's lawyer indicated in court on July 16 that he will plead not guilty to having information of material assistance in preventing the commission by another of an act of terrorism. Dr. Sabeel Ahmed was charged on July 14, and has been remanded in custody until August 13. On July 17, NDTV reported that "Sabeel Ahmed knew of his brother's involvement in the UK terror plot, reports say. Ahmed has been charged with not informing the police about the conspiracy. Sabeel was sent a text message by his brother Kafeel after the car bombs were planted in London but before the attack on Glasgow Airport. The message contained the password for an internet email account. Inside the email account was a folder containing Kafeel's last will and testament and instructions on what to say to the police." Engineer Kafeel Ahmed remains hospitalized under police guard.

UK Car Bombs Suspect -- Dr. Mohammed Asha Update
Per the July 19 Daily Telegraph, Dr. Mohammed Asha was charged on July 19 with has been charged with conspiracy to cause explosions. His wife was released without charge on July 13. Per the July 20 London Times, Dr. Mohammed Asha was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on July 27.

UK Car Bombs Suspect -- Dr. Mohammed Haneef Update
There have been a number of stories in the past week regarding Indian native Dr. Mohammed Haneef who has been detained in Australia: (a) one story regarding discrepancies in the reports on the SIM card linking him to Glasgow bomber Kafeel Ahmed, (b) one story regarding deportation status, and (c) one story regarding potential involvement in Australian attack plans.

Regarding the SIM card, the July 22 Daily Express reports that "Dr Haneef, 27, appeared in court in Brisbane last week after being charged with supplying a mobile phone SIM card to his cousin, Sabeel Ahmed, on a visit to the UK. The court was told Ahmed then passed the card on to his brother, Kafeel – the driver of the blazing Jeep driven into the airport terminal – and that the phone card had been found inside the wrecked car. But senior sources in Australia revealed the mobile phone card was actually with Ahmed in Liverpool at the time." Dr. Mohammed Haneef's lawyers are stating that errors in the government inquiry reports should result in his release.

The July 19 Times of India reported that Dr. Mohammed Haneef had chatted on the Internet with his cousin, accused UK terrorist Sabeel Ahmed, just days before the attack on Glasgow airport.

Regarding deportation, the July 22 DPA and Sun Herald reported that Dr. Mohammed Haneef was likely to be deported to India, rather than face trial in Australia on a charge of supporting terrorism. "Haneef had been in contact with his cousins, Sabeel and Kafeel Ahmed. The brothers are terrorism suspects now in custody in Britain. He left his SIM card with Sabeel when he left Britain last year. "

Regarding potential involvement with plots in Australia, the July 22 Times of India states that "Australian police denied newspaper reports on Sunday that they were investigating whether the Indian doctor Haneef detained on terror charges may have been plotting to blow up a high-rise building on the Gold Coast." The July 22 Herald Sun reported that "Australian Federal Police are examining images of a Gold Coast building and its foundations found in documents and photographs seized in a raid on Dr Haneef's Southport unit three weeks ago".

Half of UK Terror Suspects Arrested Since 9/11 Released Without Charge
On July 17, BBC reported that since 9/11, "Home Office statistics show 669 of the 1,228 people arrested in terrorist investigations were later freed." A July 9 Daily Telegraph story reported that "more than 40 separate terror court cases due to be heard" and "[m]ore than 100 suspects are awaiting trial in British courts for terrorist offences".

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 (UK) Half of terror suspects released - arrested in UK - have been released without charge
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6902522.stm

(UK Car Bomb Plots) Sabeel Ahmed will plead not guilty
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22084493-23109,00.html

(UK Car Bomb Plots) 'Indian suspect knew UK terror plot' - Sabeel Ahmed knew of his brother's involvement in the UK terror plot
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070019211&ch=7/17/2007%2010:26:00%20AM

(UK Car Bomb Plots) India pressures Australia over detained terror suspect - Dr. Mohammed Haneef
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070717/wl_sthasia_afp/britainattacksaustraliaindia_070717121649;_ylt=Apx0f1rQHvNOhawUZ4OgRyoTv5UB

(UK Car Bomb Plots) Dr. Mohammed Haneef's Lawyers release documents in terror case
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070717/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_britain_terrorism_45;_ylt=AtBfMj9nCxsYEb.AbTIKO6sTv5UB

(UK) Mail Strike Delayed Tesco Bomb Threat Letters
http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=OJ1739767E&news_headline=mail_strike_delayed_tesco_bomb_threat_letters

(UK) Hold terror suspects 'as long as it takes', says security minister
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=468889&in_page_id=1770

(UK) 4,000 are UK terror suspects
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007320997,00.html

(UK) Two Britons in court on terrorism charges - Abu Izzadeen (aka Omar Brooks) and Abdullah Hassan -- relate to speeches made at London's Regents Park mosque in 2004
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/walthamforest/walthamforestnews/display.var.1547372.0.two_local_men_in_court_on_terrorism_charges.php

(UK) Terror police to track capital's cars
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2091023.ece

(UK) George Galloway 'should be suspended'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/17/ngalloway717.xml

(UK) Commentary: The BBC used to stand for the best of British - but who'd trust Auntie now?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/columnists.html?in_article_id=468655&in_page_id=1772&in_author_id=256&in_check=N

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Update and news roundup of UK terror plot investigation activities and related news:

UK Car Bomb Suspects Status: Three Charged, Three Released, Two Being Questioned:

UK Car Bomb Suspects Charged:
-- July 6, 2007: Iraqi Dr. Bilal Talal Samad Abdullah charged by UK with conspiracy to cause explosions. BBC reported freezing of his assets on July 11, 2007.
-- July 14, 2007: Dr. Sabeel Ahmed charged by UK under Section 38(B) of the Terrorism Act 2000 that he had information which he "knew or believed may be of material assistance in preventing the commission by another of an act of terrorism". BBC reports that Dr. Sabeel Ahmed has been remanded in custody until August 13, 2007. This same report indicates that "Dr. Sabeel Ahmed holds no tenancy agreement for his home in Ramilies Road, Liverpool, and has not applied to extend his working visa, the court also heard."
-- July 14, 2007: Dr. Mohammed Haneef charged by Australian police with providing "reckless support" to a terrorist organization. On July 16, an Brisbane, Australia magistrate released Dr. Mohammed Haneef on bail. The Australian reports that "federal prosecutors failed to convince a magistrate the Indian-born man was too dangerous to release." However, the Australian federal government then used immigration laws to keep Dr. Mohammed Haneef under detention. The Australian reported that Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews revoked Dr. Haneef's visa, and "citing 'national interest, national security' - said it was not appropriate for him to 'move freely in the community'. " Australian news media report that Dr. Haneef's lawyer would appeal this visa cancellation. On July 12, BBC reported that bureaucratic wrangling between India and Australia was hampering the inquiry into Dr. Mohammed Haneef.

UK Car Bomb Suspects Released Without Charge:
-- July 15, 2007 - two Paisley medical workers. BBC reports two car bomb suspects released: "Two men arrested in connection with the failed car bomb attacks in Glasgow and London in June have been released without charge. The men, aged 28 and 25, had been arrested by Strathclyde Police at the residences of the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley on 2 July."
-- July 13, 2007 - Marwa Asha. BBC reports that Marwa Asha, wife of Dr. Mohammed Asha, was released without charge

UK Car Bomb Suspects Still Being Questioned:
-- Dr. Mohammed Asha arrested June 30, 2007. BBC states that he "remains in custody at Paddington Green police station." London Times reports that "[p]olice have been given until July 21 to continue questioning".
-- Engineer Kafeel Ahmed remains hospitalized under police guard

UK Hospital Security Must Be Tightened.
Daily Telegraph and Sky News reported on the poor security in British NHS hospitals. The Daily Telegraph stated that "Poor security in hospitals could give terrorists working in the NHS easy access to deadly chemicals and viruses, an expert warned yesterday. Hospitals are 'just as vulnerable as any nightclub', a security management specialist based in a London hospital told the Health Service Journal." Sky News reported that security management specialist stated "Most hospitals give staff cards that let them into certain areas, but it's easy to lend someone your pass...That could give them access to X-ray machines, isotopes, chemicals and disease slides. It could be days before anyone realised a virus was missing.' "

UK Security Minister: UK monitoring 30 terror cells, 2000 suspects.
Australian News reported that UK Security Minister Alan West told BBC radio that "Britain's security services believe up to 30 Islamist militant cells are plotting attacks and they are monitoring 2000 suspects and another 2000 sympathisers". Security Minister West was reported as saying: "There are 30 that are actually being looked at very closely indeed because they have got to the stage where they are gathering materials and doing things which could lead in fairly short term to doing something if they wanted to. This means that effectively about 2000 individuals are being monitored in varying degrees of closeness and probably about another 2000 loosely connected to them. The scale of this whole thing is quite dramatic."

UK Missile Plans Terrorist Found Guilty
On July 13, the Khaleej Times reported that "Yassin Nassari, 28, was found guilty of possessing documents likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism...[t]he charges related to computer files on the hard drive of Nassari’s computer -- including plans for building a missile". Yassin Nassari's wife was found not guilty of of failing to disclose information to police. Khaleej Times reports "[a]mong the evidence produced in court was a letter written by El-Hor to Nassari in which she wrote she was proud of him and happy that Allah had granted him the chance to be a shaheed (martyr) in the cause of jihad, or holy war."

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July 10 news roundup of UK terror plot investigation activities and related news:

Al Qaeda's Zawahiri Threatens Retaliation Against Britain for Rushdie Knighthood of Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses". AP reports Ayman al-Zawahiri's 20 minute speech entitled "Malicious Britain and its Indian Slaves", threatened retaliation against UK for knighthood of Salman Rushdie. SITE Institute reports that "Zawahiri threatens that a 'very precise response' is in the stages of preparation, and addresses current Prime Minister Gordon Brown, stating: 'The policy of your predecessor has brought tragedy and defeat upon you, not only in Afghanistan and Iraq but also in the center of London. And if you did not understand, listen, we are ready to repeat it for you, with the permission of Allah. We are sure that you have quite understood it.' "

British Islamists and Jihadists "Rank-and-File" Are Educated Professionals. Newsweek publishes op-ed from former British Hizb ut-Tahrir radical Ed Husain: "The rank-and-file of Islamist organizations, the precursors to terrorism, are filled with activists with a technical education. The instructor of my first secret cell in Hizb ut-Tahrir in London was a town planner; my second cell-leader was a medical doctor. Even today, medical doctors manage the British arm of Hizb ut-Tahrir-a global Islamist political party working for the re-establishment of an Islamic caliphate: doctors Nasim Ghani, Abdul Wahid, and Nazreen Nawaz. Globally, the central leader of Hizb ut-Tahrir is a Jordan-based engineer, Abu Rishta. The story of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is similar. When Islamists graduate to jihadist terrorism the profile is equally chilling." Ed Husain is author of "The Islamist: Why I Joined Radical Islam in Britain, What I Saw Inside and Why I Left"

Jury in British terrorism trial fails to convict two men. AP reports that UK jury failed to reach a verdict of remaining two July 21 bombing suspects: Manfo Kwaku Asiedu and Adel Yahya. Judge Adrian Fulford "dismissed the jury after less than two hours of deliberations. Fulford gave prosecutors until Wednesday morning to say whether they would seek a retrial of the two."

UK Police let the July 21 bombers slip the net. Daily Telegraph reported that "Police missed a string of opportunities to intercept four terrorists months before the botched suicide bomb attacks on July 21". "Muktar Ibrahim, 29, the leader of the suicide gang, was seen by officers on at least four occasions before the bombings, Woolwich Crown Court had heard and was on bail after being arrested on suspicion of extremism."

Daily Telegraph reports "London was saved only by Ibrahim's lack of basic arithmetic. A scribbled note found at the bomb factory showed that Ibrahim, who had failed maths GCSE, had wrongly calculated the ratio of ingredients, rendering the bombs harmless."

July 21 Bomber Allowed To Travel To Pakistan while facing charges. Sky News reports that "Questions are now being asked about how [Muktar] Ibrahim managed to leave the UK while facing charges over extremist behaviour. In 2004, the 29-year-old travelled to Pakistan in December to learn terrorist skills, despite being on bail. He was there at exactly the same time as July 7 bombers Mohammed Siddique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer, and stayed for three months. Two months earlier, the 21/7 mastermind had been charged with threatening behaviour for distributing extremist Islamic material in London. While abroad, a warrant was issued for his arrest after missing a court appearance." Sky News also has a video of the process of getting visa from UK to Pakistan.

Reuters provided a "Chronology of major terrorism trials in Britain".

July 21, 2005 Terrorists Had Plans of UK's Sizewell B Nuclear Plant. BBC reports: "Detailed plans of Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk were found in anti-terror raids after the July 2005 bomb attacks, it has been revealed." The plans included layout of the nuclear plant that were provided by a nuclear expert in a public lecture. "The expert said he was told the notes about Sizewell were found in the back of a car connected to one of the 21 July bombers. The expert said nuclear plants 'are not prepared enough' for an attack either by terrorists on the ground or through terrorists crashing a plane into the power station. He said nuclear plants were designed to withstand accidents, not terrorist attacks."

India: Bin Laden Speeches, Jihadist Material Found in Kafeel Ahmed House. Times of India reports that police discovered "[i]nflammatory speeches by Osama bin Laden and anti-UK, anti-US propaganda material in three CDs found in an almirah at Kafeel Ahmed's house". Times of India also reports "Kafeel and his associates are believed to have visited Pakistan more than once to seek approval for the UK terror plot. Added to this, one of the main suspects, Bilal Abdulla, is suspected to have indoctrinated Kafeel and Sabeel." The Times of India reports that Indian counterterrorism officials "believe the Al-Qaida is recruiting young educated people who can be sent to the US and Europe to create terror. 'The US and Europe are closely monitoring Pakistan, Bangladesh and Arab countries. We believe Al-Qaida is trying to use Indian resources and infrastructure to create havoc in the US and Europe,' said a senior officer working on counterterrorist strategies. "

Times of India news story states that the newly discovered information "helped investigators get closer to the link between the UK terror plot and Al-Qaida." The Hindu newspaper reported, however, that "[a] senior official in a Central Intelligence agency told The Hindu late on Monday night that there was no proof to link Kafeel with the al-Qaeda. They believe that Kafeel was indoctrinated in the United Kingdom by an Iraqi doctor Abdullah Billal, who was said to be with him in the flaming jeep, the official said."

Indian Imam Says 2 UK Suspects Changed Recently. Guardian reports that Indian imam Mohammed Hassaan says that after Kafeel and Sabeel Ahmed moved to Britain, they changed. When they returned to visit from the UK, they attended a radical mosque in Bangalore, India.

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July 9 news roundup of UK terror plot investigation activities and related news:

Four Guilty of Conspiracy to Murder in July 21 Bomb Plot. BBC reports that '[f]our men have been found guilty of plotting to carry out suicide bombings on London's transport network on 21 July 2005. Muktar Said Ibrahim, 29, Yassin Omar, 26, Ramzi Mohammed, 25, and Hussain Osman, 28, were convicted of conspiracy to murder at Woolwich Crown Court. The jury will continue to consider verdicts on Tuesday for two others", who AP has identified as "Manfo Kwaku Asiedu and Adel Yahya". Per Sky News, [t]he terror cell attempted to detonate hydrogen peroxide and chapatti flour bombs covered in shrapnel on three tube trains and a bus on July 21, 2005. Their plan only failed at the last moment because of problems with the home-made explosives, hot weather, or mere "good fortune", Woolwich Crown Court heard." In addition, the Daily Mail indicates that the terror bombing failed due to incorrect calculations of bombing ingredients by the Jihadists. BBC has profiles of the 4 convicted terrorists: Muktar Said Ibrahim, Ramzi Mohammed, Yassin Omar, and Hussain Osman. The Daily Telegraph also has a profile of them.

40 British Jihadist Cases Yet To Be Heard; 100 Suspects. Daily Telegraph reports that the "more than 40 separate terror court cases due to be heard include Operation Gamble, an alleged plot to kidnap and video the beheading of a British soldier and Operation Overt, an alleged plan to blow up 10 US airliners." Former MI-5 Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller advises this includes "[m]ore than 100 suspects are awaiting trial in British courts for terrorist offences".

Nuclear alert by ex-head of MI5. Daily Telegraph reports statement from former MI-5 chief Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller: "It remains a very real possibility that they may, sometime, somewhere attempt a chemical biological, radiological or even nuclear attack".

Interpol: "UK's anti-terrorist effort is in the wrong century." Interpol has criticized UK for failure to share information with Interpol, and for UK's failure to use Interpol criminal database in reviewing immigrants to the UK. On Interpol's web site, Interpol chief Noble states "The UK has not shared its terrorist watch list with Interpol". Daily Telegraph reported that "The head of Interpol also accused the authorities of failing to check visitors to Britain against its global database of 11,000 suspected terrorists and further quotes Interpol chief Noble as saying 'The guys detained last week could be wanted, arrested or convicted anywhere in the world and the UK would not know'." The Daily Mail quotes Noble "The UK government really needs to catch up and realise that unless it consults global databases for passports, names and photographs then it risks letting dangerous people roam free." BBC states that the UK "Home Office has insisted border officials are aware of the list." Guardian reports: "Interpol said last night that the UK makes just 50 checks a month of the database; France by comparison makes 700,000 checks and Switzerland makes 300,000." BBC also stated the Interpol's chief stated that there was a "clear link between stolen passports and al-Qaeda linked terrorist activity. The UK's anti-terrorist effort is in the wrong century."

Daily Telegraph reports that "deep concerns were raised over the weekend that a loophole in visa controls for foreign students could have been letting in extremists without real checks." Daily Mail reports "it emerged thousands of visas are obtained by immigrants from terror hotspots for university courses which they then don't attend."

Other related UK news media stories today report British Jihadist car bomb suspects traveling to Pakistan, Britons going to South Africa without a visa and then going to Pakistan (which has previously been reported in the London Times), and Britons traveling to Bangladesh, and UK's outsourcing of immigrant checks to a private company in India.

UK's MI5 Risk Map of 219 Extremist Groups in UK. Daily Telegraph reports "[t]he security service is watching 219 groups, mostly in the Midlands and North. A 'risk map' of terrorist threats shows a total of 80 groups of extremists in the Midlands, 60 in Leeds, Bradford and Manchester and 35 in London. There are also 20 being watched on Merseyside, 12 in Scotland, 10 in Wales and two in Northern Ireland. Each network can involve more than a dozen people bringing the total to well over 1,600 - some estimates have put it as high as 3,000." Belfast Telegraph reports that "Northern Ireland has at least two of the networks, containing around 30 people".

London Times points out that "the terror hot spot" of Birmingham and "West Midlands, with about 80 suspected terror networks under surveillance is more than double the "only" 35 terror networks under surveillance in London. The London Times reports that Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller has called for creation of "a network of Muslim spies to gather intelligence on terror suspects plotting attacks in Britain" and said that the networks 'scattered across the country' are thought to be plotting up to 30 attacks at any one time.

UK Five Face Second Week of Questioning over Car Bomb Plots. Daily Mail reports: "Five terror suspects remained in police custody at London's high security Paddington Green police station. Police have been given more time to hold the four men and one woman." This includes Dr. Mohammed Asha, Marwa Asha, a 26 year old doctor from Bangalore, and two trainee doctors. KUNA reports that "Dr. Asha, Marwa Asha, and the 26-year-old doctor from Bangalore can be questioned until Saturday July 14. The two trainee doctors arrested at the Royal Alexandra Hospital can be held for a further day, until July 15."

Australia Extends Car Bomb Suspect Mohammed Haneef Inquiry: BBC reports that "Australian police have been granted an extra 48 hours to continue detaining an Indian doctor in connection with the suspected UK car bomb attacks." The Australian Federal Police stated that this "would allow 'for the analysis of material obtained during the course of the investigation by joint counter-terrorism teams'."

Australia: Police in Australia search bomb suspect's car and flat. The Daily Mail reports that "Police in Australia investigating the London and Glasgow bomb plots, today confiscated the car of one the suspects. The vehicle, belonging to Dr Mohammed Haneef was under examination as investigators search for vital clues linked to the bungled car bomb attempts. Police also executed a search warrant to further examine Dr Haneef 's top-floor apartment, close to the hospital where he worked on Queensland's Gold Coast."

India: Ongoing Investigation. Indian investigators seized computer of car bomber Kafeel Ahmed, per Associated Press, Bangalore's Commissioner of Police N. Achuta Rao stated that the "hard disk is being examined to ascertain the contents and possible connection to the UK incident and also regarding terrorist activity, if any, in India and elsewhere". AFP reports that "Police said on Monday they were questioning relatives and friends of three suspects held over the failed British car bombings but had made no formal arrests."

Car Bomber Kafeel Ahmed Computer Reveals Terrorist Links. NDTV reports "Hard disk reveals Kafeel's terror links" - "There is incriminating material like videos of terrorist executions, attacks filmed by terrorists and speeches by key Al Qaida leaders, none of which is available, either publicly or on the internet.The intelligence agencies say this indicates that Kafeel was part of some kind of internal distribution list in a terrorist network. British Intelligence sources have also told India that there is CCTV footage showing Kafeel involved in parking the explosive-rigged cars in The HayMarket London. This means Kafeel is not just the main suspect in the Glasgow attack but also directly involved in the Hay Market failed bombing. The cars in HayMarket were discovered by police before they exploded after fuel leaks were detected."

Car Bomber Kafeel Ahmed Worked in Jet Design. The International Herald Tribune reports that Kafeel Ahmed worked for much of last year as an aeronautical engineer" for Infotech Enterprises, "an Indian outsourcing company that designs aircraft parts for clients including Boeing and Airbus." IHT reports "that Ahmed might have had access to the design secrets of some top aircraft makers in the very period when his friends have told the Indian police that he was turning into a Islamic radical", and that Infotech Enterprise's clients included the UK Home Office.

India: UK Car Bomber Kafeel Ahmad linked with Tablighi Jamaat. NDTV reports regarding Tablighi Jamaat "is yet again in the news for its links with Glasgow plotter Kafeel Ahmad and his father in Bangalore" and that "Bangalore police have now revealed that Kafeel Ahmed's father was a member of the Tablighi Jamaat." In August 2006, after the failed British Jihadist transatlantic jet plot to attack the United States, the Hindustan Times identified a link between Tablighi Jamaat and several of the British terror suspects including Waheed Zaman. The Hindustan Times reported: "The relatives and friends of some of the 23 people arrested last week told the police that the detainees were followers of the Tablighi Jamaat, which is believed to control several mosques in Britain." The Hindustan Times continued: "This is not the first time that a terror plot has been linked to the Tablighi Jamaat. One of the 7/7 suicide bombers, Mohammad Sidique Khan, was a follower. Another, Shehzad Tanweer, had visited a mosque controlled by the Tablighi Jamaat in Leeds."

Times of India also reports that Kafeel Ahmed's mother felt her son was on the wrong path, and was concerned about the influence of Kafeel's father, Dr Maqbool Ahmed. Times of India reports that Kafeel's father was a member of Jamaat-e-Islami.

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July 8 news roundup of UK terror plot investigation activities and related news:

UK Security Minister Views 15-year Fight Against Terror. The Daily Telegraph reports that the UK's top security minister, Admiral Sir Alan West, has stated that the battle against terror in UK would be a 10 to 15 year battle. Security minister West "said the overall danger facing the country, from both home-grown and foreign terrorists, was at its greatest ever level and that a new approach was badly needed to tackle it." He summarized the UK anti-terror strategy as "the four Ps": "prepare, protect, pursue, prevent - but that the 'prevent' side, dealing with the radicalisation of young Muslims, was the most important..." and stating that he believes "it will take 10 to 15 years."

New UK bomb warnings. The Daily Star is reporting that "the security services now believe that the global Islamist terror network has more outrages primed to happen in the UK." Al-Qaida expert and author Neil Doyle tells the Daily Star that Jihadist web site inactivity is a sign of pending plots: "What terrorists do is issue a general alert as an instruction to everyone to shut their mouths."

British Police Report Identity of Principal Protagonists. The NYT is reporting that British police are stating the two "principal protagonists" in both the Glasgow bombing and the failed London car bombs are Dr. Bilal Abdulla and Kaleef aka Khalid Ahmed.

Bomber linked to Irish Al-Qaeda Jet Bomb Plot. The Observer reports that British Jihadist bomber Kafeel Ahmed was an associate of convicted Al-Qaeda terrorist Abbas Boutrab in Ireland. Boutrab was "headed up the cell that operated on the quiet both in Northern Ireland and the Republic. That cell included Kafeel Ahmed while he was a student at Queen's" University, "which viewed Ireland as a 'quiet base'." "Boutrab was arrested in Belfast during 2003 and convicted two years later for downloading information on how to blow up an airliner."

Suspect or Supects Communicated with Al-Qaeda in Iraq. London Times reports that one or more of London car bomb suspects had recently been in contact with Al-Qaeda in Iraq: "Scotland Yard’s Counter Terrorism Command SO15 is understood to have uncovered evidence that in the months leading up to the attacks one or more of the suspects communicated by telephone or e-mail with terrorist leaders in Iraq."

Modern militant 'recruits himself'. The Australian reports on analysis of the approach by the latest Jihadists, that rather than being recruited and groomed by Al Qaeda, that such Jihadists effectively "recruit" themselves.

International Investigation of London Bomb Plot. London Times reports on "Operation Seagram", which is the international investigation of the London bomb plots with active investigations in UK, Australia, India. In addition, due to communications between suspects and Al Qaeda in Iraq, the London Times also reports that "well-placed officials are investigating potential links with Al-Qaeda in Iraq." The Australian has developed a graphic of international plot ties.

Indian police hunt for 12 UK bomb suspects The Australian Sunday Mail reports that "police in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, home to three suspects held in the British bomb plot, are hunting 12 more people who may be linked to the conspiracy"... and that "police were interested in a man it named as Saleem Ahmed, adding investigators were also probing the possibility that fake Bangalore driving licences were used in the bomb plot." Three Indians originating from Bangalore have thus far been arrested in the plot: Dr. Sabeel Ahmed, his brother engineer Kafeel Ahmed, and Dr. Mohammed Haneef.

India: Jihadi CDs seized from Kafeel's home. The Times of India reports that "[d]ocuments and CDs containing jihadi propaganda material have been seized from the Bangalore home of Kafeel and Sabeel Ahmed, suspects in the failed British terror plot, city police sources said on Sunday. Police were also mum on reports that they were specifically looking for 12 people who could have formed a 'cell' along with Kafeel, a mechanical engineer, and Sabeel, a medical doctor."

UK: Kafeel Ahmed had left a suicide note at his Glasgow house. The Times of India reports: "A suicide note was found at the house near Glasgow where Ahmed had been staying since April," a security source was quoted as saying.

India: Car-Bomb Research Done in Bangalore. The Hindu reports that online activity of Glasgow bomber Kafeel Ahmed shows that he did research on car bombs in Bangalore, before returning to the United Kingdom.

Australia Ongoing Investigation, and Scrutiny of Overseas Bank Transactions. Australian news reports that "five doctors in Australia quizzed by federal police late last week over the UK bombing attempts have been released on the grounds they will be available for further questioning" and that Dr. Mohammed Haneef was still being detained. The Australia Courier-Mail reports that investigators are tracking overseas and local transactions from the bank accounts of Indian-born doctor Mohammad Haneef, and that "[e]ach overseas transaction is believed to be below $10,000 which would avoid any scrutiny from AUSTRAC – a Federal Government regulator of transactions of $10,000 or more."

Australia: Remote Car-Bomb Plot Report. The Australian Sunday Mail also reports that "suspects linked to the foiled car bomb attacks in London allegedly planned to blow up the devices using mobile phones in Australia" and that British police said "They intended to blow it up by remote control - by calling mobile phones in the car". In a different report in Australian news, the Australian Attorney-General "played down a report today suggesting that there was a plan for bombs in Britain to be activated by phone from Australia, stating that '[i]t probably misstates what is in the public arena'."

Shiraz Maher: Met Bomber Bilal Abdulla Through Cambridge Hizb ut-Tahrir. London Times reports that Shiraz Maher states that he met bomb Dr. Bilal Abdulla through Cambridge recruiting for Hizb ut-Tahrir. "Mostly we met in the cultural centre, the Shiraz Academy on Gilbert Road. One of those rooms was rented by the Hizb guy and this became the main focal point of where we would socialise, meet and discuss things." Shiraz further states "[a]nd so it was through my involvement with Hizb ut-Tahrir and its ideology of extremist political Islam that I came to befriend Bilal, the alleged would-be bomber. Without movements such as Hizb ut-Tahrir creating the moral imperatives to justify terror, people like Bilal wouldn’t have the support of an ideological infrastructure cheering them on."

Cambridge Islamic charity linked to car bomb suspect. The Daily Telegraph reports that Cambridge charity, the Islamic Academy, has been linked to the car bomb suspects. When living in Cambridge, Glasgow bomber Kafeel Ahmed "rented a room above the academy's offices and prayer chamber", and in the room next door was the Cambridge organizer for Hizb ut-Tahrir. Kafeel Ahmed's brother Dr. Safeel Ahmed and Dr. Bilal Abdullah were frequent visitors. Former radical Shiraz Maher witnessed this and stated "The HT (Hizb ut-Tahrir) guys and Bilal controlled, steered and directed the conversation...Kafeel listened more than he talked. He became more religious as he progressed." Daily Telegraph also reports that the leaders of the Islamic Academy have been viewed as "moderate". Daily Telegraph also reports that "Sejad Mekic, the imam at the Cambridge mosque which Abdullah also attended, gave a sermon on Friday condemning all acts of terror. However, he later said he had doubts that the incident at Glasgow airport was a terrorist attack, saying it could have been a car accident." When asked about the containers of gasoline found in the car, Imam Mekic stated that maybe the men were gasoline salesmen.
 

MI5 Agents To Spot Student Terrorists in Scotland. The Daily Express reports that "foreign students in Scotland will be spied on to ensure campuses do not become secret havens for potential terrorists... and [o]verseas applicants, particularly those enrolling for 'high risk' courses such as engineering or chemistry, will be kept under surveillance." Daily Express reports that one of the Jihadists in the Bali Bombing, Azahari Husin, had forged friendships while at Reading University. Moreover, "David Capitanchik, a terrorism expert at Robert Gordon University, in Aberdeen, said some groups have been active on British campuses since 9/11." In addition, the Daily Express states that a "study in 2005 warned that campuses in Scotland had already become a recruiting ground for Islamic fundamentalists."

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July 7 news roundup of UK terror plot investigation activities and related news:

-- London Remembers July 7, 2005 Bomb Attacks. Sky News reports: "The second anniversary of the July 7 London bombings will be marked today by survivors and victims' relatives. Four suicide bombers killed 52 commuters and injured hundreds more in 2005. Hundreds were expected to gather at Kings Cross station shortly before 9am, when the first bomb exploded." DPA reports an analysis that states "Britain remains top terror target two years after July 7 attacks".

-- Dr. Bilal Abdulla Appears in Court. Per CNN, Dr. Bilal Abdulla appeared in court Saturday on charges linked to the failed car bomb plots in London and Glasgow. His next court appearance was set for July 27. His lawyers did not ask for bail. The charge against Dr. Abdulla specifies that the conspiracy began around the first of January 2007 and concluded at the start of this month, accused Abdulla of conspiring "with others to cause explosions of a nature likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property in the United Kingdom."

-- Daily Mail Report: MI5 says Jihadists working for police. The Daily Mail and the Evening Standard report that UK's MI5 has drawn up a dossier on alleged Islamist extremists working for the police: "Up to eight police officers and civilian staff are suspected of links to extremist groups including Al Qaeda. Some are even believed to have attended terror training camps in Pakistan or Afghanistan. Their names feature on a secret list of alleged radicals said to be working in the Metropolitan and other forces." The papers go on to state that the alleged MI5 dossier was drawn up "amid fears that individuals linked to Islamic extremism are taking advantage of police attempts to increase the proportion of ethnic staff", but that UK police cannot dismiss them as information is based on classified intelligence. The papers also state "one suspected jihadist officer working in the South East has been allowed to keep his job despite being caught circulating Internet images of beheadings and roadside bombings in Iraq. He is said to have argued that he was trying to 'enhance' debate about the war. " Sky News is also now reporting this story.

-- Indian police: E-mails, internet chats of terror suspects probed. The Times of India reports that the "police team probing the Bangalore link of the UK terror plot has begun scrutinising the e-mails, internet chats and other communication modes of three suspects- Sabeel, Kafeel and Mohammed Haneef."

-- Australia: Dr. Haneef talked of car bombs; Iran involvement?. Daily Mail reports that Indian doctor Dr. Mohammed Haneef held "discussion on car bombings with other suspects. Investigators in Australia disclosed that the conversation was monitored during anti-terror operations and passed on to the Security Services." In the same report, the Daily Mail states that " 'significant' links between the bomb plot, the terror cell and Iran are being investigated after intelligence was uncovered indicating a 'Tehran involvement'."

-- Australia: Dr. Haneef questioning continues, five other Indian doctors released. Times of India reports today that Dr. Haneef is still in custody and being questioned, and it separately reports that five other Indian doctors in Australia have been released. The Australian has a different story titled "Six doctors questioned as terror net widens".

-- Australia: Hizb-ut-Tahrir faces ban. The Australian reports today that "Attorney-General Philip Ruddock will ask security agencies to reinvestigate the radical Muslim group Hizb ut-Tahrir after revelations that the British men arrested over the foiled car bomb plot were closely linked to members of the group in London." Hizb-ut-Tahrir is legal in UK and Australia.

-- UK Counterterror Analysts Surprised by Doctor Jihadists. Both the Daily Telegraph and the London Times are running articles about the suprise to British counterterrorism analysts that Jihadists are not uneducated and poor. The Daily Telegraph has an article "The textbook terrorists" and the London Times has an article "The unexpected profile of the modern terrorist: 26, from a caring family, married, with children, graduate". Daily Telegraph reports: "'The one overwhelming thing was that [these attacks] defied all of our assumptions,' Peter Neumann, the director of the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College, London. But the backgrounds of the alleged terrorists come as no surprise to Ed Husain, a former member of the extremist Hizb ut-Tahir organisation." Husain tells the Daily Telegraph: "Al-Qa'eda is filled with people who are graduates from medical and engineering colleges. They regard scripture like a textbook, manual or medical handbook. In their minds, there is no room for any humanity based nuance or even alternative arguments. They have the arrogance of their advanced education, consider themselves to be above the rest, and to be absolutely right."

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July 6 news roundup of UK terror plot investigation activities and related news:

First Car Bomb Terror Plot Charge. Daily Telegraph reports that prosecutors have given the approval to police for Dr. Bilal Abdulla to be the first Jihadist car bomb suspect to be charged over Glasgow and London attacks. "Crown Prosecution Service said it was advising Scotland Yard to charge Bilal Abdulla with conspiring to cause explosions."

British Prime Minister Says Investigators Figuring Out Terrorist Cell. RFERL and other media have reported that "British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says investigators have "got to the bottom of the cell" responsible for last week's attempted car bombings in London and Glasgow. Brown said the incidents were 'designed to cause maximum carnage.'"

London Times: Bombing plots "were carried out with bin Laden's blessing". The London Times is exclusively reporting that "The London and Glasgow bomb plots were carried out with the approval of Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, a top foreign intelligence source said last night. 'It was an established fact from Day 1 that al-Qaeda was behind this and it was planned by its followers in Great Britain with bin Laden's blessing,' the source told The Times. British security officials were more guarded, saying that it was too early to say whether the plot was masterminded by some foreign hand or hatched in Britain."

UK Bombs plot investigators look at role of al-Qaida cells in Iraq. London Guardian states that "MI5 and MI6 were yesterday investigating the role of al-Qaida cells in Iraq as they began to build up a picture of the foreign contacts of those involved in the plot to bomb London and Glasgow."

UK: "Sleeper Agent" Omar Altimimi sentenced to 9 years in prison. As Sky News reports: "Failed asylum seeker Omar Altimimi has been sentenced to nine years in jail after being discovered with a collection of terror manuals." London Times reports that Altimimi had instructions on "how car bombs can be detonated at the entrances to buildings via remote control" and that he "hoarded car bomb manuals". The London Times also reports that, in addition to instructions on various types of suicide bombing techniques, that Altimimi had "poisonous cyanide gas using tablet capsules which would kill humans within minutes, a shopping list of common substances for use in home-made bombs and a “chilling” reference to the use of radioactive radium in explosives." Prosecutors believe that Altimimi was linked to the Dhiren Barot British Jihadist group through connections with convicted terrorist Junade Ferouze. Reuters also reports that Manchester police called Altimimi a sleeper agent, and was likely planning to attack nightclubs and airports.

UK Bombers Connection in Cambridge and Links to Hizb-ut-Tahrir. The Australia reports today that four of the UK car bomb suspects spent time working or studying, "where some of them socialised and prayed with members of the radical group Hizb ut-Tahir." Dr. Bilal Abdulla, Dr. Mohammed Asha, 26, and his wife, Dana (Marwah) "worked together at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge in 2005." Dr. Kafeel Ahmed "studied as an engineer at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge at that time and is believed to have made the group's bombs. Dr Ahmed previously had been named as a doctor whose first name was Khalid. His brother Sabeel Ahmed, who was arrested in Liverpool, visited him in Cambridge and met his friends. Hizb ut-Tahir member Shiraz Maher told the BBC's Newsnight program the men seized in Glasgow shared the group's beliefs and associated with followers in Cambridge." BBC program "Politics of Terror" first reported that the Cambridge cell of Hizb-ut-Tahrir tried to recruit Dr. Bilal Abdulla.

U.K. terror suspects made U.S. inquiry. AP reports that the "FBI confirmed Friday that two suspects in the failed car bombings in Britain had contacted a clearinghouse for foreign doctors about working in the United States". AP reports "Mohammed Asha and another suspect had contacted the Philadelphia-based Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, but apparently did not take the test for foreign medical school graduates". Mohammed Asha was arrested on the M6 highway Saturday night along with his wife. Philadelphia Inquirer also has news report on this subject.

Australia Five ex-NHS doctors quizzed over UK bombs. Daily Telegraph reporter in Australia reports that police are questioning four doctors in western Australia and 1 doctor in Sydney, as well as confiscating computer equipment. Per the Telegraph: "All five had previously worked in the NHS in Britain and had come into contact with Mohamed Haneef" - who was the Australian doctor who attempted to leave the country. Also per the Telegraph: "Police in Western Australia seized evidence, including computers and telephones, from two hospitals, one in the state capital, Perth, the other in the Outback gold mining town of Kalgoorlie." BBC provides a timeline on the Australian investigative activities.

Australian Dr. Haneef still being questioned. London Times reports that "[y]esterday a judge in Queensland granted Australian police and a senior British counter-terrorism officer an extra 96 hours to question Dr Haneef. Police are examining more than 30,000 files on Dr Haneef’s laptop computer and a Sim card mobile phone device he left with one of the British bomb suspects.".

Indian police question doctors' families. DPA reports that the "Crime Branch of the Bangalore police launched a full investigation into the terrorist plot, and on Thursday night questioned the family of Kafeel Ahmed and Sabeel Ahmed, both brothers, who are among the eight suspects in the case".

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(Gaza) Claim: British deal frees al-Qaida sheik Abu Qatada - Palestinian sources say agreement made to release BBC reporter Alan Johnston
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56527

(UK) British Parliamentarians urging engagement with Hamas
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6273272.stm

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(UK) British Cleric: 'Al-Qa'eda leader told me of bomb plot -- Canon Andrew White warned in April
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=PQUTIRTG3VI2DQFIQMGCFFWAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2007/07/04/nterror204.xml

(UK) 'Those Who Cure You Will Kill You'
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1273642,00.html

(UK) Full Text Of Vicar's Terror Warning Email
"He told me that they were going to start killing in the UK then the USA"
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1273646,00.html

UK terror police find suicide note
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/04/london.investigation/index.html

(UK) Investigators: Scotland and London Bomb Attempts Linked to Same Two Men
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=3342018&page=1

(UK) Bomb suspects on MI5 files
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=34DI4PBVRCP5LQFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2007/07/03/nterror104.xml

(UK) NHS terror plot: police investigate global email network used by 'bombers'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=466035&in_page_id=1770&ct=5

BBC: UK 'spooks' under fire in papers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6268132.stm

(UK) Strict new checks for foreign NHS doctors
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/04/npmqs104.xml

(UK) Brown orders doctors probe after British bomb plot
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070704/ts_nm/britain_bomb_dc_71;_ylt=AsPwkyIGxK2.TzbnP2sD7cYwuecA

(UK) British: Bombing suspects recruited here
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/07/04/british_bombing_suspects_recruited_here/7567/

(UK) Evidence suggests terror suspects hatched plot in Britain
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/03/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Terrorism.php

(UK) Yard sends terror detective to Australia
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/04/nterror904.xml

(UK) Country on high alert as 7/7 anniversary looms
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070704/wl_uk_afp/britainattacks_070704082833;_ylt=AnZjpbxGoPCxrHNa5zGYOLUwuecA

(UK) British police downgrade 2 Blackburn terrorism arrests to drug cases
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/04/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Terror-Arrests.php

(UK) Scotland: Muslim leaders organise anti-terror rally
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2023003.ece

(UK) Terror suspects "hate violence"
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/society/law_order/terror+suspects+hate+violence/586922#fold

(UK) NHS Muslim medics fear backlash from arrests
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2023025.ece

(UK) Commentary:  If 'Islamist' is out, what do we call them?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/07/04/do0405.xml

UK-based trio admit inciting terrorism over Web - police said on Wednesday: Younes Tsouli ("Terrorist 007"), Waseem Mughal, Tariq al-Daour
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070704/wr_nm/britain_security_internet_dc

(UK - July 21 Trial) 21/7 jury retires for fifth day
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6260688.stm

Other News:

UK: Muslim doctors meet Conservative Shadow ministers
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/07/uk-muslim-doctors-meet-conservative.html

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July 4, 2007

London Guardian: Them and us - When Muslims feel their whole way of life is under attack, there is a defensive refusal to acknowledge our problems.
Author: Salma Yaqoob
Essential point: UK's Jihadist problem is due to its foreign policy issues
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/salma_yaqoob/2007/07/them_and_us.html

Salma Yaqoob is the vice-chair (and founder) of Respect – The Unity Coalition and a Birmingham City Councillor. She is also is the head of the Birmingham Stop the War Coalition and a spokesperson for Birmingham Central Mosque.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salma_Yaqoob

Reported: Salma Yaqoob has been a writer for Trends magazine, which includes Hamas posters with AK-47s, and quotes from the Qu'ran
http://hurryupharry.bloghouse.net/archives/2007/07/06/the_islamic_republic_of_great_britain.php
http://hurryupharry.bloghouse.net/archives/2007/07/05/a_free_gift_from_harrys_place_and_inayat_bunglawala.php

Salma Yaqoob is also the author of "Rule Islamia - The Islamic Republic of Great Britain".
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/Salama_Y.pdf

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(UK) Terror timeline: The foiled car bombs
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=FC4MFRK1YIQHFQFIQMFSFFOAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2007/07/02/nterror1002.xml

(UK) Seven doctors held over al-Qa'eda bomb plot
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=D3WIEGW4GMA4BQFIQMFSFFOAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2007/07/03/nterror103.xml

(UK) Bomb plot: 12 NHS staff among terror suspects
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=465796&in_page_id=1770&ct=5

(UK) Doctor arrested in Australia over UK terror plot
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2018878.ece

(UK) Gold Coast doctor arrested over UK bomb plot -- arrested as he tried to board a flight to Singapore
http://www.abc.com.au/news/stories/2007/07/03/1968224.htm

UK bomb suspect held in Australia - a second doctor in Australia was being questioned, but had not been detained
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/03/london.investigation/index.html

(UK) Oz Terror Suspect Had One-Way Ticket
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1273332,00.html

(UK) Car Bombing Suspects: Who Are They?
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1273245,00.html

(UK) Did al-Qaeda leader pass on his plans from inside prison?  Concerns that British Jihadists getting plans from Dhiren Barot or other arrested Jihadists.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2017621.ece

(UK) Alert puts 6,000 armed police on streets
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=FC4MFRK1YIQHFQFIQMFSFFOAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2007/07/03/nterror203.xml

(UK) Scotland Police Carry Out Controlled Explosion of Car Near Mosque
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287834,00.html

(UK) Sky News: Video of Explosion of Car Outside Glasgow Mosque
http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,30000-1273364,00.html

(UK) Amid car bomb attempts and terror raids, Britons look nervously to the July 7 anniversary
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/02/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Terrorism-Terror-Timing.php

(UK) Muslim Leaders Round On Bombers
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1273332,00.html

(UK) Commentary:  'Islamist' is the word for these terrorists
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/07/03/do0302.xml

(UK) Commentary: Cult of Contempt -- The Left must condemn a fanaticism that is misogynist and homophobic
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article2017440.ece

(UK) Commentary: Why Scotland is in the terrorist bombers’ sights
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/features/display.var.1511424.0.0.php

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In July 1 Observer, Tony Blair makes comments regarding "absurd" British Islamists, now that he is out of office, and apparently feels that he can speak freely.  The obvious question to be asked from such commentary is if Tony Blair was so concerned about Islamists, why didn't he do more when he was Prime Minister about the problem?  Hizb ut-Tahrir has still not been criminalized and numerous other sources of Islamist radicalism continues to act unabated under the Blair years in government.  His words are interesting, but where were his actions?

Blair launches stinging attack on 'absurd' British Islamists

Nicholas Watt, political editor
Sunday July 1, 2007
The Observer

http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,2115930,00.html

Tony Blair has launched a powerful attack on 'absurd' British Islamists who have nurtured a false 'sense of grievance' that they are being oppressed by Britain and the United States.

In his most outspoken remarks on Islamists, the former Prime Minister warns that Britain is in danger of losing the battle against terrorists unless mainstream society confronts the threat.

Blair's remarks, in which he also attacks some civil liberty campaigners as 'loopy loo', were made in a Channel 4 documentary recorded last Tuesday on the eve of his departure from Downing Street.

'The idea that as a Muslim in this country that you don't have the freedom to express your religion or your views, I mean you've got far more freedom in this country than you do in most Muslim countries,' Blair told Observer columnist Will Hutton, who presents the documentary.

'The reason we are finding it hard to win this battle is that we're not actually fighting it properly. We're not actually standing up to these people and saying, "It's not just your methods that are wrong, your ideas are absurd. Nobody is oppressing you. Your sense of grievance isn't justified."'

Blair held out the example of the overthrow of the Taliban in Afghanistan - criticised by Islamists as an example of the heavy-handed imperial West oppressing Muslims - to highlight unfounded claims of grievance. He asked how it is possible to claim that Afghanistan's Muslims are being oppressed when the Taliban 'used to execute teachers for teaching girls in schools'.

Blair added: 'How are [we] oppressing them? You're oppressing them when you support the people who are trying to blow them up.'

Blair, who normally chooses his language carefully when he talks about Islamists, also takes a swipe at critics who accused him of undermining civil liberties. 'When I'm trying to change the law in order to make it easier to deport people who engage in terrorism - the idea that that's an assault on hundreds of years of British civil liberties is completely absurd. Some of what is written on this is loopy-loo in its extremism.'

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London Guardian Commentary: Dangerous little words

London Guardian's Josh Freedman Berthoud comments that "It is deeply unhelpful for news networks to breathlessly report that the Glasgow attackers were 'Asian-looking men'."  This is the case despite that it was (a) a fact, (b) one of the individuals was crying "Allah" as he attacked police

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(UK Islam) Timeout London: Is London's future Islamic?
Time Out argues that an Islamic London would be a better place  

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A nasty outbreak of Islamophilia

 

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The following is a report from Timeout magazine, which demonstrates the challenges to the UK in considering Islamism as a threat to the UK democracy:

Michael Hodges' Islamist Propaganda on London and Islam:

Is London's future Islamic?

http://www.timeout.com/london/features/2993.html?cpage=2&ccat=5

It's the capital's fastest growing religion, based on noble traditions and compassionate principles, yet Islam can still be tainted by mistrust and misunderstanding. Here Time Out argues that an Islamic London would be a better place

The noise from the expectant crowd hushed to a murmur as an open-backed lorry that had driven slowly up the Mall – known since the Islamic revolution of 2021 as The Way of the Martyrs – nudged its way through the thousands gathered in Mohammad Sidique Khan Square. On the lorry, two masked guards held a young man, black hood over his head; a quiver running through the material suggested he knew what was coming.

The lorry halted by the plinth that had once held Marc Quinn's sculpture 'Alison Lapper Pregnant' – long since removed as an insult to decency – and was now the place of public execution. A rope noose attached to a wire cable hung from a mechanised hoist. The main doors of what had been the National Gallery flung open and an Imam walked down the steps of the new Institute of Islamic Jurisprudence, opened only a week before by Sultan Charles, Prince of Islam and protector of the faithful in England.

The official executioner placed a stepladder against the plinth. The lorry pulled up and the young man was pushed out, then forced up the ladder. The noose was forced over the condemned man's head. The crowd chanted 'Allahu akbar' (God is greater than everything).The hoist driver put his finger on a green button … Okay, not really – that's a hysterical, right-wing nightmare of a future Muslim London: where an cruel alien creed is forced on a liberal city. A society where women are second-class citizens, same sex relationships a crime and Sharia law enforces terrible public disfigurement and death. But the reality is a long, long way from this dark vision.

For a start, Islam is not an alien religion to London. At the end of World War I the city sat at the heart of an Empire that had 160 million Muslim subjects, 80 million in India alone. London was the largest Islamic capital in the world. Forty years later and the end of the Empire, unrest and war and poverty in south Asia had lead to mass immigration to the mother country and London became a Muslim capital in another sense.

According to the 2001 census there are 607,083 Muslims living in London (310,477 men and 296,606 women). The majority of Muslims live in the east of the city and, by 2012, the Muslim Council of Britain estimates that the Muslim population of Tower Hamlets, Newham, Waltham Forest and Hackney will be 250,000. There are plans afoot (though no formal application has yet been submitted) to build the UKs biggest mosque – capable of welcoming 40,000 worshippers – near the 2012 Olympic site, a move which has prompted predictable outrage from some quarters. Consequently, Muslim disillionment with a reactionary and often ill-informed press is at an all time high.

But rather than fear the inevitable changes this will bring to London, or buy in to a racist representation of all Muslims as terrorists, we should recognise both what Islam has given this city already, and the advantages it would bring across a wide range of areas in the future.

Public health

On the surface, Islamic health doesn't look good: the 2001 census showed that 24 per cent of Muslim women and 21 per cent of Muslim men suffered long-term illness and disability. But these are factors of social conditions rather than religion. In fact, Islam offers Londoners potential health benefits: the Muslim act of prayer is designed to keep worshippers fit, their joints supple and, at five times a day, their stomachs trim. The regular washing of the feet and hands required before prayers promotes public hygiene and would reduce the transmission of superbugs in London's hospitals.

Alcohol is haram, or forbidden, to Muslims. As London is above the national average for alcohol-related deaths in males, with 17.6 per 100,000 people (Camden has 31.6 per 100,000 males), turning all the city's pubs into juice bars would have a massive positive effect on public health. Forbid alcohol throughout the country, and you'd avoid many of the 22,000 alcohol-related deaths and the £7.3 billion national bill for alcohol-related crime and disorder each year.

Ecology

'The world is green and beautiful,' said the prophet Muhammad, 'and Allah has appointed you his guardian over it.' The Islamic concept of halifa or trusteeship obliges Muslims to look after the natural world and Muhammad was one of the first ever environmentalists, advocating hima – areas where wildlife and forestry are protected. So we could expect more public parks under Islam, but halifa also applies to recycling: in 2006, 12,000 Muslims attended a series of sermons at the East London Mosque explaining the theological evidence for a link between behaving in an environmentally sustainable way and the Islamic faith.

Education

Presently, Muslim students perform less well than non-Muslim students. In inner London, 37 per cent of 16 to 24-year-old Muslims have no qualifications (the figure for the general population of the same age and location is 25 per cent). When it comes to university education the picture is equally gloomy: 16 to 24-year-old Muslims are half as likely to have degree level or above qualification than other inner London young people.

Again, social factors rather than religion have led to this state of affairs. Young Muslims in London are often of south Asian origin and therefore more likely to live in households where English is not the first language, more likely to encounter racism (both intentional and unintentional) during their education, and more likely to suffer from poverty and bad housing conditions.

But Tahir Alam, education spokesman for the Muslim Council of Britain, claims Muslim children do better in their own faith schools than in the mainstream state sector: 'Muslim schools have their own distinct ethos. They use the children's faith and heritage as primary motivators to provide the backdrop for their education and behaviour. This ethos is consistent with the messages that children are getting at home, so it is a very coherent operation between the home and the school.'

If Islam became the dominant religion in London the same ethos could be applied to schooling across swathes of underprivileged and deprived areas of the city. This could have a revolutionary effect on educational achievement and, perhaps just as importantly, general levels of discipline and self-respect among London's young people. While controversy rages over faith schools, there are 37 Muslim schools in London. As of 2004, only five were state schools, but there is growing pressure to bring more into the state sector which, according to Alam, will 'help raise achievement for many sectors of the Muslim community. Many private Muslim schools are under-resourced and if they can be brought into the state sector this valuable experience can be extended to more children.'

Food

Application of halal (Arabic for 'permissable') dietary laws across London would free us at a stroke from our addiction to junk food, and the general adoption of a south Asian diet rich in fruit juice, rice and vegetables with occasional mutton or chicken would have a drastic effect on obesity, hyperactivity, attention deficit disorders and associated public health problems. As curry is already Londoners' and the nation's favourite food (see our Brick Lane food feature), it would be a relatively easy process to encourage the adoption of such a diet. Not eating would be important as well. The annual fasting month of Ramadan instils self-discipline, courtesy and social cohesion. And Londoners would benefit philosophically and physically from even a short period when we weren't constantly ramming food into our mouths.

Inter-faith relations

In an Islamic London, Christians and Jews – with their allegiance to the Bible and the Talmud – would be protected as 'peoples of the book'. Hindus and Sikhs manage to live alongside a large Muslim population in India, so why not here? Although England has a long tradition of religious bigotry against, for instance, Roman Catholics, it is reasonable to assume that under the guiding hand of Islam a civilised accommodation could be made among faith groups in London. This welcoming stance already exists in the capital in the form of the City Circle (see Yahya Birt interview), which encourages inter-faith dialogue and open discussion. 

Arts

Some of the finest art in London is already Islamic. The Jameel Gallery at the V&A houses 'ceramics, textiles, carpets, metalwork, glass and woodwork, which date from the great days of the Islamic caliphate of the eighth and ninth century' up until the turn of the last century. Or take a free daily tour of the Addis Gallery of Islamic art (at the British Museum). London-based Nasser David Khalili, an Iranian-born Jew, has amassed what is considered to be the world's largest private collection of Islamic art. Islamic influences have also flourished in other areas of the arts, with novelists, comedians (Birmingham-born Shazia Mirza was an instant hit on the London circuit), and music (from rappers Mecca2Medina on, to the less in-your-face Yusuf Islam). 

Social justice

Each Muslim is obliged to pay zakat, a welfare tax of 2.5 per cent of annual income, that is distributed to the poor and the needy. If the working population of London, 5.2 million, was predominantly Muslim this would produce approximately £3.2bn each year. More importantly, everyone would be obliged to consider those Londoners who haven't shared their good fortune. London would become a little less cruel.

Race relations

Under Islam all ethnicities are equal. Once you have submitted to Allah you are a Muslim – it doesn't matter what colour you are. End of story.
 

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The following is a report by UK's Channel 4 on a survey of British Muslims regarding the July 2005 bombings.  Clearly there is a significant percentage that not only does not believe that British Muslims are responsible for those bombings, but also believes that the UK government concocted these as a ploy to suppress British Muslims:

UK - Channel 4 Survey: 'government hasn't told truth about 7/7'

Watch the report

Last Modified: 04 Jun 2007

UK - Channel 4

By: Darshna Soni

A quarter of Muslims polled think the authorities involved with staging the 7/7 London bombings.

It's a worrying picture that suggests a significant minority of British Muslims are alienated from the government and the security services.

A Channel 4 News survey of 500 British Muslims, carried out by GFK NOP, has found that nearly a quarter don't believe the four men identified as the London bombers were responsible for the attacks.

And a similar number say the government or the security services were involved. Nearly six in ten of those polled believe the government hasn't told the whole truth about the July the 7th bombings - and more than half say the intelligence services have made up evidence to convict terrorist suspects.

The findings come as Tony Blair told a London conference that the "true voice of Islam" needed to be heard - to isolate the extremists.

The Prime Minister went on to say that that most Muslims wanted to be "loyal citizens", despite the "disproportionate" public attention given to what he called "small, unrepresentative groups" of radicals. In this exclusive report,

Darshna Soni reveals the full findings of our survey - and talks to Muslims throughout England.

The Survey

Channel 4 News, with GFK NOP, has commissioned a survey to reveal the Muslim community's attitudes towards the 'official narrative' surrounding the 7/7 bombings revealing that: 59% of the 500 people polled believe that the government has not told the public the whole truth about the 7th July bombings.

52% believe that the British security services have "made up" evidence to convict terrorist suspects.

24% believe the four men identified as the July 7th bombers were not actually responsible for the attacks.

68% believe that the Muslim community does not bear any responsibility for the emergence of extremists willing to attack UK targets. Although 58% felt that the community should be doing more.

Download the full survey here: Channel 4 News / GFK NOP Survey (Word doc)

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May 13, 2007
David Cameron: What I learnt from my stay with a Muslim family
The Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2078471,00.html
"many Muslims I've talked to about these issues are deeply offended by the use of the word 'Islamic' or 'Islamist' to describe the terrorist threat we face today."
"We do need greater understanding of the true nature of the terrorist threat. There's too much complacency about it among non-Muslims, and too much denial of it in the Muslim community. But our efforts are not helped by lazy use of language. Indeed, by using the word 'Islamist' to describe the threat, we actually help do the terrorist ideologues' work for them, confirming to many impressionable young Muslim men that to be a 'good Muslim', you have to support their evil campaign"

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(UK) Three terror suspects missing and on the loose - accused of links with Al Qaeda and the Bluewater bomb plotters

(UK) British terrorists using Africa as secret staging post - British terrorists have been flying to countries in Africa that do not require visas from London before transferring to Pakistan for training in al-Qaeda camps

(UK) U.S. Seeks Closing of Visa Loophole for Britons

(UK) US denies trying to curb visa waivers for Britons of Pakistani origin

(UK) US State Dept denies danger in UK visa waivers

(UK) Britain Denies Talks with U.S. On Visa Policy Changes

(UK) Terror fears may rob British holidaymakers of the right to travel to US without visas

(UK) Commentary: U.S. Finally Starting to Close Visa Waiver Loophole?

(UK) Commentary: The real darkness at the heart of Islamist terror - Michael Gove

(UK)  Town at the end of the terrorist trails

(UK) MI5 watch 2,000 terror suspects - number grown by a quarter in the past six months

(UK)  Sharp rise in British terror suspects watched: Report

(UK) MI5 caught terror man buying uzis

(UK) Tony Blair says no to 7/7 inquiry

(UK) 7/7 survivors' anger at 'failures' of MI5

(UK) ISI warned UK about 7/7 bomber

(UK) 10 missed chances to stop the suicide bombers

(UK) Commentary: I know how these terrorists are inspired

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(UK) Commentary: Sex, violence, the trouble with Islam and why we need our Christian roots

(UK/Iraq) Hero's tale is 'too positive' for the BBC

UK - Iran Issues 

(UK) Commentary: We showed weakness and will pay the price

UK Commentary: Iran laughs at Easter 'gift' of humiliation

(UK) Army's bishops praises Iran's mercy (my title)

(UK) Our Forces will pay with a worldwide loss of reputation

UK Sailor Believed Iranians Were Measuring Her For a Coffin

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The following interview of USA DHS secretary Chertoff illustrates the concerns of USA regarding the continuous growth of Jihadists and Islamist individuals and organizations within the UK, and their continuing threat not only to the UK and the world, but also specifically as a threat towards the United States of America: 

Britain 'could stage another September 11'

April 7, 2007

The London Telegraph

By Toby Harnden

Last Updated: 11:57pm BST 07/04/2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/04/wterr04.xml

Interview: America's new homeland security chief tells Toby Harnden of his fears of 'clean skin' terrorists

The United States fears that the next September 11-style attack on America could be launched by Muslims from Britain or Europe who feel "second-class citizens" and alienated by a "colonial legacy", according to the US Homeland Security chief.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Michael Chertoff, who arrives in Britain tomorrow for talks with John Reid, the Home Secretary, said the US was determined to build extra defences against so-called "clean skin" terrorists from Europe.
    
"We need to build layers of protection, and I don't think we totally want to rely upon the fact that a foreign government is going to know that one of their citizens is suspicious and is going to be coming here," he said.

Mr Chertoff insisted that the US required additional information, including email addresses and credit card details, to vet European passengers and rejected "the idea that we're going to bargain with the European Union over who's going to come into the United States" under the visa waiver scheme.

"We have an absolute right to get this, in the same way that if someone wants to be a guest in my house I have a right to ask them who they are and get identification."

The July 7 tube and bus bombs nearly two years ago had shown that Britain had a problem with its Muslim immigrant population that America did not share, he argued.

"Our Muslim population is better educated and economically better off than the average American. So, from a standpoint of mobility in society, it's a successful immigrant population. To some degree, the whole country is a country of immigrants, and therefore there's no sense that we have insiders or outsiders. In some countries [in Europe], you had an influx of people that came in as a colonial legacy and may have always have felt, to some extent, that they were viewed as second-class citizens, and they've tended to impact and be kind of clustered in some areas."

Mr Chertoff, a former federal prosecutor, said that one of his biggest worries was that "unknown terrorists" - such as most of the 7/7 bombers, who were British citizens with no criminal record or intelligence traces - could use the visa waiver scheme to enter and attack America.

Britain is among 27 countries that participate in the scheme, which allows visitors to enter the US without a visa for up to 90 days. About 18 million people visit America every year under this programme.

Zacharias Moussaoui, one of the September 11 plotters, was a French citizen who entered America without a visa. Mr Chertoff said that "we can do a good job with the known terrorists, if we have their name, or if we've previously arrested them and have their fingerprint on file" but a more potent threat was the terrorist with no known form.

"The fear has always been the so-called 'clean skin' - that's a person whose documents are completely legitimate, are not forged."

This had led the US to require a significant tightening of the rules for passengers travelling under a visa waiver. Among the new requirements are that all passenger information be transmitted to the US before a plane takes off. Soon, passengers will have to give all 10 fingerprints, rather than just two.

"If someone's a terrorist, and they've left their fingerprints at a training camp, or in a safe house where a bomb was built, and those latent fingerprints are collected, we can then, when someone crosses a border, match their real prints against those latent prints even if we don't know their name," he said.

Mr Chertoff rejected the idea that the Iraq war had made the world more dangerous.

"Those that are inclined to be radicalised will find a reason to be radicalised no matter what's going on in the world."

America was "unquestionably safer and more secure" than it was on September 11 2001 but there was a danger of complacency because it had not been attacked for more than five years.

"Where you find some softness is in some elements of the media or in some elements of the intellectual class who convince themselves that this is our fault, or that there's an easier way to avoid the problem if we can just figure what price we have to pay. That is a plea to the sensibility of exhaustion and history has shown that's a very damaging and very destructive impulse."

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US fears attack by British Muslims, says security chief

Last updated at 10:23am on 4th April 2007

Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=446611&in_page_id=1811&ito=newsnow

George Bush's homeland security chief today warned the next September 11-style attack on America could be launched by Muslims from Britain who feel "secondclass citizens".

Michael Chertoff, who arrives in Britain tomorrow for talks with Home Secretary John Reid, said the US was determined to build extra defences against so-called "clean skin" terrorists from Europe.

"We need to build layers of protection. We don't want to rely upon the fact that a foreign government is going to know one of their citizens is suspicious and is going to be coming here," he said.

Mr Chertoff told The Daily Telegraph it was vital the US has additional information, including credit card details, to vet European passengers.

The 7 July bombs had shown Britain had a problem with its Muslim immigrant population that America did not share, he argued.

"Our Muslim population is better educated and economically better off than the average American. So it's a successful immigrant population...

In some countries (in Europe), you had an influx of people that came in as a colonial legacy and may have always felt they were viewed as secondclass citizens."

Mr Chertoff said one of the biggest fears was of "clean skin" terrorists where a person has legitimate documents and no intelligence record.

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'Britons Could Attack Us'

Sky News

Updated: 11:38, Friday April 06, 2007

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1259477,00.html

The man charged with protecting Americans from terrorist attack has told Sky News he is worried radicalised Britons could try to mount an assault on his country.

Michael Chertoff, the Head of Homeland Security, said the US needed further protection from so-called "clean skins" in Britain or Europe.

That is the name given by the intelligence community to those people who feel alienated but have not come to the attention of the authorities.

Mr Chertoff confirmed America had foiled some terrorist attacks but warned his countrymen not to become complacent.

The interview on Sky News came on the eve of the politician's first meeting with Home Secretary John Reid.

Mr Chertoff spoke to presenter Anna Botting about the threat of terrorism, the foreign policy of the West and the contentious Passenger Name Records system.

He said the US was "not hysterical but not complacent" about the terror threat and claimed the enemy was "focused".

The anti-terror chief also defended plans to check all 10 fingerprints of visitors to the US.

He said it was the "best tool" against terrorism and denied it was next step to taking DNA from passengers.

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July 7 Bombing New Arrests

(UK) Three men arrested over 7/7 London bombings - three arrested today - two of them as they were about to board a flight to Pakistan

July 21 Bombing Trial

(UK July 21 Bombing Trial) 'Plan Was Bigger Than 7/7' on 7/21 trial

(UK July 21 Bombing Trial) Defendant turns accuser at July 21 trial

(UK July 21 Bombing Trial) 'July 21 plot bombs could have repeated 7/7 carnage'

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This report demonstrates the deep concern of many in the world regarding the growth of Jihadists and Islamists within the United Kingdom, and the impact on world peace.  In short, the challenge with UK's tolerance of Jihadists and Islamists, and their international reach, results in an "exporting" of British Jihadists to conduct terrorists acts around the world.

MEMRI Special Dispatch Series - No.
March 2, 2007     No.1484

Arab Reformist Website: 'Britain is the Largest Exporter of Terrorism in the Non-Muslim World'

http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP148407

In a February 8, 2007 article, Omran Salman, editor of the Arab reformist website www.aafaq.org , wrote, that Britain had become one of the principle exporters of Islamic terrorism in the world.

The following are excerpts: [1]

"Britain has been a victim of terrorism, but at the same time it is the largest exporter of terrorism in the non-Muslim world. Here is the proof:

"On July 7, 2005, four British Muslim followers of Al-Qaeda perpetrated suicide attacks on three underground trains and one bus in London. These attacks killed 56 and wounded hundreds.

"On August 10, 2006, the British police announced that it had foiled a plot to blow up 10 commercial planes flying between the U.S. and Britain, and had arrested the 24 Islamist conspirators.

"On January 31, 2007, the British police arrested nine Islamists in Birmingham who were planning to kidnap a British Muslim soldier and film his beheading, and then distribute the video on the Internet…

"But that is not all: Britain is also one of the world's exporters of terrorism.

"In August 2005, the Independent published a story with the headline: 'Intelligence Chiefs Warn Blair of Home-Grown Insurgency.' Raymond Whitaker and Frances Elliott wrote in this report that 'there were more than 100,000 people in Britain from "completely militarized" regions, including Somalia… and Afghanistan… Every one of them knows how to use an AK-47… About 10 per cent can strip and reassemble such a weapon blindfolded, and probably a similar proportion have some knowledge of how to use military explosives.' [2]

"The Sunday Times wrote on June 4, 2006 that between 120 and 150 radical Islamists had traveled to Iraq to join the 'British Jihad Brigade,' in answer to Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi's appeal. The paper cited a senior security source as saying that the 'foreign legion,' which is comprised entirely of Westerners, was set up to fight alongside the Iraqi insurgency. [3]

"The British journalist Melanie Phillips… cited British government appraisals from one year before the London attacks, to the effect that 16,000 British Muslims were either directly involved in or supported terrorist activities. Three thousand had attended Al-Qaeda training camps abroad, and a few hundred of them were prepared to carry out attacks in the U.K. itself. There were also other British Muslims who traveled abroad to take part in terrorist attacks.

"On December 22, 2001, the British-born Muslim Richard Reid was arrested after raising a din on a flight from Paris to Miami.

"Reid, who is known as 'the shoe-bomber,' attempted to blow up the plane with explosives hidden in his shoe. In his confession at his trial he said: 'I admit to what I did. I will not apologize for it. I am at war with your country.' In January 2003 he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

"On January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl disappeared in Pakistan while preparing a report on extremist groups. On February 21, 2002, the U.S. State Department officially announced his death. A videotape showed masked terrorists slaughtering him; it later became known that these were the British-born Ahmed Said Sheikh and three of his assistants.

"In 2002, the Egyptian authorities arrested 26 members of Hizb Al-Tahrir Al-Islami. Among them were three British citizens who had resolved to carry out terrorist attacks. The group was convicted in March, 2004, and the British citizens were condemned to five years' imprisonment.

"In the recent fighting in Somalia, in which the government forces, with military support from Ethiopia, defeated the forces of the extremist Union of Islamic Courts, there were British Islamists who fought alongside the Islamic Courts. Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi revealed, in a January 9 press conference, that his country's forces had arrested seven British fighters as they tried to escape Mogadishu together with the Islamist militias. They were arrested together with a number of Canadians and other Westerners, whom he described as 'the international faction'. The news reported that many of them had been killed in battle.

"The British Islamists had joined the forces of the Union of Islamic Courts in answer to the call issued by Al-Qaeda's No. 2, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, in early January. He had called on Al-Qaeda's supporters in the West to join in the suicide-bombing campaign and guerilla war in Somalia.

"The aid coming from Britain to the Islamic Courts was not limited just to fighters, but also included funding. A report issued by a U.N. supervision agency last November stated that 'in recent months Somalis in the U.K. had raised more than $1 million in donations. These funds were sent to the Islamic Courts.' The report added that London had become the primary channel through which monetary aid was passed on to the Islamic Courts.

"Last but not least, Britain's Channel 4 broadcast, on Monday, January 13, 2007, a documentary film that was surreptitiously shot in a number of British mosques, the most important of which was the Birmingham Mosque. The results were alarming. The sermons were hostile to 'infidels,' Jews, and Christians, and called for the killing of homosexuals, among others. In addition, they offered Islamic legal justifications for marrying off girls who were still minors to elderly men.

"Some of the British mosques offered a live satellite videoconference with the Mufti of Saudi Arabia, who answered the questions and inquiries of those present at the mosque. Some of the mosques carried live Friday sermons and prayers from mosques in Saudi Arabia.

"The strange thing is that one of the mosques included in the TV report was considered to be a center of moderate Islam in Britain, and was led by a Muslim leader who worked together with the British government to strengthen the ties between Muslims and non-Muslims!

"In another segment, Abu Osama delivers the good tidings of the establishment of the Islamic State, saying that every day Islam showed its strength and its supremacy over its adversaries, and that the Muslims must 'form a state within the state, until we are able to take over and victory will be ours.' In the state that the preacher spoke of, 'a Muslim who tries to leave Islam will be killed,' and 'if the Imam thinks that he should be crucified, then he must be crucified, and left on the post three days to bleed to death.'

"Faced with these instances of terrorist activities, one cannot help but place Britain, alongside Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt, Algeria, etc. at the top of the list of countries that regularly export terrorists to the rest of the world. The basic difference is that the Islamists in Britain enjoy the protection of the law and the sympathy of many political figures in Britain - or at least their activities and their presence do not present any problem for these political figures.

"London Mayor Ken Livingstone said, in a conference he hosted on January 20, 2006 under the title 'A World Civilisation or a Clash of Civilisations?': 'We are witnessing the beginning of a true world civilization, and not the clash of civilizations. All of the statistics emphasize London's success as a multicultural city.'

"Livingstone's colleague at this conference, Salma Yaqoob, who is a prominent member of the British 'Respect' Party, said that the London bombings were nothing other than a revenge attack for the West's actions. Salma said: 'Everyone talks about Islamic terror, but they studiedly avoid talking about the Western states' terror and its being a factor that fosters extremism.' She added, 'The truth is that these wild, frightful acts [perpetrated by the West]… which are broadcast on TV stations and over the Internet, have a much greater influence in pushing people to extremism than any quantity of religious exhortations.'…"

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[1] http://www.aafaq.org/report/aa/print2431.htm, February 8, 2007.

[2] The Independent (U.K.), August 7, 2005.

[3] David Leppard, "British Brigade of Islamists join Al-Qaeda foreign legion in Iraq," The Sunday Times (U.K.), June 4, 2006.

 

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On August 16, I wrote about how UK's challenges, with over a thousand Islamist Extremist terror suspects and thousands of sympathesizers in its midst, has led to continuing threats to the USA such as the planned August 16 British Transatlantic Airline Terror Plot, which the FBI has since confirmed was to crash airliners into USA cities (as UK relaxed security restrictions banning liquids on airlines). The UK press has reported of skepticism among many Britons of such British terror plots against US cities, with some who viewed the terror plot as "propaganda" and "make-believe".

The case of British jihadist Dhiren Barot (aka Esa al-Hindi) illustrates the depth of the British jihadist threat yet again. Through the trial of this convicted terrorist sentenced today to life imprisonment, we now know more about the planned terrorist attacks on DC, Newark, and NYC by British jihadist Dhiren Barot, along with other British jihadists who he "recruited" to attack USA sites. Barot has seven co-defendents who will be going to trial in April 2007. An MI5 report has stated that it is believed that there are 8,000 Al-Qaeda sympathesizers in the UK, and there are 1,200 potential Jihadists currently being tracked by the UK authorities. Yet Jihadists in UK, such as Mizanur Rahman and Abubaker Deghayes, continue to feel free to openly call for terror attacks.

Barot and his British jihadists prepared a detailed plan on how to destroy the four proposed U.S. targets: the New York Stock Exchange and Citigroup headquarters in Manhattan; the Prudential building in Newark, N.J.; and the International Monetary Fund in Washington. In addition, Barot's jihadists planned attacks on Jewish organizations and synagogues.

Barot made terror attack reconnaisance films of the NY Stock Exchange in April 2001, and also filmed the World Trade Center in April 2001, mimicking the sound of an explosion. The plot on the Citigroup building in NYC was written in July 2001, and the plot on the Prudential building in Newark was written on September 2, 2001; both were then updated in 2003. Barot filmed Jewish targets on April 7/8, 2001. Barot also took two helicopter flights over Manhattan to scout out terror attack opportunities, and was investigating airplanes for possible attacks as well. He updated the terror plots after the 9/11 attacks, and edited his terror plot films to address new US security measures.

The British jihadists' plans for USA attacks included extensive detail on bomb-making, terror attack strategies, guard uniforms, exits, security systems, cameras, structural weakness, traffic flows, as well as details on dirty bombs. Barot worked with British nationals Nadeem Tarmohamed and Qaisar Shaffi in such terror plots. Barot is also wanted in the U.S. and Yemen. The US Department of Justice has previously stated that they plan to ask for the extradition of Barot, Tarmohamed, and Shaffi.

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It has been reported that it was planned for today --August 16 -- that terrorists planned to kill many thousands of Americans in coordinated attacks using 9-10 jetliners on the United States homeland. But whether investigations show that it ultimately turns out to have been planned for today or another date, one thing is certain, that this coordinated "mass murder" terrorist attack was planned to be much worse than the 9/11 attacks.

Today, the United States is still threatened by the fellow citizens of the country of these terrorists, which has 1200 active Jihadist terrorists currently planning between 20 to 70 terrorist plots, with 8000 terrorist sympathizers, whose citizens have made three attempted mass casualty terrorist attacks on USA homeland (Richard Reid - December 2001, Financial District Terrorists - April 2001, 10 Jetliner Terrorists - August 2006) threatening the lives of thousands of Americans, whose national tolerance of radical Islam has made it a planning and logistics center for global terror attacks, with an Islamic population of 1.6 – 1.8 million, where 13% of its Islamic population views terrorists as "martyrs", where 16% of its Islamic population is sympathetic to suicide bombers, where 40% of its Islamic population seeks the implementation of Sharia law, and where 45% of its Islamic population thinks that USA was responsible for 9/11 attacks. It is a country that is and has been a home to radical Islamists from around the world. This is the same country that Osama Bin Laden planned to immigrate to while he was planning the 9/11 attacks on the USA. It is a country that seems to give the greatest latitude to those extremists who call for violence as "Behead Those Who Insult Islam," "Slay Those Who Insult Islam," "Kill Those Who Insult Islam," "Butcher Those Who Mock Islam," and to those who praise the 9/11 terrorists -- while criticizing those who would oppose such murder-minded maniacs – and where members of its government publicly support suicide bombers.

Surprisingly, this country is not Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, or Pakistan. This country is the USA's military ally in the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters -- the United Kingdom.

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