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Radicals trained for terrorism at British mosques
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30 Apr 2011 Sat 01:11 pm |
Britain´s mosques became an international haven for extremists who enjoyed state benefits while being trained for terrorism, leaked documents show.
The WikiLeaks files, written by U.S. military chiefs, reveal that at least 35 Guantanamo terrorists were radicalised in London mosques before being sent to fight against the West.
This is believed to be more than any other Western country.
Implicated: The files point to the crucial role of London-based preachers such as Abu Hamza, above, in indoctrinating extremists
Of these, just 17 were British nationals or had been granted asylum, while 18 had travelled from abroad – cementing Britain’s reputation as a global training camp for terrorists.
U.S. intelligence officers describe Finsbury Park mosque, in North London, as a ‘haven for Islamic extremists from Morocco and Algeria’ and ‘an attack planning and propaganda production base’.
Source: here
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01 May 2011 Sun 09:04 pm |
Hm, the hook really adds to the "bad guy" image.
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01 May 2011 Sun 10:17 pm |
No surprise there really, the UK is trying so hard to avoid being accused of racism that they turn a blind eye to criminals. West haters are gonna hate it anyway, but the truth is that no other country is so welcoming to its enemies as the UK
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10 May 2011 Tue 01:20 pm |
More Swiss train in Islamic militant camps
Defence Minister Ueli Maurer says there has been an increase in the recruitment of Muslims for militant training camps.
In an interview with the SonntagsZeitung newspaper, Maurer said the government was aware of Swiss who went to these training camps, and others who visited Koran schools.
He said the federal intelligence service had a good overview of Switzerland’s “Jihad fighters”, but refused to give any figures. According to the intelligence service, a militant Islamic network was set up last year in Switzerland in order to find recruits who are sent to countries like Somalia and Yemen. Maurer told the newspaper that under current Swiss laws it is difficult to prevent Islamists from raising funds. “The intelligence service can only observe and provide analyses,” he said. “We have at our disposal very little means [to fight Islamic militant activities] since parliament has up to now rejected them.”
swissinfo.ch and agencies
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08 Jun 2011 Wed 12:13 pm |
Report warns of ´new generation´ Islamic militants radicalised in back streets
Feeding the process are jailed militants, such as Abu Hamza, who is still exerting an influence from his prison cell on impressionable Muslim youngsters susceptible to his violently anti-Western rhetoric
A new report shows that the success of anti-radicalisation measures in many of Britain´s mosques has pushed militants underground, making them harder to detect by both community leaders and police.
Feeding the process are jailed militants, such as Abu Hamza, who is still exerting an influence from his prison cell on impressionable Muslim youngsters susceptible to his violently anti-Western rhetoric.
Details of the report emerged ahead of imminent release of a key government review of its counter-terrorism strategy, expected this month.
The review of the "Prevent" strand of the strategy – which aims to stop the radicalisation young British Muslims – is expected to make good David Cameron´s promise to expel foreign "preachers of hate", such as Hamza, from the UK.
It is also set to bring in a new link between non-violent extremist groups and violent ones – building on the Prime Minister´s speech in Munich earlier this year in which he vowed a tougher line and hit out at the "state policy of multi culturalism".
Source: here
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