British Jihad and Islamism Watch

(UK) Terror chief "U" next to be released on bail - "U" implicated in plots to blow up Los Angeles airport and Christmas market in Strasbourg; said to have "direct links to Osama bin Laden and other senior al-Qaeda figures"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2153030/Abu-Qatada-Terror-chief-next-to-be-released-on-bail.html
-- August 23, 2007 report - Algerian "U" denied bail - 44 years old, came to UK in 1994, arrested February 2001
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/08/23/uk_court_denies_bail_for_terror_suspect/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3515988
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/23/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Terror-Suspect.php
- May 14, 2007 BBC report
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6654437.stm
-- Telegraph report also links Algerian group Dhamat Houmet Daawa Salafia (DHDS) to terror suspect "Y"
-- August 25, 2006 Guardian report on Y
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/aug/25/terrorism.immigrationpolicy
-- April 25, 200 BBC report on Y
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_4944000/4944568.stm
-- April 13, 2005 London Times report on DHDS
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article380732.ece
-- BritishJihad.com Case Summaries on Terror Suspects "U" and "Y"
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2008/06/case_summary_terror_suspects_u.html

(UK) Abu Qatada release will be appealed
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2149819/Abu-Qatada-release-will-be-appealed.html

(UK) Abu Qatada: Islamic cleric is released from jail
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2147168/Abu-Qatada-Islamic-cleric-is-released-from-jail.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4158282.ece
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/18/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Abu-Qatada.php
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/qatada-sent-home-with-electronic-tag-after-six-years-in-jail-849213.html
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/8035.htm
-- Abu Qatada's bail 'disappointing'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7460490.stm
-- BBC report "Does England have house arrest?"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7460736.stm
-- Bin Laden's top man heads to London after getting bail
http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/news/article/1157152733352?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController
-- BritishJihad.com case summary
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2008/04/abu_qatada.html

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Case Summary - Terror Suspects "U" and "Y"

Terror Suspect "U"

-- June 18, 2008 - Daily Telegraph - Terror chief "U" next to be released on bail - "U" implicated in plots to blow up Los Angeles airport and Christmas market in Strasbourg; said to have "direct links to Osama bin Laden and other senior al-Qaeda figures"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2153030/Abu-Qatada-Terror-chief-next-to-be-released-on-bail.html
-- August 23, 2007 report - Algerian "U" denied bail - 44 years old, came to UK in 1994, arrested February 2001
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/08/23/uk_court_denies_bail_for_terror_suspect/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3515988
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/23/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Terror-Suspect.php
- May 14, 2007 BBC report
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6654437.stm

Terror Suspect "Y"

-- June 18, 2008 - Telegraph report also links Algerian group Dhamat Houmet Daawa Salafia (DHDS) to terror suspect "Y"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2153030/Abu-Qatada-Terror-chief-next-to-be-released-on-bail.html
-- August 25, 2006 Guardian report on Y
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/aug/25/terrorism.immigrationpolicy
-- April 25, 200 BBC report on Y
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_4944000/4944568.stm
-- April 13, 2005 London Times report on DHDS
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article380732.ece

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1027300/How-I-nearly-lost-business-refusing-hire-Muslim-hair-stylist-wouldnt-hair.html
-- Muslim group Hizb ut-Tahrir later admitted that it had 'advised her' - Bushra Noah

UK becomes largest arms exporter
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1917817&Language=en

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(UK) Abu Qatada: Radical cleric to be released 'in next 24 hours'
-- "Osama bin Laden's right hand man in Europe"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/2145778/Abu-Qatada-Radical-cleric-to-be-released-%27in-next-24-hours%27.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4158282.ece
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1027208/Bin-Ladens-right-hand-man-freed-Britains-streets-24-hours.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jun/17/uksecurity.ukcrime1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7459574.stm
-- Telegraph profile
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1939057/Profile-Abu-Qatada%2C-%27An-al-Qa%27eda-lynchpin%27.html
-- BritishJihad.com case summary
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2008/04/abu_qatada.html

(UK) 'Lyrical Terrorist' Samina Malik cleared on appeal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2145506/%27Lyrical-Terrorist%27-Samina-Malik-cleared-on-appeal.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4157834.ece
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/437cbc98-3c75-11dd-b958-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
-- First woman to be found guilty under Terrorism Act has her conviction quashed
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1027202/First-woman-guilty-Terrorism-Act-conviction-quashed.html
-- AFP report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080617/wl_uk_afp/britainattackscourt
-- BritishJihad.com case summary
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2007/12/samina_malik.html

(UK) Bristol: Officers continue terror search
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/7458462.stm

(UK) Bristol: Appeal for calm over terror arrest of Somalian -- arrested in connection with Andrew Ibrahim
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j0a8gGs-7Etlg-162AxdZnBNnjbw

UK's Brown: Britain needs 21st century technology to defeat terrorism, defend freedoms
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/17/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Liberties.php

(UK) Tougher terror laws and ID cards actually enhance freedoms, claims Prime Minister
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2145113/Tougher-terror-laws-and-ID-cards-actually-enhance-freedoms%2C-claims-Gordon-Brown.html

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(UK) Muslim woman refused job as a hairdresser because she wears a headscarf wins 4,000 pound payout
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1027029/Hairdresser-ordered-pay-4-000-Muslim-woman-refusing-job-wears-headscarf.html

(UK) Christian preachers to gather in Birmingham 'no-go' area
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/06/13/christian-preachers-to-gather-in-birmingham-no-go-area-97319-21070709/

(UK) Conference will look at positive role of UK Muslims
http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1054314_conference_will_look_at_positive_role_of_uk_muslims

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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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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7457304.stm

(UK) Transatlantic Airline Plot: Airliner plot video was 'for documentary' - Tanvir Hussain
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=177277&in_page_id=34&ito=newsnow
http://www.eecho.ie/news/story/?trs=mhgbgbcwkfkf

(UK) Bristol: U.K. Police Arrest 19-Year-Old Man Under Terror Law
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aq900NjQOHiM&refer=uk

(UK) Dispatches: From Jihad to Jail
"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) Forest Gate anti-terror raid brothers to get 60,000 pounds compensation
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/2136536/Forest-Gate-anti-terror-raid-brothers-to-get-andpound60%2C000-compensation.html

(UAE) UK raises terror threat to highest level for citizens living in UAE
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/16/africa/ME-GEN-UAE-Britian-Threat.php

(UAE) Britain warns of high attack risk in UAE
http://www.metimes.com/Politics/2008/06/16/britain_warns_of_high_attack_risk_in_uae/afp/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/middleeast/uae/2138320/Foreign-Office-raises-United-Arab-Emirates-threat-level.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4147623.ece

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(UK) Government criticized as second batch of top secret documents found on train
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jun/15/terrorism.uksecurity?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/14/documents.train/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2131236/More-secret-government-documents-left-on-train.html

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(UK) Secret files left on train were taken without authorization
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4121544.ece

(UK/Lebanon) Asia Times: Interview with Omar Bakri Mohammed - "A search for unity"
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF12Ak02.html
-- says after July 2005 bombings, UK govt "violated the 'Covenant of Security' (Aqd Al-Amaan) that had hitherto guaranteed peace between Muslims and the British state"

(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

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