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April 29, 2009

April 29, 2009 News

(UK) London Mayor's Muslim Cleric Says Hitler Put Jews In Their Place
http://www.anorak.co.uk/politicians/208764.html

(UK) Anti Semitism is a spreading poison in the British Left
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1174296/HARRY-PHIBBS-Anti-Semitism-spreading-poison-British-Left.html

(UK) "Prince of Wales watches Christianity v Islam football game"
-- London Times thinks this is a great joke
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6194620.ece

April 28, 2009

April 28, 2009 News

(UK) Key relationship between July 7 leader and al-Qaeda terrorist disclosed
-- Omar Khyam "put the July 7 bombers in touch with al-Qaeda and Khyam
who showed them how to raise the money to fund their plots"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5237610/Key-relationship-between-July-7-leader-and-al-Qaeda-terrorist-disclosed.html

(UK) British trio cleared of helping to plan 7/7 London attacks
-- "Waheed Ali, Mohammed Shakil and Sadeer Saleem are the only
people to have been prosecuted over Britain's first suicide bomb attacks, on July 7, 2005"
-- "Mr Ali, 25, Mr Shakil, 33, and Mr Saleem, 28, admitted that they had
been committed jihadists and had previously attended training camps
in Pakistan. They insisted that they had no knowledge of the planned attacks
on London and said that it was against their faith to attack civilians."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6131365.ece
-- "Objects belonging to each of the men were also found in the flat
used as a bomb factory in the area of Hyde Park, Leeds."
-- "Two of the men, Waheed Ali and Mohammed Shakil, were convicted
of conspiracy to attend a place used for terrorist training after they were
arrested on their way to Manchester airport in 2007."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5235890/Three-cleared-of-helping-July-7-bombers.html
-- "The prosecution alleged they conducted a 'hostile reconnaissance'
of potential targets, claiming it was 'an important first step in what was,
by then, a settled plan to cause explosions in the UK'"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/28/july-7-london-bomb-trial

(UK) New anguish of the 7/7 families: Bombers' friends cleared of plotting deadly attack
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1174314/New-anguish-7-7-families-Bombers-friends-cleared-plotting-deadly-attack.html
-- 7/7 bombing acquittals a bitter disappointment
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6131697.ece
-- 7/7 bombings: end of the road
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6188768.ece
-- 7/7 bombers could not have acted alone
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6188666.ece
-- 7/7 trial: how acquitted trio came to embrace radical cause
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6188667.ece
-- 7/7 could have been prevented
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6188525.ece

(UK) Lockerbie bomber begins appeal
-- "Lawyers for the former Libyan agent jailed over the 1988 Lockerbie
plane bombing, in which 270 people were killed, have launched an appeal against his conviction"
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25402956-23109,00.html
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_LOCKERBIE?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=EUROPE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-04-28-12-45-29
-- Libya to seek extradition of Lockerbie bomber
http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/european_news/Libya-to-seek-extradition-of-Lockerbie-bomber_52056.html

(UK) "Labour woman told she is 'too Jewish' for Muslim voters"
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2009/04/28/labour_woman_told_she_is_too_jewish_for_muslim_voters_sadly_thats_probably_true
-- Related news report: "Ex-Lord Mayor Coun Mahmood Hussain in Labour Party row":
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/04/27/ex-lord-mayor-coun-mahmood-hussain-in-labour-party-row-97319-23492693/

 

British trio cleared of helping to plan 7/7 London attacks


(UK) British trio cleared of helping to plan 7/7 London attacks
-- "Waheed Ali, Mohammed Shakil and Sadeer Saleem are the only people to have been prosecuted over Britain's first suicide bomb attacks, on July 7, 2005"
-- "Mr Ali, 25, Mr Shakil, 33, and Mr Saleem, 28, admitted that they had been committed jihadists and had previously attended training camps in Pakistan. They insisted that they had no knowledge of the planned attacks on London and said that it was against their faith to attack civilians."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6131365.ece
-- "Objects belonging to each of the men were also found in the flat used as a bomb factory in the area of Hyde Park, Leeds."
-- "Two of the men, Waheed Ali and Mohammed Shakil, were convicted of conspiracy to attend a place used for terrorist training after they were arrested on their way to Manchester airport in 2007."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5235890/Three-cleared-of-helping-July-7-bombers.html
-- "The prosecution alleged they conducted a 'hostile reconnaissance' of potential targets, claiming it was 'an important first step in what was, by then, a settled plan to cause explosions in the UK'"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/28/july-7-london-bomb-trial

April 27, 2009

April 27, 2009 News

(UK / North Africa) Al-Qaeda threatens to kill British hostage unless Abu Qatada is released
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6175024.ece

UK rules out surveillance 'super-database'
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/090427/2009042702.html

(UK) Oldham: Forced Marriage Conference report
-- "A mother holds still the legs of her pregnant daughter while
her son strangles the life out of her -- and then stands in the dock
and defends her actions on the grounds of honour."
http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/23311/honour-bound

April 26, 2009

April 26, 2009 News

UK ignored warning on bogus Pakistani students
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/26/pakistan-student-visas-uk

(UK) SAS and other special forces to be expanded to defeat al-Qaeda
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/5220803/SAS-and-other-special-forces-to-be-expanded-to-defeat-al-Qaeda.html

(UK) Quilliam Offends the SNP
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/25/quilliam-offends-the-snp/

(UK) Law firm finds a way to bring Islamic mortgages to Scotland
http://www.sundayherald.com/business/businessnews/display.var.2504270.0.law_firm_finds_a_way_to_bring_islamic_mortgages_to_scotland.php

(UK / Saudi Arabia) BMI told stewardess to wear Muslim robe
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6169989.ece

 

April 25, 2009

April 25, 2009 News

U.K. Authorities Try to Deport Easter Bomb Suspects
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/International/story?id=7422176&page=1

April 24, 2009

April 24, 2009 News

(UK) 'Glitch' Foils Hamas Address in Britain
-- "A technical problem prevented exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal from
delivering an address by videoconferencing to British parliamentarians on Wednesday"
-- "Some 25 MPs (members of parliament), who had gathered to hear Mashaal, dispersed when the video link failed"
-- "MP Clare Short, who organized the event, said she would work to correct
the problem so the Hamas leader could address British lawmakers at another time"
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/586859.aspx

(UK) Sabah al Mukhtar: Elders Fan
-- Mukhtar defends "Protocols of Elders of Zion"
-- "Mr al Mukhtar is an Iraqi who lives in the UK. He is one of two trustees of George Galloway's 'Viva Palestina' Hamas support operation"
-- "He has also served the Muslim Council of Britain as chairman of its 'Europe & International Affairs' international committee."
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/24/sabah-al-mukhtar-elders-fan/
--- See also reference to Article 32 of Hamas Charter which recognizes the
antisemitic "Protocols of Elders of Zion" also referenced in Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocols_of_Zion#Hamas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#The_Hamas_Charter_.281988.29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocols_of_Zion#The_Protocols_in_Nazi_propaganda.2C_1930s-1940s

(UK) Pakistan anger at UK terror 'slurs'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/25/pakistan-terror-slurs

April 23, 2009

April 23, 2009 News

(UK) Questions over limited evidence in 'major terrorist plot'
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10568360
-- Students arrested as per UK law, Britain tells Pakistan
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=75707

(UK) Clare Short criticised over parliament invitation to Hamas leader
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/22/clare-short-hamas-meeting

(UK) Tony Blair calls on world to wage war on militant Islam
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6153607.ece

UK: Prisons to clamp down on Muslim prayer groups
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/04/uk-prisons-to-clamp-down-on-muslim.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/04/21/jails-to-get-tough-on-muslim-prayer-gangs-115875-21294004/

 

April 22, 2009

April 22, 2009 News

(UK) All suspects in 'student terror plot' released
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6146578.ece
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6144111.ece

(UK) British police defend terror raids after Pakistani suspects released
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090422/tuk-british-police-defend-terror-raids-a-a7ad41d.html
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090422/tuk-review-after-terror-suspects-freed-dba1618.html
-- Britain: Pakistani terror suspects face deportation after release
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3239159759

(UK) 'Easter terror' Pakistanis to fight deportation
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\04\23\story_23-4-2009_pg7_43
-- Pakistan warns Britain against deporting students
http://www.geo.tv/4-23-2009/40479.htm

(UK) Anti-terror raids: police weigh red faces against an atrocity
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/23/anti-terror-raids-police
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6149535.ece

(UK) Terrorist raids: Government accused of 'dishonourable behaviour' by Muslim Council
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5198685/Terror-raids-Government-accused-of-dishonourable-behaviour-by-Muslim-Council.html

(UK) David Miliband claims of US threat over torture case 'slippery', court told
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/23/david-miliband-binyam-mohamed-torture

(UK) Two in court over 2007 Warley honour killing
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Two-in-court-over-2007.5188744.jp

(Gaza/UK) UK Charity Commission investigating "Viva Palestina," George Galloway's Hamas support operation
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/22/one-more-for-charity/
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/28/what-is-the-point-of-the-charity-commission/

 

April 21, 2009

April 21, 2009 News

(UK) Embarrassment for police as terror suspects released
-- "Nine men detained in a major security operation intended to thwart what the Prime Minister
said was 'a very big terrorist plot' were released without charge tonight"
-- "released because there was no concrete evidence connecting them to terrorist activity"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6144111.ece
-- "Two remain in custody and are still being questioned"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5196663/Terror-raids-nine-men-released.html
-- British police free nine Pakistanis held in terror raids
http://www.geo.tv/4-22-2009/40392.htm

(UK) Men plotted against UK publisher of Mohammad book
-- "Two men admitted on Tuesday plotting to firebomb the London home of the
publisher of a controversial novel about the Prophet Mohammad's child bride."
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/4/22/worldupdates/2009-04-21T194513Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-391629-1&sec=Worldupdates

(UK) Standing Up For Hatred
-- "Daud Abdullah, the deputy secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, will be
one of the speakers at this weekend's national conference of the 'Stop the War Coalition'"
-- "backing jihad and the rank religious hatred of the Istanbul declaration amounts to
nothing more than 'support of the Palestinians'"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/21/standing-up-for-hatred/

(UK) Britain to review all arms exports to Israel
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_ISRAEL?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=MIDEAST&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-04-21-12-13-45

(UK) It's Cat Stevens at the mike but it's Islam holding court
http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/music/cat-at-the-mike-but-islam-holds-court/2009/04/21/1240079665354.html

(UK) Call to make Islamist groups part of solution in building institutions 
-- David Gardner at Chatham House think tank
-- "A leading writer on the Middle East has outlined the need for Islamist groups to be part
of the solution in building institutions, a legal framework, and to strengthen representative government"
http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74048&Itemid=2

 

 

April 20, 2009

April 20, 2009 News

(UK) Man jailed over terrorism charges -- Pa Modou Jobe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/8009217.stm
-- Illegal immigrant working in Birmingham jailed for terrorism offense - Pa Jobe
--- Court: "The Crown's case is that the defendant at the time of arrest in December 2006
was in possession of what amounted to an arsenal of information of a radical Islamist nature
some of which crosses the line of criminal law."
http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2009/04/21/illegal-immigrant-working-in-birmingham-jailed-for-terrorism-offence-65233-23430498/

(UK) Preacher of hate IS linked to al-Qaeda -- Abu Qatada
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2385256.ece

April 19, 2009

April 19, 2009 News

(UK) Muslim group Tony Blair promised to ban calls for 'jihad' at London rally
-- "A leader of a radical Muslim group which Tony Blair promised to ban four years ago
has called on followers to support 'jihad' against Israel at a rally in London."
--- UK's Hizb ut-Tahrir: "There is only one solution to the occupation of Muslim lands, one
solution to the cries of the widows and the orphans, one solution to avenge the death of the
elderly and the children ... fight in the way of Allah those who fight you. Al-Jihad."
--- "A spokesman for the Home Office said that the group's status was being reassessed
in light of the latest remarks but said that the decision to proscribe an organisation must be 'proportionate'"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5173319/Muslim-group-Tony-Blair-promised-to-ban-calls-for-jihad-at-London-rally.html

(UK) New calls to shut down Jihad group that Blair promised to ban
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1171601/New-calls-shut-Jihad-group-Blair-promised-ban.html

(UK) Press Release: Support for Jihad continues at former Abu Hamza Mosque
http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/blog/2009/04/press-release-support-for-jihad-continues-at-former-abu-hamza-mosque.html
http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/files/1239876381_1.pdf
--- "One of the trustees of the North London Central Mosque (aka Finsbury Park Mosque),
Mohammed Sawalha, supports jihad in Israel and attacks against her allies. It has been
reported that Mr. Sawalha was a signatory along with Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
deputy director-general, Dr. Daud Abdullah, to a statement which supports jihad. However,
his connections with the North London Central Mosque were not revealed."

(UK) All public buildings to get advice on halting suicide bombers
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6122805.ece

UK Group Defines Jihad as 'Armed Resistance'
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.3011/pub_detail.asp

(UK) Britain isolated amid UN racism summit boycott
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/5182662/Britain-isolated-amid-UN-racism-summit-boycott.html

(UK) MI5's grannies fight Al Qaeda
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/95891/MI5-s-grannies-fight-Al-Qaeda

April 16, 2009

April 16, 2009 News

(UK) Pakistan condemns Home Office over student terror arrests
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1170661/Pakistan-condemns-Home-Office-student-terror-arrests.html

(UK) Police force tourists to delete photos of London buses 'to stop terrorism'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1170764/Police-force-tourists-delete-photos-London-buses-stop-terrorism.html

(UK) Come "Meet" Hamas' Khalid Meshaal At The House of Lords
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/16/come-meet-khalid-meshaal-at-the-house-of-lords/

(UK) Two freed in terror investigation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7999898.stm

(Ireland) Police Service of Northern Ireland head leaving to become president of Association of Chief Police Officers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/16/orde-quits-northern-ireland-chief-constable
-- Sir Hugh Orde has previously called for negotiations with Al-Qaeda
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7426874.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/30/alqaida.terrorism

(Ireland) Azzam Tamimi, Hamas and the Taleban
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/15/azzam-tamimi-hamas-and-the-taleban/

April 15, 2009

April 15, 2009 News

(UK) Terror arrests: police granted more time for 'al-Qaeda plot' interviews
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6094380.ece

(UK) Pakistan asks for access to 'terror plot' suspects
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090415/wl_sthasia_afp/britainattackspakistan_20090415125023

(UK) Britain wants to deport Pak students to cover up its mistake: Wajid
http://www.geo.tv/4-15-2009/39902.htm

(UK) Extremist Becomes Chair of the Muslim Safety Forum
-- "the new 'Interim Chair' of the Muslim Safety Forum is Abdurahman Jafar."
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/15/extremist-becomes-chair-of-the-muslim-safety-forum/

(UK) New arrest over Warley honour killing
-- Pakistani husband Mian Shahid Mehmood killed
-- "execution-style honour killing back in February 2007"
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/New-arrest-over-Warley-honour.5171494.jp
--- "their family had 'lost respect' after their sister Yasmin Bibi Rakhi married someone they had not chosen for her themselves."
http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=print&sid=2569
--- June 26, 2008: Life term for man who ordered 'honour killing' of Mian Shahid Mehmood
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2200331/Life-term-for-man-who-ordered-honour-killing-of-Mian-Shahid-Mehmood.html

April 14, 2009

April 14, 2009 News

(UK) Jailbust rant by fanatic
-- "Hate preacher Anjem Choudary has called on fellow fanatics to free Muslims from jail"
-- "On a secret recording obtained by The Sun, he rants that it is 'only a matter of time'
before the flag of Islam flies over Downing Street, the White House and the Kremlin in Moscow"
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2375670.ece?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News

(UK) Man to move UK court if arrested son deported
-- Pakistani Abid Naseer arrested
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=172412

(UK) Where Is The 'Prevent' Cash Going? (continued)
-- Azzam Tamimi "is a former official spokesperson of the Muslim Brotherhood member
and has close links with Hamas. Indeed he has been described as 'Hamas' Special Envoy'"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/14/where-is-the-%e2%80%98prevent%e2%80%99-cash-going-continued/

April 13, 2009

April 13, 2009 News

(UK) Police hunt 40-man Al-Qaida terror cell
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/76598/Police-hunt-40-man-Al-Qaida-terror-cell/

(UK) Manchester terror police call in bomb squad
-- "The bomb squad has been called in at a block of flats being searched in relation to an
alleged Easter bombing campaign against shopping centres in Manchester"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5149763/Manchester-terror-police-call-in-bomb-squad.html
-- Bomb disposal squad called in to site at centre of Liverpool terror arrests
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1169625/BREAKING-NEWS-Bomb-disposal-squad-called-site-centre-Liverpool-terror-arrests.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/7996982.stm

(UK) Student visa scam allowing terror suspects into Britain
-- "A suspected terrorist linked to an alleged al-Qaeda plot to attack Manchester was
a student at a bogus college that sold places on fake courses to hundreds of Pakistanis seeking entry to Britain."
-- "Manchester College of Professional Studies acted as a gateway to Britain for foreigners
willing to pay 50 pounds for the letter of admission that earned them a student visa."
-- "A former employee has told The Times that more than a hundred young Pakistani men,
most from the country's troubled North West Frontier Province, came to Britain after being enrolled as students at the college."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6088249.ece

(UK) Terrorists at large in UK?
-- "It is feared that as many as three dozen potential terrorists may have slipped through security nets and may be waiting to strike"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\04\13\story_13-4-2009_pg7_13
-- Terror police in hunt for Brit bomb cell number 2
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/04/12/terror-police-in-hunt-for-brit-bomb-cell-number-2-115875-21272936/

(UK) 'Manchester terror plot' suspects pictured for first time
-- Manchester terror suspects Mohammad Ramzan and Janas Khan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5146445/Manchester-terror-plot-suspects-pictured-for-first-time.html
-- "Pakistani student alleged to be involved in Easter plot to blow up shopping centres revealed for the first time."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5145160/Manchester-terror-plot-suspect-pictured-for-first-time.html
-- Student suspect in Al Qaeda North-West terror plot
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1169625/Pictured-Student-suspect-Al-Qaeda-North-West-terror-plot.html
-- Guardian: "Terror suspect's father says Islamophobia to blame for son's arrest"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/13/terrorism-islamophobia-muslims-manchester-student
-- 'Manchester terror plot': families say Pakistani suspects are innocent
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5147298/Manchester-terror-plot-families-say-Pakistani-suspects-are-innocent.html

(UK) Terror raid house owner's Al Qaeda links
-- Mohammed Benhammedi wanted
-- "in 2006, Mr Benhammedi, 42, had his assets and three property firms frozen
for his alleged role in financing the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1169366/Terror-raid-house-owners-Al-Qaeda-links.html

(UK) Pakistani 'terror plot suspects' to be deported rather than charged
-- "Most of the Pakistani men arrested last week in an anti-terrorist operation will be
deported rather than charged, senior counter-terrorism sources told The Times last night"
-- "Operation Pathway, the codename for the inquiry"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6083205.ece
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/arrested-pakistani-nationals-to-be-deported-uk-media-ha

(UK/Pakistan) NWFP: Scot 'in Pakistan terror arrest'
-- "Dundee-born James McLintock, who has changed his name to Yaqub Mohammed"
-- "being investigated over links to an alleged terror plot in northern England which was uncovered on Thursday"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7996858.stm
-- Scot known as the 'Tartan Taliban' held in Pakistan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/13/pakistan-scotland-james-mclintock

UK officials believe foiled attack was planned by Rashid Rauf
-- but Rashid Rauf reportedly killed months ago
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\04\13\story_13-4-2009_pg7_12
-- Is Alleged U.K Jihadist Rashid Rauf Alive or Dead?
--- "even if he's dead, U.S. and U.K. officials said it's possible the Easter plot was hatched prior to November 2008"
http://www.newsweek.com/id/193524
-- "Last week's raids were the result of a long investigation into a wider campaign plotted by an Al-Qaeda chief before his apparent death"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6078397.ece
-- Long War Journal: "Al Qaeda operative Rashid Rauf survived US strike"
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/04/al_qaeda_operative_r_1.php

(UK) 'Preacher of hate' to front Birmingham Islam seminar
-- "Anwar Al-Awlaki has been named as an Al Qaida supporter by the US Department of Homeland Security."
-- "But the Iman, an American citizen who currently lives in Yemen, is due to front a
two-day seminar on Islam in Birmingham over the Bank Holiday weekend of May 24-25"
http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/04/12/preacher-of-hate-to-front-birmingham-islam-seminar-66331-23366788/

(UK) Muslim preacher attacks Easter -- Anjem Choudary
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/94621/Muslim-preacher-attacks-Easter

(UK) British Defense Ministry searching for missing hard drive
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1990151&Language=en
-- Laptop with names of SAS missing
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/5146702/Laptop-with-names-of-SAS-men-is-missing.html

(UK) Sadiq Khan: One Man MCB?
-- "Sadiq Khan is the 'Cohesion Minister' in the Department of Communities and Local Government."
-- "Khan effectively takes the angry Pakistani students' side"
-- writer states "I fear one way these words can be interpreted is this: 'why don't the jihadis attack the Americans and leave us Brits alone'"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/12/sadiq-khan-one-man-mcb/

(UK) "During my three-month stay in England I met a surprising number of Muslims who shared Jan's fascination with the Taliban"
-- A British Taliban supporter brags of killing "prostitutes" in Pakistan, warns Britons
against speaking against Taliban by threatening families
-- "As for the police, Jan says he's never had problems with them. They seem to regard
him as a deeply religious man, he says, or at least as a harmless eccentric."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6077229.ece

 

 

April 11, 2009

April 11, 2009 News

 

(UK) Police get more time to question terrorism suspects
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE5377GY20090411?rpc=401&

UK police release 1 man arrested in terror raids
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_TERROR_RAIDS?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=EUROPE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-04-11-07-37-03
-- UK Terror Plot: Teenager Released Without Charge But Now In Custody Of UK Borders Agency
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Alleged-UK-Terror-Plot-Teenager-Released-Without-Charge-But-Now-In-Custody-Of-UK-Borders-Agency/Article/200904215260291?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_2&lid=ARTICLE_15260291_Alleged_UK_Terror_Plot%3A_Teenager_Released_Without_Charge_But_Now_In_Custody_Of_UK_Borders_Agency

(UK) Trio arrested over bomb 'plot' may have used security jobs as a cover
-- "Several of the men arrested in connection with the alleged Easter suicide bombing plot may have taken jobs as security guards and delivery drivers as cover to scout potential targets, police suspect."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/5138275/Trio-arrested-over-bomb-plot-may-have-used-security-jobs-as-a-cover.html
-- UK terror suspects worked for airport cargo company -- "Cargo2Go"
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1989818&Language=en
-- Terror suspects in 'Easter bomb plot' worked at Manchester airport
--- "At least one drove vans for a cargo company which has access to sensitive locations"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1169120/Revealed-Terror-suspects-Easter-bomb-plot-worked-Manchester-airport.html

(UK) Terror raid witness: 'I saw men filming terror target'
-- "A witness has described how he saw two Asian men filming shoppers at one of the alleged terror plot targets two weeks ago"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5136858/Terror-raid-witness-I-saw-men-filming-terror-target.html

(UK) Terror bomb plot intelligence came from MI6 operatives in Pakistan
-- "Searches fail to find evidence of conspiracy"
-- "An informed source said the plot was 'al-Qaida driven'"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/11/terror-arrests-pakistan-intelligence
-- Terror plot was al-Qaida driven, says UK anti-terror officials
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Terror-plot-was-al-Qaida-driven-UK/articleshow/4389039.cms

(UK) 'Terror plotters' allowed to stay despite visa breaches
-- "At least two of the men suspected of being members of an alleged al-Qaeda cell had been allowed to stay in Britain despite allegedly breaching the conditions of their student visas"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/5137673/Terror-plotters-allowed-to-stay-despite-visa-breaches.html

(UK) How student visas to Britain became big business
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/11/student-visas-business
-- 50,000 granted UK student visas in five years
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\04\11\story_11-4-2009_pg7_33

(UK) Al-Qaeda grow more devious with '101 ways' into UK
http://news.scotsman.com/uk/AlQaeda-grow-more-devious-with.5163062.jp

(UK) Second Liverpool flat searched in hunt for Al Qaida bomb factory
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2009/04/11/second-liverpool-flat-searched-in-hunt-for-al-qaida-bomb-factory-92534-23365806/

(UK) Liverpool: Officers reassure Muslim community leaders they will deal with any anti-terror backlash
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2009/04/10/officers-reassure-muslim-community-leaders-they-will-deal-with-any-anti-terror-backlash-92534-23357430/

(UK) Banned cleric of hate invited to rant in UK
-- "Muslim cleric Sheikh Anwar al-Awlaki has been banned from the United States after he was accused of using taped lectures to encourage terrorist attacks"
-- "But the preacher of hate has been given the go-ahead to speak to an audience of hundreds at the three-day event in east London which is being held at a taxpayer-funded venue starting today."
-- A Tower Hamlets spokesman said "We sought advice from the Home Office. These enquiries did not present us with grounds to prohibit playing of the message."
-- "Those attending are required to register online and pay a fee up to 70 pounds which goes towards 'promoting Islam'"
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/94488/Banned-cleric-of-hate-invited-to-rant-in-UK
--- See also:
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/09/jihadi-preaching-in-tower-hamlets/

UK's Independent thinks terror threat is only about "Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism in Pakistan"
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-britains-security-hinges-on-curbing-terrorism-in-pakistan-1667302.html
-- Comment: fails to grasp that Pakistan's problem is a microcosm of the global problem with Islamic supremacism

(UK) British raids suggest "blowback" from Pakistan
-- Hassan Abbas: "There is denial in Pakistan about the nature of the threat"
http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINLB3908820090411?rpc=401&
-- Comment: and not just in Pakistan

(UK) ABC gets around to reporting on UK Easter Bomb Plot
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7307433&page=1

 

April 10, 2009

April 10, 2009 News

U.K. Officials Scramble to Find Al Qaeda Easter Attack Bomb Factory
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6070133.ece
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,514026,00.html

(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

 

 

April 09, 2009

April 9, 2009 News

(UK) Police feared 'Al-Qaida terror attack' on UK was planned for Easter
-- "Sources say attack would have taken place by end of Easter weekend"
-- "Gordon Brown describes suspected plot as 'very big'"
-- "Police guard addresses raided by counterterrorism officers"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/09/al-qaida-terror-uk
--- Brown says terror plot is 'very big'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/brown-says-terror-plot-is-very-big-1666369.html
--- PM Brown: "We know that there are links between terrorists in Britain and terrorists in Pakistan"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5131249/Gordon-Brown-defends-anti-terrorism-operation-after-resignation-of-Bob-Quick.html

(UK) 'Terror gang' may have been 'plotting to blow up shopping centre and nightclub'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1168650/Terror-gang-plotting-blow-shopping-centre-nightclub.html

UK police arrest 11 Pakistanis in anti-terror raids [out of 12 arrested]
-- UK's Peter Fahy: "11 of them are Pakistani nationals. That is a matter of fact."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/UK-police-arrest-11-Pakistanis-in-anti-terror-raids/articleshow/4381530.cms
-- UPI: most "on student visas"
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/08/Dozen-anti-terror-arrests-made-in-Britain/UPI-10461239232631/

(UK) Anti-terror swoops follow months of surveillance
--- "Speculation that night clubs were among targets"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/09/anti-terror-operation-england
--- Security Leak Cost Terror Raid Cops 24 Hours
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Terror-Arrests-North-West-Police-Raids-But-Old-Trafford-Trafford-Shopping-Centre-Not-Targets/Article/200904215258652?lpos=UK_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15258652_Terror_Arrests%3A_North_West_Police_Raids_But_Old_Trafford%2C_Trafford_Shopping_Centre_Not_Targets
--- Major MI5 operation against al-Qaeda endangered by security breach
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6061914.ece

(UK) "suspects spoke with Afghan accents"
-- spoke with Pashtun dialect used on both sides of Afghan/Pakistan border
-- 6 or 7 suspects reportedly "worshiped at the nearby Al-Falah mosque"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5127951/Terror-blunder-suspects-spoke-with-Afghan-accents.html

(UK) where the suspects were arrested
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5127998/Terror-blunder-where-the-suspects-were-arrested.html

(UK) Liverpool students tell of fears as anti-terror police closed in
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/09/uksecurity-terrorism

(UK) Police chief quits over blunder
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7991307.stm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6064547.ece
--- Britain's new top counterterrorism officer John Yates
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/09/john-yates-metropolitan-police

(UK) British universities are 'real and serious' terrorism threat
-- "at least 48 campuses including Oxford, Cambridge, the London School of
Economics and Imperial College London had been infiltrated"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5127178/Terror-blunder-British-universities-are-real-and-serious-terrorism-threat.html

(UK) Jihadi Preaching in Tower Hamlets - Anwar Al Awlaki -- Islamic supremacists are heroes of "ummah"
-- Awlaki: "jihad must be part of our programme of revival and change in the Muslim world"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/09/jihadi-preaching-in-tower-hamlets/
http://www.anwar-alawlaki.com/?p=83
http://www.alwasatiyyah.com/courses.php?courseID=5
http://www.mcb.org.uk/events/viewevent.php?id=1171&y=2009&m=4
http://www.towerhamletsarts.org.uk/index.lasso?v=15

(UK) Anti and Pro Islamists on the Centre Left
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/09/anti-and-pro-islamists-on-the-centre-left/

 (UK) Sharia law - Government remains indifferent
http://www.secularism.org.uk/sharia-law-government-remains-in.html

(UK) Hazma sons stole 1 million pounds worth of luxury cars to fund party lifestyle
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1168656/Hamza-sons-stole-1million-worth-luxury-cars-fund-party-lifestyle.html

 

April 07, 2009

April 7, 2009 News

(UK) Terror police arrest three
-- "in the military town of Aldershot, Hampshire"
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/terror+police+arrest+three/3074562
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=74010
-- Three arrested under terror laws
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7987398.stm

April 06, 2009

April 6, 2009 News

(UK) Briton Faisal Mustafa held after charity raid - London-based Green Crescent charity
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/93622/Briton-held-after-charity-arms-raid
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1469260.php/Bangladesh_arrests_British_charity_chief_on_terrorism_charges_

(UK) Terror suspects 'claiming benefits'
-- 22 out of 23 suspected terrorists getting British unemployment payments
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gNRIIcxXipBaV7iW1fzhPlwIHXRg

UK Gov't Criticized for Admitting Jihadists to Parliament
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130792

(UK) Scotland Yard: New campaign to urge Londoners to report suspicious activity
http://www.met.police.uk/campaigns/counter_terrorism/index.htm
http://www.met.police.uk/campaigns/counter_terrorism/a3_2009_posters.pdf

(UK) Daud Abdullah and the Nazi Hoax
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/06/daud-abdullah-and-the-nazi-hoax/

 

April 05, 2009

April 5, 2009 News

(UK) 'US OK with UK's overture to Hizbullah'
-- "The Obama administration is "comfortable" with the British government's attempts to engage Hizbullah, a senior British diplomat asserts."
-- "Bill Rammell, Britain's minister of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs,
said in a brief interview late last week that despite protests to the contrary, the new
US administration doesn't object to the fledgling contacts with the "political win" of the
Lebanon-based Shi'ite Muslim group, which also has a heavily armed militia."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1238562907554&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(UK) Sparkhill bookshop was the start of US Navy officer's link to terrorism
-- Hassan Abu-Jihaad
-- "Maktabah al Ansar book store in Sparkhill has been raided by counter-terror cops three times"
http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/04/04/sparkhill-bookshop-was-the-start-of-us-navy-officer-s-link-to-terrorism-97319-23313001/

(UK) Cartoon strip depicts Christian boys as Islamaphobe thug
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/5107593/Cartoon-strip-depicts-Christian-boys-as-Islamaphobe-thug.html

 

 

April 04, 2009

April 4, 2009 News

(UK) Bunglawala, Brittain and Abu Qatada
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/04/bunglawala-brittain-and-abu-qatada/

(UK) Delusional British Guardian writer William Leith thinks the Osama Bin Laden is merely against "capitalism"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/02/g20-osama-bin-laden

April 03, 2009

April 2-3, 2009 News

(UK) Abu Qatada issues rallying cry from prison
-- "The Palestinian preacher claims that his treatment has helped radicalise a new generation of young British Muslims"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6032196.ece

(UK) Deputy leader of Muslim group to sue Government in row over extremism
-- "Dr Daud Abdullah, deputy secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain,
has sent a solicitor's letter to Communities Secretary Hazel Blears demanding
a 'substantial' payout or he will drag the Government to court"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1167198/Deputy-leader-Muslim-group-sue-Government-row-extremism.html
-- Blears facing Muslim legal move
http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/latest-national-news/Blears-facing-Muslim-legal-move.5141753.jp
-- Blears takes on the MCB
http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/3512746/blears-takes-on-the-mcb.thtml

(UK) Order made on 7/7 images release
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1987972&Language=en

(UK) Discredited Contest
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/03/discredited-contest/
--- Britain's 'New' Counterterror Policy Is More of the Same - by Shiraz Maher
---- The U.K. isn't truly distancing itself from radical Muslims.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123862072017379861.html

(UK) Analyst: Oil recedes as terrorist target
http://www.ogj.com/display_article/358279/7/ONART/none/GenIn/1/Analyst:-Oil-recedes-as-terrorist-target/

(UK) Islamic bank launches Sharia'a mortgage in Scottish expansion
http://business.scotsman.com/bankinginsurance/Islamic-bank-launches--Sharia39a.5138209.jp

 

 

April 01, 2009

April 1, 2009 News

(UK) Guardian: "The demonisation of British Islamism"
--- "Mainstream Islamists such as Daud Abdullah are being attacked by both the government and religious extremists"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/mar/31/religion-islam
--- UK's Guardian believes that individuals who have supported killing British soldiers and Jews are being "demonized"
--- March 31, 2009: Hazel Blears has demanded that Muslim Council of Britain's (MCB) Daud Abdullah be sacked
--- "after he endorsed a pro-Hamas declaration that appeared to call
for violence against Jews and Israel and condone attacks on British troops"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6004850.ece

(UK) Bob Lambert Defends "British Islamists"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/01/bob-lambert-defends-british-islamists/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/mar/31/religion-islam

(UK) Hezbollah Meets with Quakers
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/04/01/the-quakers-betray-george-fox-john-rees-disgraces-the-left/

(UK) £20,000 bill for Al Qaeda terrorist dumped on us - Cabdullah Ciise
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/92684/-20-000-bill-for-Al-Qaeda-terrorist-dumped-on-us-

(UK) Leeds: Police to check schools for militant Islamic pupils
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Police-to-check-schools-for.5127917.jp

 


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