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Post by fretslider on Dec 21, 2010 17:16:49 GMT -5
Just as the Prison officers warned some years ago, radicalisation is taking place in prisons.
12 people have been arrested in connection with a terrorist plot. The worrying aspect is the members of this alleged terrorist cell plotting to launch suicide attacks on Christmas shoppers and tourists in London were radicalised in jail.
The cell, based in Stoke-on-Trent, Cardiff and London is said to be linked to the banned extremist group al-Muhajiroun and its off-shoot Islam4UK. See my previous posts on them....
The cell was planning a “spectacular” attack on commercial sites such as banks and shops along with “iconic” sites in London. They were arrested after months of surveillance by MI5 as they prepared to launch their attacks in the week before Christmas.
The group of mainly British nationals of Bangladeshi origin (yes, Tower Hamlets), is said to have links with Anwar al-Awlaki, the radical al-Qaeda preacher based in Yemen. Three of them were apparently radicalised while serving time in prison.
A neighbour in Cardiff said the three men were convicted of theft and drugs offences, and that they “went to prison as petty criminals and came out expressing extreme views.” The man said he believed a "radical preacher" had "politicised" them during a stint in prison.
He said the men had grown long beards while in jail and later handed out leaflets at the Jalalia mosque encouraging people not to vote in this year's general election, saying it was "unmuslim".
Muslims leaders said they tipped off police about the group of extremists in the Welsh capital, where five men between the ages of 23 and 28 were arrested.
They said they had stopped the group from holding meetings in mosques in the last month and told them to "go elsewhere."
Mosque officials informed police but it is thought that MI5 was already aware of the group.
The group, comprising about 15 to 20 young radicalised men, is understood to have held a meeting at a community centre in Cardiff less than two weeks ago, addressed by Abu Izzadeen, a radical preacher recently released from jail.
Counter-terrorism officers are understood to have been aware of the event at the Cathays Community Centre attended by up to 30 people. Constantly adopting new titles, the group has held events under the banner Islam4uk and Islamic Pathways among others.
These people can never be trusted, send them to a Sharia state, banish them and be done with it.
12 people have been arrested in connection with a terrorist plot. The worrying aspect is the members of this alleged terrorist cell plotting to launch suicide attacks on Christmas shoppers and tourists in London were radicalised in jail.
The cell, based in Stoke-on-Trent, Cardiff and London is said to be linked to the banned extremist group al-Muhajiroun and its off-shoot Islam4UK. See my previous posts on them....
The cell was planning a “spectacular” attack on commercial sites such as banks and shops along with “iconic” sites in London. They were arrested after months of surveillance by MI5 as they prepared to launch their attacks in the week before Christmas.
The group of mainly British nationals of Bangladeshi origin (yes, Tower Hamlets), is said to have links with Anwar al-Awlaki, the radical al-Qaeda preacher based in Yemen. Three of them were apparently radicalised while serving time in prison.
A neighbour in Cardiff said the three men were convicted of theft and drugs offences, and that they “went to prison as petty criminals and came out expressing extreme views.” The man said he believed a "radical preacher" had "politicised" them during a stint in prison.
He said the men had grown long beards while in jail and later handed out leaflets at the Jalalia mosque encouraging people not to vote in this year's general election, saying it was "unmuslim".
Muslims leaders said they tipped off police about the group of extremists in the Welsh capital, where five men between the ages of 23 and 28 were arrested.
They said they had stopped the group from holding meetings in mosques in the last month and told them to "go elsewhere."
Mosque officials informed police but it is thought that MI5 was already aware of the group.
The group, comprising about 15 to 20 young radicalised men, is understood to have held a meeting at a community centre in Cardiff less than two weeks ago, addressed by Abu Izzadeen, a radical preacher recently released from jail.
Counter-terrorism officers are understood to have been aware of the event at the Cathays Community Centre attended by up to 30 people. Constantly adopting new titles, the group has held events under the banner Islam4uk and Islamic Pathways among others.
These people can never be trusted, send them to a Sharia state, banish them and be done with it.
