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A former Islamic militant has disclosed for the first time the extent of the Al-Qaeda terror network in Britain.
Hassan Butt, who was stabbed in the street recently after publicly denouncing fundamentalist violence, revealed that more than 100 jihadis held an Al-Qaeda summit in London four years ago to coordinate their British activities into a single force.
Among those present was Mohammed Junaid Babar, a US citizen who later became a supergrass after being arrested by the FBI. His evidence was crucial to the conviction last week of the Islamist “Crevice gang”, who had plotted to set off bombs in London and Kent.
After the summit, said Butt, he drove to Batley in West Yorkshire with Babar who directed him to the home of Mohammad Sidique Khan, who later led the bombers who hit London on July 7, 2005. Butt said he got the impression that Babar knew Khan well.
This disclosure of the supergrass’s close link to Khan will increase pressure on MI5 to explain why the bomber was not arrested and the 7/7 outrage prevented.
This weekend fresh doubts were raised over the official account of how much the intelligence services knew about the 7/7 bombers before their suicide attacks. A document for the Crown Prosecution Service states that Khan was “identified” six months before the attacks — contrary to statements made by John Reid, the home secretary.
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well i find some of your opinions a bit dark ages - "these people...their birthrate so high..." and one of my favourites "Islam will dominate"
Matey - islam will NOT dominate - it may supress, it may control and it may pervert but it will NOT dominate
ALL you religious idiots need to get it into your head that there is no god and we will be much better off
alex, norwich, norfolk
50 years time, eh? didn't they say that 50 years ago?
all trends actually show the opposite.
so the biggest wars of the 20th century - the WORLD WARS, were all started over religious matters or by religious zealots were they?
you should be reading the sun, not the times.
navigator, london,
Religion is only a belief,i say get over it,in 50 yrs time nobody will believe in this mumbo jumbo,that devideds people,and nations,and causes secterian violence,death and destruction,i would go as far as to say,from all the evidence it would appear that religious believers are a group of people that are killers,and murderes.religious believers are a pritty evil bunch,the evidence would suggest that the world would be a better place if the believers would go and be with the so called gods in the afterlife,just leave, go be with your god.
kevin, london, london
How about Aswat that was exposed on U.S. Fox News as a double agent working for British MI5/6?
As for religion, they are all made up by men.
1984, Kuopio, Finland
Islam will not dominate, you haven't yet annoyed the british enough for them to take serious notice, right now they are more concerned with who is winning in Come Dancing
lofi, london, london
Islam will dominate
Abdul, Bradford, UK
If you want to know more you have to infiltrate into the organizations involved, but how do you do that unless you look like those you want to infiltrate into. There are very few black, brown or Chinese in the police force. So they have to rely on paid information. This is not very reliable. The police in this country have a very big problem, and is not helped by the closed mouthed people who are close to those who wish to cause as much trouble as possible in the name of A***h. These people do not have to create too much trouble as their birthrate is so high that in 50 years they will have sufficient population to have a Muslim government, or at a majority in the house. This will happen very easily since there are many MP;s who will sell their soul to the devil to clasp the hand of power, even though it would not last long.
victor, westclff on sea, uk
Why should MI5 be any better than the rest of the public services ? The whole realm is corroding from within. Life at the top is endless parties and life at the bottom is contingent and beset by offialdom.
The nation has simply tolerated jackasses in positions of responsibility for too long and driven the competent to frustration or resignation
TomTom, Leeds, England