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50 Britons âReadyâ To Stage Bomb Attacks In Israel
As British security agencies are facing a nightmarish new threat in the wake of last week's self-bombing in Israel by two Britons in Israel, a leading Islamic leader said on Sunday, May 4, there are still other 50 ready to stage similar attacks. "The number is getting close to 50," said Hassan Butt, who in the past has spoken on behalf of al-Muhajiroun, who was described by The Sunday Times as a leading Islamic cleric.
| Hassan's a "leading Islamic cleric"? A year ago he was a 22-year-old terrorist recruiter. I guess it doesn't take much to be a "leading Islamic cleric." |
Butt said he believed "about 20" of them "were absolutely serious" about blowing themselves up in Israel. British anti-terrorist police have arrested six people in relation to last week's bomb attack in Israel in which one British Muslim rammed himself into a Tel Aviv night club, killing three people and injuring dozen others while the other would-be bomber was on the run after as his explosive belt failed to set off.
| This is a very interesting case, and very significant. Muhajiroun is a feeder for al-Qaeda, recruiting Brit jihadis as cannon fodder for Afghanistan and Chechnya. Hassan, despite his callow youth, has been their most visible recruiter since before 9-11, claiming in October, 2001, to have sent a thousand Brits to Afghanistan. Irsael earlier accused Qaeda of becoming active in Gaza, causing Yasser to bare his teeth — an unappetizing sight, indeed. This would seem to close the terror circle, affiliating a Qaeda front with Hezbollah in Syria and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and Islamic Jihad in Paleostine. |
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-05-04 |
