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More than 100 UK terrorists yet to be prosecuted
MORE than 100 Muslim terror suspects in the UK have not been prosecuted despite Prime Minister Tony Blair's promise of a crackdown, it emerged yesterday.The list, compiled by the security services last year, includes nine men subject to "control orders" imposed by Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary. About ten more are detained at Belmarsh prison or other jails pending deportation, and the rest are being monitored but remain free from any restrictions. The disclosure of the list of those deemed a threat to national security came amid controversy over the failure of the Crown Prosecution Service to act sooner against Abu Hamza, the hardline Islamic preacher jailed for seven years on Tuesday for spreading racial hatred and inciting the murder of "non-believers". Scotland Yard said it had presented files to the CPS three times from 1999 onwards calling for Hamza to be prosecuted but had been rebuffed on the first two. Also yesterday, the uncle of one of the London suicide bombers accused Hamza of brainwashing his nephew. Meanwhile it emerged that Hamza's wife, Nagat, and the couple's eight children will keep their £680-a-week benefits and the £550,000 five-bedroom council house in London while he is in jail. The news came as five men, three companies and a charity, all based in Britain, had their assets frozen worldwide over alleged links to an al-Qaeda terror group. They are accused of being involved in the financing of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-02-10 |
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