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Britain Arrests More Islamist Suspects after Top Preacher Held
[AnNahar] British police on Friday said they had tossed in the clinkKeep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! two more suspects in an investigation into "Islamist-related terrorism", a day after nine were detained including a top radical preacher. The two men "were arrested in the early hours of this morning in a vehicle on the M6 motorway," which runs between central and northern England, police said in a statement. One of them, aged 33, was arrested for "encouraging terrorism" and "being a member of a proscribed organization", while the other, 42, was held for "assisting an offender". "These arrests and searches are part of an ongoing investigation into Islamist-related terrorism and are not in response to any immediate public safety risk," police said. The nine arrested on Thursday are also suspected of links to a banned ...the word bannedseems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all... organization, reportedly the turban Islamist group Al-Muhajiroun. It was co-founded by one of the detained, Anjem Choudary, who is regularly quoted in British tabloids for his controversial views on Islam and the Middle East. Choudary, a 47-year-old former lawyer, is also known for staging an anti-West march through the town of Wootton Bassett at a time when it was known for honouring British soldiers killed in Afghanistan as the coffins returned home. Al-Muhajiroun has had a string of different incarnations over the years and aims to overthrow the British government and establish a global Islamic caliphate, according to the London-based International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-09-27 |
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