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| Hunt for 1,200 Britons who trained with al-Qa'eda |
| 2003-01-26 |
| Almost 1,200 British Muslims trained with Osama bin Laden's al-Qa'eda terrorist network in Afghanistan, The Telegraph has learnt. The names, addresses and other details of the Britons were found by British military intelligence during searches of bin Laden's cave complex at Tora Bora in eastern Afghanistan. Oh, inconvenient, that... Many of the Britons, all of whom trained at al-Qa'eda camps in Afghanistan, are now thought to have returned to Britain while others are believed to have died in combat. The location of some is known, but others have still to be traced. In all, the names of 1,192 Britons have been found. A senior Whitehall official confirmed the discovery, saying: "It was shocking to realise that so many young Britons had travelled to train with Osama bin Laden, al-Qa'eda and the Taliban." Al Muhajiroun bragged that they'd recruited 1000 of them. Guess they weren't exaggerating. They also threatened jihad on Britain, but nobody seemed to take them seriously at the time... Last night there were calls for the men to be prosecuted for terrorism offences, or even treason, and warnings that some of those who had returned to Britain might have formed terrorist cells here. Geoffrey Bindman, QC, a leading authority on terrorism legislation, said that the men could be tried in Britain if they had trained with al-Qa'eda after the passing of the Terrorism Act 2000, which came into force in February 2001. He said: "It is an offence under the Terrorism Act to incite terrorism abroad, so it is arguable that a person working with al-Qa'eda in Afghanistan could be tried in Britain for that offence. Other offences under the Terrorism Act such as terrorist bombing can also be tried in Britain regardless of where the bombing took place." Now all they've got to do is round them up, jug them, prosecute them, and withstand the flak from the "human rights" wienerheads. Didja ever wonder why we don't have a "human right" not to be slaughtered like dogs by the turban and automatic weapons set? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Fred --- Re: the human right not to be slaughtered like dogs by the turban and automatic weapons set... I'm sure that was just an innocent oversight when the legislation was drafted. I'm sure that a commission will look into it eventually when a time slot can be found, and some productive discourse will result. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-01-26 14:02:02 |