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| Ishaq Kanmi faces jail for soliciting murder |
| 2010-05-11 |
| A young man accused of encouraging Muslims to murder Gordon Brown and Tony Blair is facing jail after he admitted calling on fellow radicals to prepare themselves for “martyrdom operations'. Ishaq Kanmi, 23, from Blackburn, in Lancashire, posted messages on a jihadist website claiming to be the leader of al-Qaeda in the UK and demanding targeted murders and large-scale attacks. He appeared before Manchester Crown Court yesterday to plead guilty to a series of terrorist offences. In one of the postings made in January 2008, Kanmi was said to have compiled a list of aims for the organisation, which included “the elimination of political leaders and top of the list Blair and Brown. As God said: ‘Kill the nonbelievers'.' Another objective was “huge attacks, God willing, on centres and places of benefit to the crusaders. As God said: ‘Kill the participants as you find them, take them, guard them and wait for them'.' Using the pseudonym Umar Rabie, the head of al-Qaeda in Britain, he issued a two-month deadline calling for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, together with the release of all Muslim captives from Belmarsh Prison. |
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