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Britain
Suspect linked to cargo-bomb-plot-group arressted
2010-11-04
Linked to AQAP, not to the cargo bombs.
(KUNA) -- A member of the terror group blamed for last week's cargo plane bomb plot was jugged in the UK on suspicion of planning an attack in this country earlier this year, the Home Secretary revealed Wednesday. Theresa May made the disclosure in her first major speech on counter-terrorism.

The suspect was allegedly a member of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the group linked to the powerful bombs hidden in printer cartridges found on US-bound cargo planes at East Midlands Airport and in Dubai on Friday. Mrs May said: "An Aqap (al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula) un-named associate was jugged here earlier this year. "He is alleged to have been planning a terrorist attack in this country. Threats such as these are likely to continue."

The Home Secretary went on: "We know that people from this country have already gone to Somalia to fight. "It seems highly likely, given experience elsewhere, that if left to their own devices we would eventually see British cut-thoats, trained and hardened on the streets of Mogadishu returning to the UK and seeking to commit mass murder on the streets of London."
Have you thought about deporting them to Mogadishu when they show up? Even better, to Bosassa.
Lots more will leave than return... and none of them in the meantime will have been committing jihad on British streets. Not to mention how many of those that return will be maimed and full of intestinal parasites. But the remainder should be carefully watched sent on to Bosassa (location known only to a special few), which no doubt won't irritate their tender sensibilities nearly as much.
Mrs May said the Government's review of its counter-terrorism strategy, due to report later this year, will include "significant changes" leading to a "much better balance than we have at present".

She added: "The success of our domestic counter-terrorism work here depends on international co-operation and collaboration overseas.

"The investigation of terrorist plots in this country will almost always lead overseas."

Mrs May went on: "Most threats to the UK continue to come from the federally-administered tribal areas of Pakistain. "When we have a Pak diaspora of over one million people, and there are hundreds of thousands of journeys between our countries every year, what goes on in Pakistain matters on the streets of Britain."

Mrs May said: "Where necessary we will enhance our protective security measures; we will invest in conflict prevention and stopping terrorist plots overseas; we will refocus the strategy for preventing radicalisation in the UK; and we will strike a better balance between our liberties and our security. "There is much good work under way to tackle the terrorist threat....But where there needs to be change I will not be afraid to make it."

She added: "I want an approach which is more targeted against cut-thoat individuals, but that impacts much less on the good people of our communities.

"I want an approach which allows people to enjoy their liberty in safety and security.

"And I want an approach that is effective in dealing with an evolving threat. That is what we will deliver."

Later, the British media said the alleged member of al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula is former British Airways computer expert Rajib Karim. The 30-year-old is due to go on trial at Woolwich Crown Court in London next January charged with plotting suicide bombings, including his own death.

Bangladesh-born Karim, 30, of Newcastle, northern England, is accused of being a one-man sleeper cell who infiltrated the airline as part of his plans. Counter-terrorism police investigated suspected links between him and his home country, Pakistan and Yemen.

Karim was arrested during a series of raids on his home and offices of his employer on February 25, the media pointed out.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Sum thymes id can bee yore enigma, though.
Posted by: Gabby   2010-11-04 15:32  

#2  Spellcheck is your friend.
Posted by: mojo   2010-11-04 13:17  

#1  ION TOPIX [JoongAng Ilbo] OVER 155 OVERSEAS MISSIONS ON HIGH ALERT AMIDST TERROR SCARE [Greek = Air Cargo Bombs].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-11-04 00:05  

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