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| British Police Release Radical Preacher Choudary |
| 2014-09-27 |
| [AnNahar] British police released radical preacher Anjem Choudary on bail on Friday, a day after he and eight others were arrested in an investigation into a banned extremist group. Choudary said his arrest was "politically motivated", telling reporters that the government "waited until the day before a major vote on a war against Muslims for a high-profile series of arrests." British lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly voted in favor to join U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq against Islamic State (IS) militants, who have seized control of vast areas of the country and beheaded a series of foreign hostages. "I've been released from police custody. Just in time for Cameron to declare war on Islam & Muslims in Iraq & Syria," Choudary wrote on Twitter. Police said the arrests were part of an investigation into Al-Muhajiroun, a banned extremist group co-founded by Choudary, a Briton of Pakistani descent known for making inflammatory statements. A 47-year-old former lawyer, Choudary was among nine men arrested on Thursday in a police swoop. He has been bailed until January. Another two suspects were detained in their car on a motorway on Friday, one on suspicion of "encouraging terrorism" and the other 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. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 There would be a whole lot less muss, fuss, and grief for the UK if someone hired a hit man to solve this radical imman problem. I'll bet they would be a whole lot less radical. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-09-27 17:16 |
| #1 Because it's not like he did something serious like violating a building code, or publicly calling out the Rotherham rapists, or "tipping a rubbish bin". |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-09-27 09:53 |