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UK police arrest man in suicide bomb plan: report
ABC News on Line [Australia Broadcasting Company] ^
| Reuters
Posted on 01/10/2004 6:25:10 PM PST by aculeus
British police arrested a man before Christmas who was suspected of preparing himself for a suicide bombing and who had links to Al Qaeda, British newspaper The Sunday Times said.
The paper, which did not give a source, said the man in his late twenties was arrested after leaving notes to his family saying he planned to "martyr" himself.
The paper said he was an Algerian asylum seeker.
The man had also shaved off all his body hair, a religious act often observed by would-be suicide bombers so that they are "clean" before entering heaven, the newspaper said.
"I hope you treat me as a hero and a martyr," the man wrote to his sister and mother.
The letter was discovered by police on a raid at his home, which the paper said was in the north of England.
British police declined to comment on the story.
The Government put UK security services on a heightened state of alert in November, following warnings of a possible Al Qaeda attack, and security was visibly increased around all Britain's airports in the run up to Christmas.
In December, police remanded a British Muslim in custody over charges of having explosives and conspiring with convicted "shoe bomber" Richard Reid to carry out terror attacks.
The newspaper said the latest suspect was believed to have been charged with unrelated terrorist offences.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 200312; algerian; alqaedauk; captured; jihadineurope; shaved; suicidebombers
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posted on
01/10/2004 6:25:11 PM PST
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
What kind of sick puppy religion tells you to shave ALL of your BODY HAIR to enter the pearly gates? Who writes these things?
But we do have friends in Britain to catch this would be martyr. Thank you, and Hail Britainia!
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posted on
01/10/2004 6:36:12 PM PST
by
Thebaddog
(Woof!)
To: All
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posted on
01/10/2004 6:36:40 PM PST
by
Support Free Republic
(I'd rather be sleeping. Let's get this over with so I can go back to sleep!)
To: aculeus; aristeides
I'm glad the Brits are keeping a sharp eye out. Looks like they got him just in time.
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posted on
01/10/2004 6:37:22 PM PST
by
kristinn
To: aculeus
Take him into a big open field, strap some TNT to his body and Kaboom, end of problem. He gets his wish and he poses no danger to anyone else.
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posted on
01/10/2004 6:43:02 PM PST
by
dirtydanusa
(100% American)
To: aculeus
"The man had also shaved off all his body hair, a religious act often observed by would-be suicide bombers"
Why does it say in the Koran: "Before you blow yourself up, get a good shave...??
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posted on
01/10/2004 6:44:23 PM PST
by
observer5
To: aculeus
Sounds like a 'lone gunman' type, and not part of any sanctioned attack. Must've gotten tired of waiting for Osama Bin Hidin' to give him his 'go kill yourself for me' signal.
And Arab immigrants wonder why we look at them and wonder if they're going to randomly pop like a New Year's party favor. *SHEESH*
To: aculeus
We should help him by burning all of his body hair off with a blowtorch.
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posted on
01/10/2004 7:05:55 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("...the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
To: Thebaddog
"What kind of sick puppy religion tells you to shave ALL of your BODY HAIR to enter the pearly gates?"
The Religion of Islam and the Religion of Bicyclism.
For the first instance, see Osama Bin Laden, for the second, see Howard Dean.
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posted on
01/10/2004 7:11:05 PM PST
by
WOSG
(Freedom, Baby! Yeah!)
To: Support Free Republic
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posted on
01/10/2004 8:33:01 PM PST
by
Imal
(No one told me Steve Martin was running for president!)
To: aculeus
"British police declined to comment on the story." This is a good sign. No grandstanding here. Hopefully more terrorists can be grabbed from investigations of his personal effects.
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posted on
01/10/2004 10:59:14 PM PST
by
endthematrix
(To enter my lane you must use your turn signal!)
To: aculeus
British Muslim bump
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posted on
01/11/2004 12:06:39 AM PST
by
miltonim
To: Thebaddog
The man had also shaved off all his body hair, a religious act often observed by would-be suicide bombers so that they are "clean" before entering heaven, the newspaper said. Nice how this media outlet avoids identifying the religion in question.
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posted on
01/11/2004 1:00:59 AM PST
by
dagnabbit
(Tell Bush what to do with his Mexico Merger - Write in Tancredo in your State's primary)
To: observer5
Why does it say in the Koran: "Before you blow yourself up, get a good shave...?? I think the idea actually came from one of Imam Abdul Razeer al-Gilette's fatwas.
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posted on
01/11/2004 5:50:28 AM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
To: Thebaddog
What kind of sick puppy religion tells you to shave ALL of your BODY HAIR to enter the pearly gates? Who writes these things? Actually, Muslims are big consumers of dipilatories, getting rid of all body hair before visiting Mecca.
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posted on
01/11/2004 8:35:53 AM PST
by
aculeus
(What I Wouldn't Give for a Large Sock with Horse Manure in it.)
To: aculeus
I think this could be capitalized on. Make "SURE WAY TO HEAVEN HAIR REMOVER".
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