Posted on 05/26/2004 10:29:56 PM PDT by HAL9000
Fiery Islamic preacher Abu Hamza reportedly arrested in London
Controversial cleric Hamza arrested
6.46AM, Thu May 27 2004
Controversial Muslim cleric Abu Hamza has been arrested on an extradition warrant issued by the US government.
The 47-year-old was arrested at his home address in West London in a raid by Metropolitan Police officers.
Scotland Yard confirmed that "a British citizen, aged 47," was arrested at approximately 3am.
The man was detained by officers from the Extradition and International Assistance Unit under an extradition warrant obtained at Bow Street Magistrates' Court.
He was taken to a central London police station and is due to appear at Bow Street Magistrates Court.
Home Secretary David Blunkett believes Hamza, who used to preach at Finsbury Park mosque in north London, should be stripped of his British citizenship and sent back to Yemen.
But the year-long legal battle to decide his future has been fraught with delays.
The Special Immigrations Appeals Commission said that a three-week appeal against the decision to deport him will begin next January.
Good grief, have the Bobbies never heard of the old "shot while evading arrest" explanation?
Abu Hamza shows sick execution as his website is axed
The controversial Muslim preacher Abu Hamza has come under renewed attack for offering a direct link from his website to online footage of the murdered American, Nick Berg.
Berg’s murder last week sparked international outrage as masked extremists beheaded the American citizen in what was believed to be a ‘revenge-attack’ for the humiliation of Iraqi detainees at Abu Grahib prison.
The North London cleric has now had his website banned with the graphic video footage of Mr Berg’s death no longer available through the site.
Visitors to the online service are instead encouraged to spread the ‘Echoes of the Truth’ while more in-depth guidance is temporarily offline.
The site, called the ‘Supporters of Shareeah,’ has landed a Malaysian-based firm at the centre of the furore, forced to defend its position in generating the public service.
The company responsible, ‘Webvisions,’ serves over 14,000 accounts in 40 countries - and is considered a leading provider in the Asia-Pacific market.
Webvisions which operate sites for Sony, Nestle and Procter & Gamble, told the Daily Express Newspaper that it was unaware it was promoting Hamza’s anti-Western rants and subsequently pulled the site, once the group fully understood the seriousness of the available content.
An anonymous security source later commented to the paper saying: “The firm is the host company for loads of websites, so it can’t possibly keep a check on all of them.”
Webvisions are understood to manage websites for additional extremist groups including Palestinian militant group, Hamas.
However, in this instance the company said that on understanding the full implications of Mr Hamza’s website action was taken straight away to remove the service from reaching the public.
The security source revealed: “When it was alerted to Hamza’s site, Webvisions felt it had to act fast because of the global outrage at the Berg execution.”
The shutting down of Mr Hamza’s website is a welcome move to groups backing the Treasury decision to deport the Finsbury Park preacher from the UK on a permanent basis.
The cleric has been blamed by Home Secretary, David Blunkett, for inspiring anti-Western sentiments and recruiting terrorists through his Friday prayer sessions.
Mr Hamza said last week: “Our immediate duty now is to correct our own homeland. You don't have to travel thousands of miles to become a Shaheed - you can be Shaheed right on your own doorstep. This is the best jihad.”
He later reflected, speaking of opponents who want him to follow the path of his website, saying:
“As God Almighty said, ‘if the whole of the people on the Earth have plotted to kill one believer, I will put them all to fire for it’ - because God Almighty is just. It is very important to be principled.”
Could've been Algore.....
Too bad it wasn't Algore. lol!
HA! She's probably as ugly as he is but has the decency to hide it.
Close...so very close.
Awww...isn't he cute?! GAG!
yea...well, I have always been worried about what happens to our society and my wallet when the Dems are in the White House...but I never got worried about dying...and now I am...
YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'
WHOA THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'
One of the many side effects of their inbreeding.
That should be a spectacle of an extradition hearing. The "if it could happen to him it could happen to us crowd "won't like it, but he should have just diappeared his way into Gitmo.
The most danerous thing is with all the carping about Iraq, a state that wants to poke a stick in our eye will realize it will be just about impossible post-Iraq, domestically and internationally, to ever swat back at these cockroaches in the manner we did Iraq. And, yes, Iraq was a big chapter in the War on Terror, a fact the administration now will never be able to communicate properly due to the rhetoric from the left that last few months. Forget the fact the left is on the wrong side of history, the divisiveness in our country will be our Waterloo. It will be impossible to ever do the right thing in many areas due to the enterenced positions on a whole spectrum of issues.
Sorry, but the song will be going through my head for days. I just wanted to share it with everyone. Sorry!
Good deal! All that's left is to decide whether he looks better in pink panties, or red panties ;-)
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