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Al-Qaeda's white army of terror (MI5 Source: up to 1500 white Britons radicalized to Islamofascism)
The Scotsman ^ | January 13, 2008 | Richard Elias

Posted on 01/13/2008 2:09:20 PM PST by Stoat

Al-Qaeda's white army of terror


 
 

 
Two and a half years on from the 7/7 attack on London, MI5 has identified a worrying new trend in Al-Qaeda recruits Picture: Phil Wilkinson
Two and a half years on from the 7/7 attack on London, MI5 has identified a worrying new trend in Al-Qaeda recruits Picture: Phil Wilkinson
 
HUNDREDS of British non-Muslims have been recruited by al-Qaeda to wage war against the West, senior security sources warned last night.
As many as 1,500 white Britons are believed to have converted to Islam for the purpose of funding, planning and carrying out surprise terror attacks inside the UK, according to one MI5 source.

Lord Carlile, the Government's independent reviewer of anti-terrorism legislation, said many of the converts had been targeted by radical Muslims while serving prison terms.

Security experts say the growing secret army of white terrorists poses a particularly serious threat as they are far less likely to be detected than members of the Asian community.

Since the 7/7 and 21/7 London bombings, police and intelligence services have had considerable success in identifying, disrupting and stopping extremist plots. As a result, groups such as al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen have been forced to change tack. Converting white non-Muslims has been one response.

The trend is well established in the United States. American-born Adam Gadahn is one of the FBI's top 10 most-wanted terrorists after converting to Islam and rising through al-Qaeda's ranks to become a prominent spokesman.

One British security source last night told Scotland on Sunday: "There could be anything up to 1,500 converts to the fundamentalist cause across Britain. They pose a real potential danger to our domestic security because, obviously, these people blend in and do not raise any flags.

"The exact figure of those who have converted to Islam and turned to terror is not precisely known. Not everyone who converts becomes radicalised and it may be that just two-fifths go down that path, but it remains a significant and dangerous problem."

Carlile said he was not aware of specific numbers, but confirmed to Scotland on Sunday that Whitehall was aware of the new threat and was actively tackling it. He said: "These people are an issue and are potentially very dangerous. There have been cases of non-Muslims converting before, and of these, Richard Reid, the so-called Shoebomber, is the most obvious example.

"They are more difficult to detect and the security services are right to place some focus on this issue."

Carlile said the majority of converts were targeted when they were in prison: "These (converts] are outside the standard type of profile which most police forces would have of a terrorist, which is male, young, and of Middle Eastern or Asian appearance. That is why they are so potentially dangerous."

Carlile added: "The Home Office has a lot of money, millions of pounds, which is being put forward for communities and fighting radicalisation. There is no question how tackling this issue is best achieved: it is achieved at a community level."

Security experts say radical Muslims in prison have become adept at identifying potential new recruits to their cause. Those in custody for the first time, the young and the lonely are particularly susceptible.

Initially, the approach is made to comfort, console and support, with very little reference, if any, to religion.

However, after several 'chats', the conversation will be turned towards the subject and, gradually, over a period of weeks or months, it is possible to complete the conversion.

Robert Leiken, director of the Immigration and National Security Programme and a specialist on European Muslims based at the Nixon Centre in Washington DC, said: "To me, the figure of 1,500 seems reasonable as many, perhaps less than a third, will actually go on to become radicals.

"New religious recruits always tend to be more zealous than those who have grown up with that specific religion."

Edwin Bakker, a Dutch-based security specialist, has studied at length the issue of radical conversions. He said: "The question is rele
 
vant and timely. Newcomers to Islam are extra-sensitive to perceived discrimination of Muslims and Islam-bashing.

"They feel they have to defend Islam – one of the essential concepts of Jihad – and they feel they have to prove themselves as newcomers."

But one of Scotland's leading Muslims disputed the claims of radicalisation, saying Islam's strict moral code made it unattractive to many westerners.

Bashir Maan added: "I do not know of any Islamist terror group in Scotland and, considering as a Muslim a person must pray five times daily, abstain from drinking (and] sex outside marriage, adhere to strict dietary and many other rules, it is impossible to convert to Islam a young person brought up in this very liberal society.

"I agree that the security services must be vigilant and keep their eye on everybody, but I think in this case they seem to be over-reacting."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaedauk; alqueda; britain; britons; greatbritain; islam; islamofascism; islamofascists; jihadineurope; mi5; terror; terrorism; uk; unitedkingdom; waronterror; wot

1 posted on 01/13/2008 2:09:22 PM PST by Stoat
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To: Stoat

We also have to worry about the Bosnians that Cohen allowed the Iranians to arm in 1995.


2 posted on 01/13/2008 2:14:01 PM PST by Perdogg (Huckabee got his foreign policy from IHOP, McCain got his immigration policy from The Waffle House)
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To: Straight Vermonter; Dog; Cindy; HHKrepublican_2; nwctwx

Ping


3 posted on 01/13/2008 2:19:32 PM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat

Yet another false flag op set up by the New World Order.

/sarc


4 posted on 01/13/2008 2:20:38 PM PST by sono (I'm an optimistic realist. I look at the glass half full and ask: "Are you're gonna drink that?")
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To: Stoat

It took years for the British to come to terms with the IRA.

And both sides were nominally Christian (Protestant vs. Catholic).

There shall be no rapprochement, ever, between Christianity (or the new paganism that seems to grip Great Britain) and Islam.

“Defender of the faith” shall either have to carry out that directive, or give up the title.

There is always the state of dhimmi for the kafir.


5 posted on 01/13/2008 2:26:41 PM PST by alloysteel (The enormity of the truth is incredible. You could not make this stuff up.)
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To: Stoat

*BUMP* !


6 posted on 01/13/2008 2:30:12 PM PST by ex-Texan (Matthew 7: 1 - 6)
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To: sono
Yet another false flag op set up by the New World Order.

That appears to be the theme of several posters at The Scotsman site, and they don't appear to be trying for sarcasm at all.  For many, it appears that their blinders will only be washed away by the toxic particulate rain following a dirty nuke blast.

7 posted on 01/13/2008 2:30:59 PM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat
Alert the WHO ... BDS is now a worldwide pandemic ... well, worldwide except for here.
8 posted on 01/13/2008 2:41:07 PM PST by sono (I'm an optimistic realist. I look at the glass half full and ask: "Are you're gonna drink that?")
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To: Stoat

seems kind of low


9 posted on 01/13/2008 2:54:07 PM PST by Flavius (24/7)
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To: Flavius
seems kind of low

Oh, I have no doubt that you're absolutely correct.  I would imagine that the true number is many times the quoted 1500 figure, but even with this lowball number witness the "ho-hum, more scaremongering from BusHitler's lapdog PM Brown"  posts at The Scotsman site.

It would certainly be interesting to set up a CCTV cam outside some of the mosques and see who goes in or out...  hopefully that's being done but in this age of hysterical political correctness I'm not so sure that it is.  Any agency that would be discovered doing something like that would be instantly pilloried as 'racist'.

10 posted on 01/13/2008 3:08:05 PM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: alloysteel
It took years for the British to come to terms with the IRA.

And even to this day it's listed as being an ongoing terror threat.  (The following site is directly linked at www.fbi.gov  )

MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base

And both sides were nominally Christian (Protestant vs. Catholic).

There shall be no rapprochement, ever, between Christianity (or the new paganism that seems to grip Great Britain) and Islam.

“Defender of the faith” shall either have to carry out that directive, or give up the title.

There is always the state of dhimmi for the kafir.

We of The West are definitely immersed in the fight of our lives, but so very many insist upon being complacent sheep. A B. Hussein Obama administration would be delighted to accelerate our descent into Socialism and supplication to Islam while his acolytes remain enthralled in wide-eyed wonder by his Carter-esque demeanor and "soaring rhetoric".

As usual, the adults will need to step in and save Western civilization, but I remain gravely concerned that we are already too late.

11 posted on 01/13/2008 3:34:33 PM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: All

http://truthusa.com/a/index.php?topic=914.0

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http://osint.internet-haganah.com/archives/001325.html

January 13, 2008
“AL-QAEDA’S WHITE ARMY OF TERROR”


12 posted on 01/13/2008 3:51:54 PM PST by Cindy
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To: sono
Alert the WHO ... BDS is now a worldwide pandemic ... well, worldwide except for here.

Excellent article and speech from President Bush...thanks very much for posting.

13 posted on 01/13/2008 4:27:27 PM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Cindy
Thank you Cindy for spreading this information far and wide :-)

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14 posted on 01/13/2008 4:56:15 PM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat

You’re very welcome Stoat.


15 posted on 01/13/2008 4:58:23 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Stoat

Bump.


16 posted on 01/13/2008 8:20:23 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1886546/posts?page=4972#4972 45 Item Communist Manifesto)
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