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Afghan hijacker 'working at Heathrow'
Telegraph U.K. ^ | 05-16-08 | Graham Tibbets

Posted on 05/17/2008 10:17:55 PM PDT by SeafoodGumbo

An Afghan hijacker who forced an airliner to fly to Britain is now working at Heathrow, it has been disclosed.

Nazamuddin Mohammidy, 34, was one of a gang of nine that threatened to blow up an internal flight in Afghanistan, along with 173 passengers and crew, unless they were granted political asylum.

The Afghan hijackers forced the Boeing 727 to divert to Britain where they surrendered to police and the SAS after a 70-hour stand-off at Stansted Airport, Essex in

Mohammidy, of Hounslow, Middlesex, is now working as an office cleaner for British Airways.

The discovery came after he was stopped and searched by officers from the Metropolitan Police under the Terrorism Act near Heathrow’s Terminal 5 on Tuesday where he gave his surname as Mohamed.

Mohammidy appeared in custody before Uxbridge magistrates the following day under the name Mohammady accused of being in breach of bail after being charged with assault and criminal damage in December last year. He does not face any charges under the Terrorism Act.

He will appear before Ealing Magistrates Court on Monday.

Mohammidy has reportedly spent months employed by a company with a contract to clean a BA training centre.

A police spokesman said:"A man was stopped and searched at Heathrow on May 13 under section 44 of the Terrorism Act."

A BA spokesman said:"We have been helping police with their inquiries into a man employed by our cleaning contractors. He doesn’t work at the airport itself and doesn’t have an airport pass - he works at one of our properties a mile from the airport. He has no more access to the airport than any member of the public."

Mohammidy was jailed for 30 months for his part in the hijacking but all of the gang members later had their convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal, which decided they had been acting under duress as they fled the Taliban.

They went on to win a High Court ruling preventing the Government from deporting them.

In 2006 they issued a joint statement saying they were desperate to be allowed to work and contribute to British society.

In it, they said they were skilled and educated people, and"sponging" and"living off the state" was the last thing they wanted to do.

The men, who said they had taken enormous personal risks to organise secret schools for girls in Afghanistan, said they considered themselves to be allies of Britain in its struggle against terrorism.

The men’s statement read:"We want people to realise that we understand the shock and even outrage against us and what we did, and we are of course extremely sorry for the distress and fear that we caused to others by taking the plane.

“But we wish people to consider our side of the story. The medieval and brutal tyranny we were escaping from. The fact that we went to prison and served our full sentence for the hijacking. The asylum adjudicator’s decision that we would be at risk of torture and death if we went back to Afghanistan."



TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; airport; airportsecurity; britishairways; heathrow; hijacker; lhr; mohammidy; nazamuddinmohammidy; suicidalbritain; taleban; taliban

1 posted on 05/17/2008 10:17:56 PM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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To: SeafoodGumbo

What’s that old saying about the inmates taking over the asylum?


2 posted on 05/17/2008 10:20:54 PM PDT by The Duke (I have met the enemy, and he is named 'Apathy'!)
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To: SeafoodGumbo

Those brits need to grow something that is absolutely mandatory to their survival.


3 posted on 05/17/2008 10:23:50 PM PDT by Fichori (FreeRepublic.com: Watch your step!)
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To: SeafoodGumbo

Sounds like some of our judges are moonlighting in England.


4 posted on 05/17/2008 10:30:17 PM PDT by taxesareforever (We'll never forget Matt Maupin and his service to our country.)
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To: SeafoodGumbo
A BA spokesman said:"We have been helping police with their inquiries into a man employed by our cleaning contractors. He doesn’t work at the airport itself and doesn’t have an airport pass - he works at one of our properties a mile from the airport. He has no more access to the airport than any member of the public."

Mohammidy was jailed for 30 months for his part in the hijacking but all of the gang members later had their convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal, which decided they had been acting under duress as they fled the Taliban.

Let's all read and think before we react. The headline is misleading.

5 posted on 05/17/2008 10:39:25 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Grizzled Bear
You actually believe that baloney?
6 posted on 05/17/2008 11:49:36 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: Fichori
"Those brits need to grow something that is absolutely mandatory to their survival."

Like that is gonna happen anytime soon.

The entire Anglo-British society is disarmed, vulnerable and overflowing with evil Muslims.

Talk about the walking dead.


7 posted on 05/18/2008 12:42:25 AM PDT by Prole (Pray for the families of Chris and Channon.)
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To: SeafoodGumbo

You can not trust people whose ultimate goal is to kill Christians and Jews. They are afraid of nothing. The only way to handle them is to expel them from the country.


8 posted on 05/18/2008 4:47:23 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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