IRISHMAN WANTS TO KILL FOR ISLAM

TIMESonline.co.uk - from THE SUNDAY TIMES ^ | November 15, 2009 | Nicola Smith in Rawalpindi

[Cindy]

SNIPPET: "An Irish jihadist living in Pakistan’s Swat valley says he is preparing to wage war against British and allied troops in Afghanistan.

Khalid Kelly, a former altar boy from the Liberties area of Dublin who used to be known as Terry, told The Sunday Times he is undergoing weapons training in Pakistan’s mountainous tribal region in order to fight jihad against the enemies of Islam. His dream is to face a British soldier in combat, although he would “settle” for an American, he said.

“I’m already on the path to jihad. I’ve already picked up a gun and done target practice to make myself familiar with weapons. The other day I learnt how to use an M-16 [rifle] in five hours,” he said. “Next week, inshallah, I could be in Afghanistan fighting a British soldier.”

Asked how he would feel about his own three-year-old son becoming a suicide bomber he replied: “I hope he goes to jannah [heaven] before marriageable age.” His son, named Osama after Kelly’s role model, lives in Britain with his Pakistani mother and two younger brothers. His father reckons Osama will be efficient with weapons by the age of ten."

SNIPPET: "He is also unapologetic about his desire to fund, encourage and take part in terrorism. “I always believe Islam is terrorism. We are told to terrorise the enemies of Islam,” he said. “The world will become a dangerous place. Everybody had better start embracing Islam or people will start flying planes into buildings again.”"

[Cindy]

http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/11/irish_jihadi_operates_in_swat.php

“Irish jihadi operates in Swat and Rawalpindi”
By BILL ROGGIO
November 15, 2009 10:35 PM

[Cindy]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/dublin_police_arrest_notorious_irish_muslim_over_his_reported_obama_death_threats/2011/05/12/AFOMKU1G_story.html

“Dublin police arrest notorious Irish Muslim ‘Taliban Terry’ over reported Obama death threats”

By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, May 12, 4:51 PM

SNIPPET: “DUBLIN — Police arrested Ireland’s most notorious Muslim convert Thursday over his reported death threats against President Barack Obama.

Police said Khalid Kelly, a 44-year-old dubbed “Taliban Terry” by Dubliners, was arrested at his Dublin residence on suspicion of threatening to kill the U.S. leader.”

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Jihad Paddy?

[Cindy]

Yes, that’s Khalid Kelly.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0731/1224275874801.html

[Cindy]

Previously...

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0731/1224275874801.html

The Irish Times - Saturday, July 31, 2010
“Islamist Irishman comes home, with a plan”

SNIPPET: “Irishman Khalid Kelly – who dreams of seeing the ‘black flag of Islam’ over the Dáil – has returned from Pakistan to set up a group called Islam for Ireland, writes MARY FITZGERALD Foreign Affairs Correspondent

IT IS seven years since Khalid Kelly, Liberties altar boy turned Muslim convert turned radical blowhard, prompted heckling and jeers from a Late Late Show audience. Back then Kelly, dressed in black and grey robes and accompanied by a fellow member of British-based organisation al-Muhajiroun, defended the 9/11 attacks and claimed one day the world would be ruled by sharia law.

Kelly became something of a poster boy for al-Muhajiroun and its founder, the controversial Syrian-born cleric Omar Bakri, and his association with the movement continued throughout the several reincarnations that followed its disbanding in 2004.”