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Shoe-bomb suspect 'is Briton who converted to Islam in prison'
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| Story filed: 09:52 Wednesday 26th December 2001
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Posted on 12/26/2001 1:06:48 AM PST by KQQL
It's reported the alleged 'shoe-bomber' was a British petty criminal who converted to Islam while in jail.
The Times claims the man, identified as Richard C. Reid, attended the same London mosque as a Frenchman charged with conspiracy in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks.
Investigators are still attempting to confirm Reid's identity.
The Times said Reid was born in Bromley, southeast London, in 1973 to an English mother and a Jamaican father and had served several jail sentences for street crimes such as mugging.
The newspaper did not offer sources for its information on Reid's criminal record, or say when he attended the Mosque.
Abdul Haqq Baker, the mosque leader, told the BBC Reid had come to the mosque after leaving prison, asking to learn the tenets of Islam.
"By the time he left he was clearly arguing for his fight with the non-Muslims and this warped understanding of jihad," Baker said.
Baker said he doubted Reid could have devised the shoe-bombing plot on his own.
Reid has been charged with intimidation or assault of a flight crew and could face 20 years in prison.
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posted on
12/26/2001 1:06:48 AM PST
by
KQQL
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posted on
12/26/2001 1:09:16 AM PST
by
KQQL
To: KQQL
Why the f did they let him on the plane?
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posted on
12/26/2001 1:26:38 AM PST
by
DooDahhhh
To: KQQL
When the US media tells the
American sheeple on the
IDIOT BOX, that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the USA they fail to mention this tidbit demographic:
the majority of its' convert are CRIMINALS in PRISON, the majority of whom are black and identify with Islam as a way to revolt against the 'system' that landed their asses in the slammer to begin with!!
Oops.. wait a minute, the president said Islam is a religion of peace.
Sorry.
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posted on
12/26/2001 1:39:02 AM PST
by
Norb2569
To: KQQL
What is it with black criminals ( in this case, 1/2 black ) becoming Moslems in prison ?
Malcom X was a pimp and a petty criminal, before joining the NOI .
Now, this is also happening in England !
Crazy Johnny Jihad, decided to become a Muslim and a jihadists, AFTER reading Malcom's bio !
Perhaps that book should be banned and burned ( and I am against such things; however, it looks as though this may be the ONLY way to cut back on terrorism ) and ALL religious conversions , forbidden to those in jails.
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posted on
12/26/2001 1:39:07 AM PST
by
nopardons
To: KQQL; Mark17
"Islam is a peaceful and loving religion."
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posted on
12/26/2001 1:55:22 AM PST
by
ambrose
To: nopardons
Yes, the inciteful propaganda book is very popular umoung even not yet crimminal looh°°°sers who have just learned to read.
i.e. our trouble with dangerous manipulated idiots has just begun.
"Manchurian candidate madness"
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posted on
12/26/2001 2:29:03 AM PST
by
norraad
To: KQQL
go to www.cryptome.or/usa-v-ubl-dt.htm & read the court transcript of the USA vs. Osama bin Laden, Federal Court New York, Feb of this year. His operatives were on trial for attempting to purchase Uranium.
To: TEXICAN II
your link doesn't work.
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posted on
12/26/2001 3:39:44 AM PST
by
KQQL
To: KQQL
http://cryptome.org A treasure trove of public documents & FOIA work from many sources. http:.//cryptome.org/usa-v-ubl-dt.htm should be correct.
To: AA Flight 63
Indexing.
To: KQQL
Do we know yet whether Reid had a family that could have been paid off for his action? For whatever reason, he does seem to have been very determined to go through with the plot.
To: Norb2569
When the US media tells the American sheeple on the IDIOT BOX, that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the USA they fail to mention this tidbit demographic: the majority of its' convert are CRIMINALS in PRISON, the majority of whom are black and identify with Islam as a way to revolt against the 'system' that landed their asses in the slammer to begin with!! Now, since another fact not often mentioned is that the whites who join Aryan Brotherhood in prison do it for self protection then it might be as well that this is the reason for the blacks as well.
Those who insist on brutalization of prisons, judicial system and the society in general "gain" for us all the spread of brutal movements and organisations. And ths solution those smart reformers will propose will be even more brutality and more prisons.
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posted on
12/26/2001 5:19:59 AM PST
by
A. Pole
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To: KQQL
I think we need an amendment to the constitution making conversion to Islam high treason.
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posted on
12/26/2001 5:46:16 AM PST
by
weikel
To: aristeides
For whatever reason, he does seem to have been very determined to go through with the plot. Then maybe we should have obliged him...after capture, he should have been taken onto the tarmac, and his shoes should have been detonated...with him in them.
To: Lookbehindthecurtain; MadIvan
A thorough background check of the person named in the passport, whose photo corresponded to the person presenting it, revealed no anomalies, officials said. Could anyone answer this question please? --
It was my understanding that persons with a criminal record were not allowed into the United States. In Canada, people with convictions work very hard to get the records forgiven or expunged so that they can cross the border again. How can this guy - who was IN PRISON hold a passport?
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posted on
12/26/2001 5:50:50 AM PST
by
maica
To: weikel
We need to view conversion to Islam like we would conversion to Nazism. Same difference except Nazism isn't a big threat right now.
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posted on
12/26/2001 5:56:21 AM PST
by
FITZ
To: KQQL
This Reid guy was in the same mosque with
Zacarias Moussaoui who would have been a 9-11 hijacker, but couldn't make the trip thanks to an alert American flight school instructor who put the incompetent FBI onto him.
He was arrested for INS violations before 9-11. The FBI didn't search Moussaoui's apartment until after 9-11.
"The Times newspaper said the mosque was also attended by Zacarias Moussaoui, who faces conspiracy charges in the United States in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks in which hijacks jets were used in attacks on New York and Washington." -Tom
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