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"In London, Islamic radicals find a haven"
MSNBC.Com - Washington Post ^ | Updated: 11:54 p.m. ET July 9, 2005 | By Steve Coll and Susan B. Glasser
Posted on 07/10/2005 12:03:39 AM PDT by F15Eagle
"Diverse mosaic of al Qaeda sympathizers make British capital their base"
ARTICLE SNIPPEET: "LONDON - On the morning after bombs ripped through the London Underground and crumpled a double-decker bus, four security guards escorted a one-eyed, Egyptian-born cleric, his arms amputated below the elbows from Afghan war injuries, onto the elevated dock of Courtroom No. 1 in Old Bailey, the capital's principal criminal court.
Abu Hamza Masri, for years a blood-curdling preacher at a North London mosque allegedly visited by shoe bomber Richard Reid and hijacker trainee Zacarias Moussaoui, listened silently Friday as his lawyer argued about his indictment last January on nine counts of incitement to murder for speeches that allegedly promoted mass violence against non-Muslims. In one speech cited in a British documentary film, Masri urged followers to get an infidel "and crush his head in your arms, so you can wring his throat. Forget wasting a bullet, cut them in half!"
Masri's case is just one of several dozen that describe the venom, sprawling shape and deep history of al Qaeda and related extremist groups in London. Osama bin Laden opened a political and media office here as far back as 1994; it closed four years later when his local lieutenant, Khalid Fawwaz, was arrested for aiding al Qaeda's attack on two U.S. embassies in Africa."
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"Al Qaeda 'targeting UK recruits'"
CNN.Com - World ^ | Saturday, July 9, 2005; Posted: 11:45 p.m. EDT (03:45 GMT) | AP
Posted on 07/09/2005 11:28:02 PM PDT by F15Eagle
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LONDON, England (AP) -- A government-prepared dossier says that al Qaeda is targeting middle-class Britons to join its ranks, a newspaper reported Sunday.
According to The Sunday Times, the reports by the British Home Office and Foreign Office detailed how extremist recruiters were looking to Britain. The reports were drawn up in the aftermath of the March 2004 train bombings in Madrid, Spain.
Citing a copy of the secret briefing document, the paper reported that Britain could be harboring thousands of extremists, including homegrown residents who may be linked to Thursday's bombings that killed 49 people and injured 700 more.
"Extremists are known to target schools and colleges where young people may be very inquisitive but less challenging and more susceptible to extremist reason/arguments," the report says, according to the newspaper.
The report goes on to say that the likely targets come in two categories: "well-educated undergraduates with degrees or professional qualifications in engineering or IT (information technology); or underachievers with few or no qualifications and often a criminal background.""
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