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"How a city became the crossroads of terrorism"
The Age ^ | July 11, 2005 | Elaine Sciolino and Don Van Natta
Posted on 07/10/2005 11:39:52 PM PDT by jb6
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Long before bombings ripped through London on Thursday, Britain had become a breeding ground for hate, fed by a militant version of Islam.
For two years, extremists such as Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed, 47, a Syrian-born cleric, have played to ever-larger crowds, calling for holy war against Britain and exhorting young Muslim men to join the insurgency in Iraq. In a newspaper interview last April, he warned that "a very well-organised" London-based group, al-Qaeda Europe, was "on the verge of launching a big operation" here.
In a sermon attended by more than 500 people in a central London meeting hall last December, Mohammed vowed that if Western governments did not change their policies, Muslims would give them "a 9/11, day after day after day". If London became a magnet for fiery preachers, it also became a destination for men willing to carry out their threats. For a decade, the city has been a crossroads for would-be terrorists who used it as a home base, where they could raise money, recruit members and draw inspiration from militant messages."
Note: The video clips are available for viewing now on the current front page of MEMRITV.org. Links to transcripts are also on the front page.
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REACTION TO THE LONDON BOMBINGS
#747 - Terror in London (6) - Tehran Sermon: The US and Israel are the Father and Mother of Al-Qaeda; The Preacher Condemns London Attacks and the Crowd Cheers "Death to England"
Iran Ch.1 - 7/8/2005 - 00:02:37
#746 - Terror in London (5) - Friday Sermon in Amman, Jordan - In the Presence of King Abdullah, Preacher Denounces Attacks
Jordanian TV - 7/8/2005 - 00:01:56
#745 - Terror in London (4) - United Arab Emirates Friday Sermon: Igniting Civil Strife is the Habit of Jews and Christians, not Muslims
UAE TV - 7/8/2005 - 00:00:56
#744 - Terror in London (3): Chairman of Egyptian Parliament Foreign Relations Committee, Mustafa Fiqi and Egyptian General Ahmad Abd Al-Halim on Jews, Christians and Other Groups that May Be Responsible
Egypt Ch.1 - 7/7/2005 - 00:02:17
http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=747
7/8/2005 Clip No. 747
"Terror in London (6) - Tehran Sermon: The US and Israel are the Father and Mother of Al-Qaeda; The Preacher Condemns London Attacks and the Crowd Cheers "Death to England"
The following are excerpts from a Friday sermon at Tehran University by Ayatollah Mohammad Amami-Kashani, which aired on Iranian TV Channel 1 on July 8, 2005"
Transcript Snippet: "Crowd:Allah Akbar. Allah Akbar. Allah Akbar. Khamenei is the leader. Death to those who reject the rule of the jurisprudent. Death to America. Death to England. Death to the hypocrites (Mojahedin-e Khalq) and Saddam. Death to Israel."