AN al-Qaeda fanatic jailed for inciting murder online was caught creating a website urging terror attacks - from his cell in Britain's most secure prison.
Tariq Al-Daour, 21, used a smuggled mobile phone and modem lead to access the internet on a laptop issued by the Prison Service to help him prepare his court case. The laptop was seized after a violent struggle when prison officers suspected he was misusing it and the hate-filled website called Global Jihad was found.
The Home Office has launched an urgent inquiry to discover how the mobile was smuggled into Belmarsh's High Security Unit, which holds the country's most dangerous inmates. They fear Al-Daour may have used it to contact other al-Qaeda terrorists and are scrutinising calls he made.
A senior prison source said yesterday: "It is frightening that an al-Qaeda prisoner was able to build an extremist website within Britain's supposedly most secure jail. "This is a massive security breach and should never have been allowed to happen. It's a real wake-up call. "The fact he was inside for building terror websites means he should have been watched like a hawk especially as he was given a laptop. "A mobile phone should never have managed to end up in the High Security Unit in the first place. "Prisoners are strip searched every time they enter and leave. "The fear is a corrupt member of staff got the phone in."
Al-Daour's website, built while he was on trial, was full of al-Qaeda propaganda calling on extremists to wage war on the West. The source said: "The website was not finished - but it wasn't far off. "He must have been working on it for some time as there were a lot of pages and text. It is staggering that he was able to work undetected."
Two weeks ago, Al-Daour, born in the United Arab Emirates, and two fellow extremists were jailed for six-and-a-half-years for inciting terrorist murder using the internet. They ran a series of jihad websites containing films of beheadings and instructions on bomb-making. The so-called cyber jihadis were the first to be convicted in the UK of inciting terror online.
Al-Daour's laptop was seized at the South London jail in May. He refused to hand it over sparking a vicious riot in which four officers were battered with pool cues by Al-Daour and other al-Qaeda prisoners.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2007/07/14/terror-cell-89520-19453764/
RABAT: Moroccan police have detained 15 radical Islamists on suspicions of plotting terror attacks in the North African country, the justice minister said.
"Arrests had been made, according to the information from the Kingdom's public prosecutor. Fifteen detainees are in custody, three of them had been extradited by Libya," Ahmed Bouzouba told Assabah newspaper in an interview published on Friday.
"Indeed, these people were arrested as they prepared terrorist attacks," he added, declining to give details because of what he called the secrecy of the ongoing investigation. The minister's top aide confirmed to Reuters Bouzouba's remarks. Neither Bouzouba nor his aide gave details on the three Moroccans arrested in Libya before their extradition to Rabat. Police sources said dozens of radical Islamists had fled a police crackdown in Morocco in the 1980s and 1990s to settle in Libya. Last week, Morocco raised the security alert level to the highest rating of "maximum", suggesting an attack was imminent.
Morocco's Interior Ministry said it obtained intelligence information on the threat in recent days but gave no details. The region has been on alert since Al Qaeda's affiliate in North Africa, the Al Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb, which is based in Algeria, threatened to escalate its war against "corrupt" governments in the region and their Western allies.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007/07/14/story_14-7-2007_pg4_3
Haneef charged over terror link
July 14, 2007
GOLD Coast doctor Mohamed Haneef has been charged with providing support to a terrorist organisation, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said in a statement today.
Police will allege Gold Coast doctor Mohamed Haneef supported a terrorist organisation by "recklessly'' giving his mobile phone SIM card to people planning car bomb attacks in the UK. Dr Haneef, an Indian national who worked as a registrar at Gold Coast Hospital, will today face Brisbane Magistrates Court.
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22072583-2,00.html
Adding to your links...not the first time regarding the internet and phone access.
http://www.truthusa.com/NewsInternetGuerin.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6638633.stm
Last Updated: Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 10:46 GMT 11:46 UK
“Birds, booze and drugs found in prison”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “At least eight smuggled mobile phones, three Sim cards, about 150 tablets - including ecstasy, a significant quantity of powdered drugs, a large amount of homemade alcohol and 30 syringes were found.
A budgie which belonged to a long-term prisoner was also confiscated.
It is believed it had been smuggled into the prison by a female visitor who concealed the bird in her body.
A budgie was found in the cell of one prisoner
The search was sparked after armed robber John Daly telephoned a radio programme on state broadcaster RTE from an illegal mobile phone while in his cell last week.
His phone was seized by staff during the programme and the inmate has since been transferred to Cork Prison.
The search was ordered by governor Ned Whelan who drafted in all available staff for the search which began on the EI landing.
The landing houses some of the country’s most notorious prisoners, including John Gilligan, whose gang was responsible for the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin in June 1996.”
Speaking of Belmarsh...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1603333/posts?page=19#19
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http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005716.html
26 August 2006
“This little jihadi went to prison...”
SNIPPET: “And this little jihadi cried, “Alluha Akbar! Alluha Akbar!” all the way home to Belmarsh Prison”