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“Al Qaeda fanatics working in police (but they don’t dare sack them)”
By STEPHEN WRIGHT - More by this author »Last updated at 01:36am on 7th July 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Up to eight police officers and civilian staff are suspected of links to extremist groups including Al Qaeda.
Some are even believed to have attended terror training camps in Pakistan or Afghanistan.
Their names feature on a secret list of alleged radicals said to be working in the Metropolitan and other forces.
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The dossier was drawn up with the help of MI5 amid fears that individuals linked to Islamic extremism are taking advantage of police attempts to increase the proportion of ethnic staff.
Astonishingly, many of the alleged jihadists have not been sacked because - it is claimed - police do not have the “legal power” to dismiss them.
We can also reveal that one suspected jihadist officer working in the South East has been allowed to keep his job despite being caught circulating Internet images of beheadings and roadside bombings in Iraq.
He is said to have argued that he was trying to “enhance” debate about the war.
Classified intelligence reports raising concerns about police staff’s background cannot be used to justify their dismissal, sources said.
Instead, the staff who are under suspicion are unofficially barred from working in sensitive posts and are closely monitored. Political correctness is blamed for the decision not to sack them.
It is widely feared that “long-term” Al Qaeda sleepers are trying to infiltrate other public sector organisations in the UK.
In November last year, it was revealed that a leading member of an extremist Islamic group was working as a senior official at the Home Office.
MI5 has warned in the past that suspects with “strong links” to Osama Bin Laden’s killers have tried to join the British security services and, in January, exiled radical Omar Bakri claimed that Islamic extremists were infiltrating the police and other public sector organisations.”
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Last Updated: Saturday, 7 July 2007, 01:55 GMT 02:55 UK
“Man facing court over ‘car bombs’”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A man is due in court in connection with the suspected car bomb attempts in London and at Glasgow airport.
Iraqi doctor Bilal Abdullah, 27, will appear before Westminster magistrates in London, charged with conspiracy to cause explosions.
He is the first person charged over the suspected attack attempts. The charge carries a maximum life sentence.
Police are holding six other people in the UK and one in Australia as part of the inquiry into the incidents.
The Crown Prosecution Service said Dr Abdullah was being charged under the 1883 Explosive Substances Act.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke to his Australian counterpart John Howard about the suspected terror plot after police in Australia were given more time to question Mohammed Haneef.
Dr Haneef was held at Brisbane airport as he tried to leave for India on Monday.
He is a relative of Kafeel Ahmed and his brother Sabeel, who was arrested in Liverpool.
Police in Australia have also seized computers and other material as well as interviewing and subsequently releasing four doctors. A fifth doctor was also being questioned.
It emerged that contrary to earlier reports, Mr Ahmed was not a medic but an engineer with a PhD in design and technology. “
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“Al Qaeda Extremists ‘Working In Police’”
Updated: 01:18, Saturday July 07, 2007
“Up to eight people believed to have links with extremist groups including al Qaeda are working for British police forces, according to newspaper reports.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The spokeswoman added: “If the media believe that an individual has terrorist links and they have evidence which they can substantiate we would ask that they give us this information as a matter of urgency so that we can carry out an investigation.””
15 posted on 07/07/2007 12:14:52 AM PDT by Cindy
