Dec. 27 — British authorities plan to question a security expert who runs a firearms training camp in Alabama about claims that radical Muslims from Britain were honing their marksmanship on American soil before going off to fight for Islamic causes around the globe.
In Response to a query from MSNBC.com, a spokesman for Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service in London confirmed that Mark Yates, a British bodyguard and firearms trainer who has operations in both the United Kingdom and the United States, will be questioned about a suspected terrorist’s offering of "live fire" weapons training in America for aspiring holy warriors.
"(Yates) has not been questioned as yet … but there are plans to do so soon," said the spokesman, Doug Crighton.
The claim that Yates was somehow involved in the "Ultimate Jihad Challenge" training offered by the Sakina Security Services company was made by Sulayman Bilal Zain-ul-abidin, the company’s founder, who has been in custody since Oct. 1 on terrorism charges, Crighton said.
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"We use U.S.A. because whenever we go to Afghanistan, U.S.A. labels us terrorist," the Syrian-born Bakri Mohammed was quoted as saying, "OK, so let us go to America. You call us tourists."
