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| 2005-10-16 |
| THE head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq has established a new terror network in Britain which is recruiting young Muslim fanatics to fight coalition troops. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has recently set up the group to recruit and train would-be suicide bombers and gunmen, counter-terrorism officials have said. The new group, Ansar al-Fath â Partisans of Victory â is an offshoot of Ansar al-Islam, an organisation that is to be banned under new anti-terror rules announced by Charles Clarke, the home secretary, last week. Ansar al-Fath provides logistical support to foreign fighters in Iraq and uses the internet to find new recruits for Zarqawi. Government officials say a âsteady trickleâ of about 70 young Muslim men have travelled to Iraq from Britain in the past two years. They warn that some newly trained âprofessional jihadistsâ have returned here and may be planning attacks. The American government has offered $25m for Zarqawiâs capture dead or alive â the same as the bounty for Osama Bin Laden. Zarqawi was implicated in the beheading in Iraq last September of Ken Bigley, a British contractor. The remaining five men out of 10 detained in anti-terrorism raids in Croydon, south London, Derby and Wolverhampton last weekend were released yesterday. Another was set free straight after the raids and the other four last Wednesday. Those released by police yesterday are now being detained by the immigration service. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 the days of police releasing illegals rather than turning them over may be on teh end here in teh SW. Political winds are blowing that way, and it seems the polis get it, finally |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-10-16 15:18 |
| #1 Those released by police yesterday are now being detained by the immigration service Good! If only the American Border Patrol were so efficient about our southern invaders. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-10-16 14:33 |