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| Three Britons Jailed for Syria-Related Terror Offenses |
| 2014-12-06 |
| [AnNahar] Three British men were sentenced to prison for terror offenses on Friday, as security forces crack down on what they say is a mounting threat from jihadists radicalized by the Syria conflict. Childhood friends Mohammed "Nigel" Ahmed and Yusuf "Percy" Sarwar, both aged 22 from Birmingham in central England, were tossed in the calaboose Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! for 12 years and eight months each. Mashudur "Alistair" Choudhury, a father of two in his early 30s from Portsmouth on the southern English coast, was sentenced to four years in a separate case. British security forces have stepped up surveillance and arrests of terror suspects in recent months, and politicians are set to toughen anti-terror laws in a bid to stem the flow of Britons joining Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS) jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq. An estimated 500 Britons have traveled abroad to become jihadists and officials fear the return of battle-hardened and radicalized fighters. Choudhury, who in May became the first person to be convicted in Britannia of terror offenses related to the Syria conflict, was found guilty of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts. Ahmed and Sarwar were tossed in the calaboose Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! for the same offense after traveling to Syria to join an Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group. Sarwar and Ahmed went to Syria in May last year after contacting Islamic murderous Moslems, and were incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! on their return to Britannia in January, a court heard. "They willingly, enthusiastically and with a great deal of purpose, persistence and determination embarked on a course intended to commit acts of terrorism," judge Michael Topolski said. Choudhury was part of a group of up to six young men who traveled from Portsmouth to Syria in October last year, with the intention of attending a terror training camp, his trial heard. Four of the group -- known as the "Pompey Boys" after a local football team, or the "Britani brigade Bangladeshi bad boys" -- have already been killed in fighting, according to reports. "Cecil! I believe I am undone!" "I, too, am leaving behind cares and woe, Percy!" "Rose‐" "‐bud!" The self-proclaimed Islamic State group aims to create a "caliphate" straddling Syria and Iraq, and has proved adept at using social media, gruesome online videos and glossy literature to attract thousands of volunteers. |
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