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2008-04-19 Britain

UK police arrest terror suspect, conduct controlled blast

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Posted by Fred 2008-04-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top
File under: Takfir wal-Hijra

#1 From Skynews

Officers from the Explosives Ordnance Disposal team returned to the quiet cul-de-sac in Westbury-on-Trym on Friday night after detectives were granted seven days to hold a 19-year-old terror suspect, who Sky sources say is Andrew Ibrahim.

The teenager, who was understood to have recently converted to Islam, was arrested after covert inquiries prompted by an intelligence

Posted by Jeremiah Glock4046 2008-04-19 01:29|| 2008-04-19 01:29|| Front Page Top

#2 "Sky sources say is Andrew Ibrahim"

I just don't know what we're going to do about those pesky Quakers....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-04-19 01:34|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-04-19 01:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Second blast at terror suspect home

Posted by ryuge 2008-04-19 05:58|| 2008-04-19 05:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Which came first, his conversion to Islam or his love of bombs? Did he play with explosives because he became Muslim or did he become Muslim because it legitimized his bombophilia? Are explosives the hook (so to speak) to lure young British men to the mosques?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-04-19 07:11|| 2008-04-19 07:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Nothing to see here. It's all taken care of except for the paperwork. Let's have tea.

Posted by George Smiley 2008-04-19 07:28|| 2008-04-19 07:28|| Front Page Top

#6 How do his parents and the landlord (or the bank) feel about their house being blown up, however controlled the explosion?

Posted by trailing wife 2008-04-19 08:03|| 2008-04-19 08:03|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm gonna kick his ass if he ever gets outta prison.

Posted by Andrews Dad">Andrews Dad 2008-04-19 08:19|| 2008-04-19 08:19|| Front Page Top

#8 The article at Ryuge's link now says THIRD controlled explosion. The kid must have had a factory going!

Posted by tipover 2008-04-19 13:41|| 2008-04-19 13:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Three controlled explosions?
Methinks that whatever he's using either is NOT explosive, or is damn hard to set off.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-04-19 14:00|| 2008-04-19 14:00|| Front Page Top

#10 Or it's too unstable to carry away, c.f. TATP = "Mother of Satan". Fave of the British radical Muslims on the evidence of the 2005 London bombing and several disrupted plots are any indication.

Posted by lotp 2008-04-19 19:12|| 2008-04-19 19:12|| Front Page Top

#11 How do his parents and the landlord (or the bank) feel about their house being blown up, however controlled the explosion?

It's a council flat i.e. welfare housing, tw.

"Before moving in to the council flat in Comb Paddock, Mr Ibrahim had been living in a hostel for the homeless in central Bristol. A source familiar with the investigation said he had moved into the red-brick terraced property only two months ago. "He originally turned down the property, telling council officials that he didn't want to live in a white middle class area," the source said. "But changed his mind and moved in on February 4."

Posted by tipper 2008-04-19 19:28|| 2008-04-19 19:28|| Front Page Top

#12 "He originally turned down the property, telling council officials that he didn't want to live in a white middle class area," the source said. "But changed his mind and moved in on February 4."

Once his ~~imam~~ handlers signed off on the location.

Posted by Seafarious 2008-04-19 19:43|| 2008-04-19 19:43|| Front Page Top

#13 Thanks, tipper. The fat teenager with the pathetic beard, whose daddy is a rich doctor, lives in a council flat? Who was stupid enough to sign off for that? I note that the man in the flat below is a Porsche salesman. Does rental property insurance cover controlled explosions when a juvenile terrorist is involved?

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-04-19 21:51|| 2008-04-19 21:51|| Front Page Top

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