More innocent Muslims oppressed

[Steeler [Crawler2]]

Oh, well maybe not innocent after all.

BIRMINGHAM, England - Counterterrorism police arrested eight men in an alleged kidnapping plot during pre-dawn raids Wednesday, police said, while a broadcaster reported the suspects wanted to abduct a British Muslim soldier and behead him. Police would not comment on Sky News reports about that, or about a plan to post the beheading on the Internet. Counterterrorism officials — speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the investigation — said the plot was the first of its kind to be uncovered in Britain.

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The potential victim was in protective police custody, Sky reported, saying the kidnapping was going to be an " Iraq-style" execution.

Birmingham has been the site of several recent terrorism sweeps, including summer raids that unveiled an alleged plot by several British suspects to use liquid explosives to blow up as many as 10 trans-Atlantic flights.

It is also the hometown of Britain's first Muslim soldier to be killed in Afghanistan last year — a death that prompted militant Islamist Web sites to denounce Cpl. Jabron Hashmi, 24, as a traitor. One site — that of extremist British sect al-Ghurabaa — posted an image of the soldier surrounded by flames.

There are 330 Muslim personnel serving in the British armed forces, according to the Defense Ministry, which would not comment on reports that the intended victim was a Muslim soldier.

Dozens of non-Iraqis have been kidnapped in Iraq, where captors have often broadcast video on the Internet.

One of the highest-profile kidnappings and murders was that of 62-year-old Kenneth Bigley from Liverpool. He was kidnapped from a Baghdad suburb in September 2004 and beheaded three weeks later, with his death captured on video.

Police were searching 12 homes in the predominantly Pakistani neighborhood in the central England city. Two Islamic bookstores were also cordoned off.

The men arrested were accused of committing, preparing or instigating terrorism, police said.

Since suicide bombers killed 52 people in London on July 7, 2005 — attacks perpetrated by Muslim extremists who grew up in Britain — counterterrorism units have conducted several raids across the country. One man was shot in one of the raids in the London last year although he was never charged — provoking complaints among Muslims who said they were being targeted.

"People don't trust their own children any more," said Shabir Hussain, chairman of the nearby Ludlow Road Mosque in Birmingham. "You feel like you should challenge your son or daughter: `Where are you going at night? What are you watching on TV? What are you doing on the internet?'

An opinion poll published Monday by the conservative think-tank, the Policy Exchange, found that 37 percent of British Muslims aged 16-24 would prefer Shariah law based on the Quran, and 13 percent of that age group expressed admiration for groups such as al-Qaida that "are prepared to fight the West."

"In terms of the threat, this type of plot would be less of a threat than a bombing, but from a propaganda view, kidnapping provides you with extended media coverage," said former U.S intelligence officer Bob Ayers, now a security analyst based in London.

Prime Minister Tony Blair's official spokesman declined to comment on the ongoing police operation.

[biko]

you lost big time.

[Seoma [Crawler2]]

your point mad mac?

[+chilli]

I sense another apology and humiliation on its way...
Tony Blair once again putting on a Show ‘I will not hesitate and put British citizens in danger’ –I wonder how one gets exclude from being ‘British citizen’ giving the government the right to torture them?

[biko]

[quote="mOwLiDmAcAaNe"]your point mad mac?[/quote]
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his point is that he doesnt have one. his just demonstrating his anti-islamic ways.

[Steeler [Crawler2]]

Well, Islam does sock!

[Seoma [Crawler2]]

i sense that, biko. thank you for pointing out. i was giving him benfit of doubt.

[biko]

[quote="mOwLiDmAcAaNe"]i sense that, biko. thank you for pointing out. i was giving him benfit of doubt.[/quote]




let me save you the trouble and say dont. i did the same and come out with the conclusion that i suspected it in the first place.

[Steeler [Crawler2]]

Biko
And what suspicion was that? That I am not sympathetic with political Islam? That, as an American soldier, I am prepared to defend the state and implement it's policies? Did this suddenly dawn on you? It's not like I have been secretive about it.

[Seoma [Crawler2]]

[quote="MAD MAC"]Well, Islam does sock![/quote]

what do you really know about islam, mad mac. other than what you heard about islam not what you have seen of action of muslims?

thank you biko for the advice.

[Steeler [Crawler2]]

Mow,
I might surprise you.

[biko]

no. what i suspect was that americans are bunch of arogant tospot who think their sh!t smell of roses.

i suspected that your moto is deny deny deny just like your government.

but most importantly i suspect that being against political islam is just a cover but in reality your against anything conected to islam or muslim people.

been a soldier got nothing to do whit it, but even soldiers have some decency and its finaly clear that you haven got an ounce moral and decency and been a soldier and ruthless isnt good enough.

[AbdiWahab252]

Mad....

What ever happened to due process ?

[Seoma [Crawler2]]

you will not. instead saying i don't know you rather to just give any answer though you always embarrass your self. instead arguening study islam for your own sake not to win an arguement with cyber charactors.

[biko]

this is what he will say.

i read the quran and it wasnt a good read.