Thursday, July 28, 2005
Report: Britain Denied US Request to Arrest Islamic Terrorist Later Involved in the July 7 Bombings
Before bombs went off in London on July 7, Britain was not very interested in the war on Islamic terrorism - in fact, Tony Blair demanded the release of British citizens held in Guantanamo Bay and, when we handed them over to English authorities, released them without investigating that these men had been involved in terrorism worldwide. So it comes as no surprise that the man behind the bombings on July 7 was under US surveillance - and when the US asked Britain to arrest him, Tony Blair's government refused the request.
I wonder: is Tony Blair feeling like an asshole right about now?
Sources: Britain denied U.S. arrest request before bombings
Before bombs went off in London, the British were ambivalent at best about fighting Islamic terror. Even now, as 50+ people lay dead from Islamic loons blowing themselves up in London's train and bus system and more attacks appear likely, Muslims stand on street corners in London and other British cities and scream for jihad and for more attacks. If he were in America, he would be arrested. In Britain, he gets welfare payments and free housing.
Perhaps if a nuclear weapon takes out London, the British may finally wake up that the threat is in their midst. Then again, from current evidence, perhaps not.
Before bombs went off in London on July 7, Britain was not very interested in the war on Islamic terrorism - in fact, Tony Blair demanded the release of British citizens held in Guantanamo Bay and, when we handed them over to English authorities, released them without investigating that these men had been involved in terrorism worldwide. So it comes as no surprise that the man behind the bombings on July 7 was under US surveillance - and when the US asked Britain to arrest him, Tony Blair's government refused the request.
I wonder: is Tony Blair feeling like an asshole right about now?
Sources: Britain denied U.S. arrest request before bombings
British authorities denied a U.S. request to apprehend a man believed to have ties to the July 7 London bombings weeks before the deadly attacks, sources familiar with the investigation said Thursday.
Haroon Rashid Aswat, 30, a British-born citizen of Indian heritage, is in custody in Zambia, U.S. and Zambian officials told CNN.
U.S. authorities wanted to capture Aswat, who was then in South Africa, and question him about a 1999 plot to establish a "jihad training camp" in Bly, Oregon.
According to the sources, U.S. officials had Aswat under surveillance in South Africa weeks before the July 7 attacks that killed 52 commuters and the four bombers.
U.S. authorities had asked South Africa if they could take Aswat into custody. South Africa relayed the request to Britain, but authorities there refused because he was a British citizen, the sources said.
Before bombs went off in London, the British were ambivalent at best about fighting Islamic terror. Even now, as 50+ people lay dead from Islamic loons blowing themselves up in London's train and bus system and more attacks appear likely, Muslims stand on street corners in London and other British cities and scream for jihad and for more attacks. If he were in America, he would be arrested. In Britain, he gets welfare payments and free housing.
Perhaps if a nuclear weapon takes out London, the British may finally wake up that the threat is in their midst. Then again, from current evidence, perhaps not.
