Posted on 06/20/2009 3:57:57 PM PDT by Cindy
Weekend Trivia June 19th, 2009 | Afghanistan, Bin Laden, Uncategorized, art
SNIPPET: "British soldiers found an Aston Villa tattoo on the body of a dead Taliban fighter in Afghanistan, British newspapers reported earlier this week."
(Excerpt) Read more at jihadica.com ...
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After their murderous killing spree, these terrorists must have diversion every now and then.
Yep and thanks for posting the logo Jet Jaguar.
I’ve seen lion icons around the ‘net on certain sites, but not the logo itself.
Thanks Three Puttin Dude for the additional links.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/06/14/article-1192960-05574157000005DC-725_233x305.jpg
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“Killed, a ‘Brummie’ Taliban fighter with an Aston Villa tattoo”
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 2:55 AM on 15th June 2009
SNIPPET: “The body of one of the insurgents was found to have an Aston Villa Football Club tattoo on it”
SNIPPET: “Allied troops fighting in Afghanistan have long suspected that their Taliban opponents include British-born Muslims.
Thick Midlands and Mancunian accents have been picked up from enemy radio signals in the war zone.”
SNIPPET: “The discovery adds to fears the Taliban is successfully recruiting hundreds of radicalised British nationals to fight against the country of their birth.”
SNIPPET: “Allied spy planes have previously picked up Birmingham and Manchester accents among Taliban radio chatter, while in April it emerged that a Briton had been identified as a Taliban bombmaker after his fingerprints were found on an unexploded roadside device in Helmand.”
A+, thanks Jet Jaguar.
Off (Thread) Topic - RECAP:
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/026648.php
June 19, 2009
Student jailed for trying to fight British in Afghanistan
His fellow traveler, on the other hand, was “acquitted after claiming he thought he was going on a trekking holiday’ when he travelled to Turkey, and that he had been deceived by his co-defendant.” “Student jailed for trying to fight British in Afghanistan,” from Military World, June 19:
A gap-year student who vowed to battle British soldiers with a Koran in one hand and a Kalashnikov in the other has been jailed.
Mohamed Abushamma, 21, was intercepted by anti-terror police in Turkey as he attempted to travel to Afghanistan to join pro-Taliban fighters.
The youth hoped to enter Afghanistan via its northern border with Tajikistan, after trekking over the mountainous border between the two countries.
Once there, he hoped to join mujihadeen fighters engaged in bloody fighting with coalition troops.
At Croydon Crown Court yesterday, Judge Mr Justice Bean sentenced Abushamma to three-and-a-half years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to preparing for acts of terrorism.
His friend Qasim Abukar, 21, who travelled with him to Turkey, was cleared of the same offence by a jury earlier this month, despite going on the run in the middle of his trial.
Mr Justice Bean told Abushamma: “You have pleaded guilty to preparing for acts of terrorism. You decided to travel to Afghanistan to join the mujihadeen.
“In that country, you were seeking to overthrow the government by force, fighting against the government and the coalition forces, assisting them in order to advance the ideological cause of militant islamism.
“Fortunately, you were intercepted in Turkey before you could reach your destination.
“I accept that what you have done is nothing like as grave as actually committing a terrorist outrage, or even attempting one, but it is a grave and serious offence.”[...]
Prosecutor Alison Morgan told the court than in an email sent to his father and sister before his departure for Turkey, Abushamma “clearly indicated that he would be fighting with a Koran in one hand and an AK47 in the other.”
Abushamma, who was due to start a course at University College London in September last year, decided to fight violent Jihad after being radicalised by reading extremist websites.
His lawyer Imran Khan told the court his client was from an illustrious’ family - his grandfather was a general and his great-grandfather was the first president of the Sudan.
His parents had sent him to study medicine in the Sudan, after he failed to get into medical school in Britain when he only got an A and two Bs at A-level, but he refused to stay there and returned to Britain.
He had also spent a year studying Arabic in Egypt.
Mr Khan urged the judge to give his client a suspended sentence, telling the court that he had repented of his actions and was now working to try and dissuade other young people from extremism.
Abushamma, of Britannia Row, Islington, North London, admitted engaging in conduct in preparation for committing acts of terrorism.
Abukar, of Dartmouth Park Hill, Upper Holloway, North London, denied the same charge.
He was acquitted after claiming he thought he was going on a trekking holiday’ when he travelled to Turkey, and that he had been deceived by his co-defendant.
He absconded halfway through his trial and has not been seen since.
Posted by Raymond at June 19, 2009 6:13 AM
"Abushamma, of Britannia Row, Islington, North London, admitted engaging in conduct in preparation for committing acts of terrorism. Abukar, of Dartmouth Park Hill, Upper Holloway, North London, denied the same charge."
I hope our Brit friends are well versed in COMSEC and OPSEC.
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