If I'm not mistaken (and I could be), this is the headmaster of this Kollege of Islamic Knowledge:
Posted on 11/27/2003 6:53:39 AM PST by aculeus
A man suspected of having connections with al-Qaeda has been arrested in Gloucester under the Terrorism Act. Homes in the Barton Street area of the city were evacuated on Thursday after the 24-year-old man was arrested.
Home Secretary David Blunkett told the BBC: "We wouldn't have taken these steps if we didn't believe this individual posed a very real threat to the life and liberty of this country."
In a separate investigation, a 39-year-old man was arrested in Manchester under the Terrorism Act.
Forensic evidence
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said two addresses in Blackburn, Lancashire, were also being searched.
Mr Blunkett said of the Gloucester raid: "It is the belief of the security and Special Branch services that this person has connections with the network of al-Qaeda groups. That is why he has been arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000.
"Obviously the forensic evidence will be crucial here and I don't want to in any way damage the future trial."
Searches are ongoing and the immediate area has been evacuated, as there may be explosives on the premises Gloucester police spokeswoman
A Whitehall security official said chemical, biological and radiological substances were not thought to be involved.
The Gloucester man has been taken to a police station in neighbouring Wiltshire for questioning.
Officers have moved people from the area around his home because of fears explosives may be involved.
A Gloucestershire Police spokeswoman said: "The man was arrested under section 41 of the Terrorism Act, on suspicion of involvement in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terror.
'Bomb scare'
"Searches are ongoing and the immediate area has been evacuated, as there may be explosives on the premises."
Hopewell Street, Barton Street and St James Street in the centre of the city have been closed, and people living in the area have been moved to the city's new leisure centre.
Local resident Stephen Baker, who lives in Barton Street, said: "The police have told us that it's a bomb scare somewhere near the St James Street and Upton Street area.
"We can leave the house, but no one is being allowed close to those two streets."
Bad timing for the FR turkey crowd but if they've got one cockroach more are sure to be found ... or not.
Now there's a shocker, a muslim terrorist planning an attack on innocent non-muslims!
"Islam prohibits the loss of innocent lives and as such we condemn all acts of terrorism, whether it's here in the UK or anywhere else in the world," he [Ibrahim Master, chairman of the Lancashire Council of Mosques] added.
For the uninitiated, "all acts" and "anywhere else in the world" decodes as: "American/British terrorism in Afghanistan, Iraq, and especially American-backed Israeli terrorism in 'palestine'."
This is the embedded lie in what, on the face of it, appears to be a denunciation of terrorism.
If I'm not mistaken (and I could be), this is the headmaster of this Kollege of Islamic Knowledge:
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