[UK] Al Qaeda fanatics working in police (but they don't dare sack them)

The Daily Mail [UK] ^ | Last updated at 01:36am on 7th July 2007 | STEPHEN WRIGHT

[brityank]

Al Qaeda fanatics working in police (but they don't dare sack them)

By STEPHEN WRIGHT -
Last updated at 01:36am on 7th July 2007

Up to eight police officers and civilian staff are suspected of links to extremist groups including Al Qaeda.

Some are even believed to have attended terror training camps in Pakistan or Afghanistan.

Their names feature on a secret list of alleged radicals said to be working in the Metropolitan and other forces.

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Up to eight police officers and civilian staff are suspected of links to extremist groups including Al Qaeda, headed by Osama bin Laden (right)

The dossier was drawn up with the help of MI5 amid fears that individuals linked to Islamic extremism are taking advantage of police attempts to increase the proportion of ethnic staff.

Astonishingly, many of the alleged jihadists have not been sacked because - it is claimed - police do not have the "legal power" to dismiss them.

We can also reveal that one suspected jihadist officer working in the South East has been allowed to keep his job despite being caught circulating Internet images of beheadings and roadside bombings in Iraq.

He is said to have argued that he was trying to "enhance" debate about the war.

Classified intelligence reports raising concerns about police staff's background cannot be used to justify their dismissal, sources said.

The second device parked near Haymarket was left at a designated 'evacuation point assembly' where civilians and the emergency services would have gathered

Instead, the staff who are under suspicion are unofficially barred from working in sensitive posts and are closely monitored. Political correctness is blamed for the decision not to sack them.

It is widely feared that "long-term" Al Qaeda sleepers are trying to infiltrate other public sector organisations in the UK.

In November last year, it was revealed that a leading member of an extremist Islamic group was working as a senior official at the Home Office.

MI5 has warned in the past that suspects with "strong links" to Osama Bin Laden's killers have tried to join the British security services and, in January, exiled radical Omar Bakri claimed that Islamic extremists were infiltrating the police and other public sector organisations.

Suspicions are growing that the gang behind the failed London bomb attacks could have received inside information about rescue procedures in the aftermath of an atrocity in the capital.

The Daily Mail can reveal that the second device parked near Haymarket was left at a designated "evacuation assembly point" where civilians and the emergency services would have gathered had the first bomb gone off.

Investigators are trying to establish whether the bombers knew the significance of the location.

Sources said it is unlikely that the Met is the only force which may have been infiltrated by Al Qaeda sympathisers.

Omar Altimimi, a failed asylum seeker jailed for nine years yesterday for hoarding manuals on how to carry out car bombings, had applied to work as a cleaner for the Greater Manchester force.

In a separate development, it is understood that a policeman was removed from his post after concerns about his conduct in the aftermath of a major anti-terrorist operation in the past two years.

For legal reasons, the Mail cannot reveal any more about the case.

The MI5 list of suspected Islamists working in the police is said to have been drawn up in the aftermath of the 7/7 terror attacks in London.

MI5 checked staff details at the Met and other forces with intelligence databases on individuals said to have attended radical Islamic schools - or Madrassas - and terror training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

It is thought that intelligence files on those who frequently visit pro-Jihad websites and who have associated with so-called preachers of hate were also compared to details of officers and civilian staff in the Met.

As a result of the review, eight officers and civilian staff were identified as Al Qaeda sympathisers or people of concern because of their links to Islamic extremists.

The disclosure will raise concerns about the system for vetting new recruits, each of whom is the subject of counter-terrorism checks to ensure they are suitable to join the police. Scotland Yard's vetting unit is regarded as one of the best in the country.

But sources said it is often impossible to carry out satisfactory checks on recruits who were raised overseas or who have spent considerable periods out of Britain before applying to join the Met.

In such cases, the Met has to rely on overseas agencies to carry out intelligence checks on their behalf. Privately, officials doubt whether certain countries in Africa, Middle East or the Indian sub-continent are able to carry out meaningful vetting.

As a result of the Stephen Lawrence public inquiry report, which accused the Met of being "institutionally racist", Scotland Yard has in recent years employed thousands of officers and civilian staff from the ethnic minorities in an attempt to reach recruitment targets.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "All employees upon joining the Met and during their careers undergo a range of security checks. These are robust and vary according to the type and sensitivity of individual postings.

"We take matters of security very seriously and if an issue arises, people may be subjected to further assessment.

"This may lead to restrictions in relation to where an individual works in the organisation or whether they are suitable to remain in the service."

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The Daily Mail can reveal that the second device parked near Haymarket was left at a designated "evacuation assembly point" where civilians and the emergency services would have gathered had the first bomb gone off.

Investigators are trying to establish whether the bombers knew the significance of the location.

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[Vn_survivor_67-68]

gotta wonder how many of them are working for TSA and throughout DHS

[Chgogal]

Here is some comforting news. You will feel safer knowing this. /s

Over 11,000 US Visas Issued to Saudi Students Last Year-Someone at embassy is doing things right

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801794/posts

[cookcounty]

Reminds one of the NYFD mole who apparently stole the blueprints of WTC (bearing in mind Atta’s training as a structural engineer). This is reported in one of Peter Lance’s books, I forgot the title.

[RaceBannon]

My God, we need to beat these people with rods and light them on fire until they reveal all they know....

[Travis McGee]

Probably thousands, brought in as translators post 9-11, and now working their way up.

[1066AD]

Don’t ban them.
Watch them, including all their internet traffic etc.

[good old days]

Ping

[Cindy]

Yep, and not the first I have read on this topic.
Thank you good old days.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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“Muslims In Police Will Rise Up, Bakri Insists (UK)”
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 1-21-2007 | Mike Hirst - Adam Lusher

Posted on 01/20/2007 7:18:10 PM PST by blam

“Muslims in police will rise up, Bakri insists”

By Mike Hirst and Adam Lusher, Sunday Telegraph
Last Updated: 12:02am GMT 21/01/2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Moderate British Muslims in the police, Armed Forces and Civil Service will one day revolt against the system to “crush it from within”, according to Omar Bakri Mohammed, the notorious Islamic extremist.

Omar Bakri Mohammed claimed that the world was a better place after the July 7 bombings in London

In claims condemned as a cynical attempt to create division, the co-founder of the extremist al-Muhajiroun group said that Britain was “digging a deep hole” for itself by allowing Muslims into the Services and Whitehall.

Speaking exclusively to The Sunday Telegraph in Lebanon, where he moved in August 2005 — at about the time it emerged the British authorities might charge him with incitement to treason — he claimed police officers, soldiers and civil servants would one day become radicalised.

“When you start to ask Muslims to join your Army and your police you are making a grave mistake.”

[SweetCaroline]

BTTT

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hizbuttahrir
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1746824/posts

Home Office staff can join Islamic extremists
The Daily Mail ^ | 30th November 2006

Posted on 12/01/2006 1:51:48 AM PST by Mrs Ivan

Home Office staff are free to be members of the Islamic extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, it was revealed yesterday.

Those working in the department responsible for immigration and homeland security do not even have to declare membership of the fanatical organisation, the Government admitted.

This means Home Secretary John Reid has no idea how many of his staff hold the group’s radical views and he has no means of monitoring their activities.

The revelation - in a written parliamentary answer - comes after Home Office IT manager Abid Javaid, 41, was found to be a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which supports a worldwide Islamic state run under hardline Sharia law and has refused to condemn last year’s London bombings.

Shadow Immigration Minister Damian Green said: “This is really shocking. It is a dereliction of duty for them not to find out how many more Hizb ut-Tahrir members are on the Home Office payroll.”

[spokeshave]

Those that cure and protect you will kill you

[Cindy]

I have not forgotten — everyday is a jihad day for a jihadi.

[Cindy]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1274107,00.html

“Al Qaeda Extremists ‘Working In Police’”
Updated: 01:18, Saturday July 07, 2007

“Up to eight people believed to have links with extremist groups including al Qaeda are working for British police forces, according to newspaper reports.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The spokeswoman added: “If the media believe that an individual has terrorist links and they have evidence which they can substantiate we would ask that they give us this information as a matter of urgency so that we can carry out an investigation.””

[GOPJ]

The second device parked near Haymarket was left at a designated 'evacuation point assembly' where civilians and the emergency services would have gathered...

Radical Muslims are the creepiest people in the world - - there's no act too despicable, no rudeness too rude. The good news? They are alone as the worst culture in the world -- the bottom. As a metaphorical guest of the world, they are the type who walk into a home and crap on the carpet.

[CMS]

gotta wonder how many of them are working for TSA and throughout DHS

I think the answer to that question would be frighteningly high

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1859319/posts?page=737#737

Thanks to fanfan for the ping to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1862349/posts

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ARTICLE SNIPPET: “He was accused of providing logistical support in a series of outrages”

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/07_01/boutarfaMS0707_468x493.jpg

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=466942&in_page_id=1770

“NHS doctors accused of bomb plots, Al Qaeda fanatics working for the police, and now the Terrorist traffic warden”

By IAN GALLAGHER and RHODRI PHILLIPS - More by this author »Last updated at 23:08pm on 7th July 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A terrorist jailed for his involvement in a bomb attack on the Paris Metro - which killed eight people and wounded 80 - has been working as a traffic warden in England.

Mustapha Boutarfa, 32, was arrested by Scotland Yard’s anti-terrorist squad in 1996 and extradited from Britain to France two years later.

He stood trial for his auxiliary role in the 1995 attack on the St Michel station by a notorious Islamic militant group and was given a two-year prison sentence.

But after his release, Boutarfa, who held dual French and Algerian nationality, managed to get back into the UK with his wife and children - and also secured the job as a parking attendant in Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Boutarfa was detained in London in 1996 under an international arrest warrant and held at Belmarsh high-security prison before being extradited.

He was accused of providing logistical support in a series of outrages. He rented an apartment in Paris which was used by Algeria’s Armed Islamic Group (GIA) for a series of bomb attacks across France. Worst of all was the attack on the St Michel station when a gas bottle was thrown on to a platform on July 25, 1995, causing carnage.

Boutarfa was linked to the attacks after police claimed known terrorists had visited his Paris flat.

It was unclear why Boutarfa was allowed back into Britain. It is understood he lied about his criminal conviction when he applied for his job as a traffic warden.

He was arrested on June 6 on suspicion of making a false declaration and has been bailed pending further investigation.

Tim Cowen of NCP Services said: “NCP Services suspended Mr Boutarfa as soon as we discovered that he had a conviction for terrorism-related offences in France. There is no way for UK employers to check offences committed in Europe, yet EU citizens such as Mr Boutarfa have the right to work in the UK.

“He was not initially employed by NCP Services but by the previous contractors. When we took over the contract he was transferred to us, as is his legal right.””

737 posted on 07/07/2007 4:08:56 PM PDT by Cindy