London Bridge: Why was the attacker, Usman Khan, out of prison?
By Dominic CascianiBBC home affairs correspondent
London Bridge attacker Usman Khan
came to the attention of counter-terrorism investigators because he was
involved in a highly active cell around Stoke-on-Trent, part of a wider
network of radicals then headed by the preacher Anjem Choudary.
MI5
and the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit had intelligence that a
group of nine men from London, Cardiff and Stoke, including Khan, wanted
to bomb the London Stock Exchange. The plot was supremely incompetent
and amateur.
Khan also wanted to set up a terrorism training
"madrassah", or school, in Kashmir to train a new generation of British
militants to either fight out there or bring their skills home.
The West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit and MI5 team who worked
on the investigation had no doubt the men were dangerous - even if they
did not have capability.
And while Mr Justice Wilkie, the judge
presiding over the case, received a letter from Khan saying he had
recanted, he had his own doubts - not least because of the nature of
the conversations that had been caught during surveillance.
The judge gave Khan a special prison term known as Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP).
That
meant he would serve at least eight years and could not be released
unless he had convinced the Parole Board he was no longer a threat.
Some of the other members of the cell received a sentence which dealt with their dangerousness differently.
They
would serve the second half of it in the community on a licence to
monitor their behaviour. And following that, additional years of
monitoring.
When Khan appealed against his sentence, senior judges agreed he should have been treated the same way as his co-defendants. more...
It's all very odd. The victims were do-gooders running a class - the killer was at the class - the people who stopped him were at the class, one of them a murderer on day release. Must have been a ripper of a class.
An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought.
No wonder Putin was selected by Forbes as the most powerful person in the world.
Vladimir Putin's speech, THE SHORTEST SPEECH EVER.
The Russian President addressed the Duma as follows:
"In Russia, live like Russians. Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in Russia, it should speak Russian, and should respect the Russian laws. If they prefer Sharia Law, and live the life of Muslims, then we advise them to go to those places where that's the state law. Russia does not need Muslim minorities. These minorities need Russia, and we will not grant them special privileges, or try to change our laws to fit their desires, no matter how loud they yell discrimination.
We will not tolerate disrespect of our Russian culture. We better learn from the suicides of America, England, Holland and France, if we are to survive as a nation.
The Muslims are taking over those countries and they will not take over Russia.
The Russian customs and traditions are not compatible with the lack of culture or the primitive ways of Sharia Law and Muslims. When this honorable legislative body thinks of creating new laws, it should have in mind the Russian national interest first. Observing that the Muslim minorities are not Russians."
The Politicians in Duma gave Putin a 5 minute standing ovation.
Salman Rushdie stabbed - authorities don't know motive yet. I will give them a clue - it's obviously a Christian fundamentalist carrying out the orders of the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1989 and never rescinded.
An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought.
Just heard the Fairfield Mayor blowing up over the ISIS Brides resettlement. Has joined ranks with other Western Sydney Mayors. All claiming the Federal Govt only consulted the Brides - not the communities where the resettlements are occurring. A number of ethnic groups very unhappy apparently - esp the Assyrians who claim the brides husbands killed many of their family & friends & now they are expected to be friendly neighbours. Why are they all being resettled in the Western Suburbs & not say the inner city Teal seats for example ? Albo wont respond to the group of Mayors requests for information - suggest he does as it isnt going away.
Transparency Anthony - something you always bang on about !
SYDNEY, June 24 (Reuters) - Australia has rescued the children and grandchildren of two dead Islamic State fighters from a Syrian refugee camp and will resettle them in the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday.
In the first such rescue by the Western country, Morrison confirmed media reports that eight children were taken from a camp in northern Syria on Sunday and the government was working on repatriating them.
“The opportunity now is for these young children who are coming back to Australia,” Morrison told reporters in the western city of Perth. “They can’t be held responsible for the crimes of their parents.”
Aged between two and 18, those rescued include the three surviving children of notorious Isis fighter Kahled Sharrouf, photographed standing next to his young son holding a severed human head in a picture that made global headlines in 2014.
The two daughters of his pregnant daughter, Zaynab Sharrouf, a more...
Lol - that's nothing like the article I tried to post. But you knew that didn't you
The interview I heard today was ALP Mayor Frank Carbone. He was one of numerous ALP Western Suburbs Mayors who were not consulted. His aim was Anthony - didn't mention Scommo. Something about doing a deal with the ISIS brides under the midnight darkness & not talking to ANYONE else.
But again - you already knew that didn't you PT.
Should have sent them all to Byron Bay. 2 birds with one stone
And you have got to stop this pre-occupation with Scommo. Let Anthony stand on his own feet
Bit like your relentless comparison back to Donald all the time. I mean that worked well - so well in fact he looks like getting the top job AGAIN
Maybe Scommo or Tonnes could do similar. Couldn't be any worse than a bloke who hasn't come good on ANY of his election promises yet. Running the joint into the ground.
I didn't mention the schitzo control freak. And I am pretty sure old mate Spud was Minister for Home Affairs at the time. Might be why he is so quiet on this.
What affect would this have on the communities? I see what they're wearing in that article wunwun posted. You wouldn't even know they were there
What I heard today from Carbone was that there are many ethnic group horrified by the thought of these people being their neighbours. ISIS committed horrific crimes - beheadings , kids getting mass slaughtered - & some of this was done to friends & families of folk living here. Further, there has been no saying sorry from these Brides - no sign of remorse. So these folk who have seen the results of the horror first hand are saying bugger off - we will never accept you guys. Which begs the question - why would you put the 3 families & their kids right back into the melting pot of Western Sydney. Put them in Broken Hill or Nimbin for gods sake.
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