Brits arrest 14 jihadis in new terror plot (Updated and bumped)
Contributed by Bill Faith
UK police: 14 held in terror swoop
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Fourteen men were arrested Friday and Saturday in anti-terrorism raids in south and east London during a "pre -planned intelligence-led operation," a statement from Scotland Yard said.
Officers from the MPS anti-terrorism branch arrested the men after months of surveillance on suspicion of the "commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism," the statement said.
[Read on.]
14 held in terror police swoop
Armed police have arrested 14 men overnight following anti-terror raids in London, which included 12 arrests at a restaurant in the Borough area.
Two people were held elsewhere in the city, in what Scotland Yard described at a pre-planned, intelligence-led operation.
Police said the arrests were not connected to the alleged transatlantic jet bomb plot or the 7 July attacks.
[Read on. Hat tip: Allahpundit]
*** New British Terror Sweep Nabs 14 Suspects Ed Morrissey
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The school only had nine students at its last inspection, which seems very noteworthy considering the size of the facility. The school advertises to Islamic centers as a central instruction point for leaders of Muslim communities. Given the size of the facility, either Jameah Islameah has fallen on hard times -- which seems unlikely given the current state of affairs -- or it served as something more than an instructional facility.
In fact, the BBC's sources say that the arrests involved the operation of training camps for terrorists. It's the same kind of training that British investigators suspected the July 7 bombers of undergoing but were never able to establish when or where it happened. While investigators so far have found no connection between the school and the July 7 plotters, they apparently have taken that theory seriously enough to look for similar training centers for would-be terrorists.
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Allah's updated his post several times since I linked to it earlier.
Mary Katharine Ham has good coverage here.
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London Terror Raids Nab 14 Suspects
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*** Update and bump Original timestamp 2006.09.02.03.31 Guess who got arrested yesterday in Britain Allahpundit
So saith Sky: The search follows a series of anti-terror raids across London which saw 14 men arrested after months of surveillance by M15 and Scotland Yard.
Among them was Abu Abdullah, an associate of Abu Hamza.
They are suspected of being involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terror.
Remember him? I almost didn’t cut the clip when CNN interviewed him two weeks ago. “What for?” I thought. “All he is is Hamza’s toady. Is this really newsworthy?”
Londonistan, baby. It’s always newsworthy.
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