http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/27369/The-enemy-within/ THE ENEMY WITHIN http://www.dailystar.co.uk/dynamic/1/281x351/27369_1.jpg ABOVE: Abu Hamza 23rd January 2008 By Tom Savage Britain's mosques are far more radical than those in Iraq, according to the war-torn country's Deputy Prime Minister. Dr Barham Salih said the actions of Islamic trouble-makers we tolerate here would be illegal back in his country. And he said he was not surprised we faced a threat from home-grown militants after witnessing shocking scenes as he toured mosques over here. The respected politician made his damning comments to the Tories' shadow Culture Secretary Tobias Ellwood during a dinner party in Baghdad. Mr Ellwood, 41, told how Dr Salih, 47, had visited mosques in Blackburn during a visit to Britain before the last General Election.  <http://s-images.dailystar-uk.co.uk/img/apostropheLeft.gif> What I saw would not be allowed here in Iraq it would be illegal  <http://s-images.dailystar-uk.co.uk/img/apostropheRight.gif> Dr Barham Salih And he said the shocked Iraqi told the MP: "I am not surprised that you British are facing so many problems with extremists after what I saw in those mosques in Blackburn. "What I saw would not be allowed here in Iraq it would be illegal." Mr Ellwood told MPs in a terrorism debate in Parliament: "That is a shocking indictment of what is going on in some mosques in the UK. "Many Muslims in Britain want to live peacefully and happily under the British rule of law. But hearing that from another Muslim, who is a leader from a Muslim country, summed up the situation in the UK." Mr Ellwood whose brother Jon, 39, was killed by al-Qaida in the 2002 Bali bombings added: "I do not believe these comments can be dismissed out of hand. I was absolutely shocked. "He went inside the mosques and said literature he saw would be illegal. He was quite clear." Among Britain's most controversial mosques was Finsbury Park in north London, which was raided by anti-terrorism police in 2003. Its leader, hook-handed hate preacher Abu Hamza, 49, is currently serving a seven-year sentence for soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred. But Muslim leaders reacted angrily to Dr Salih's claims. Lancashire Council Of Mosques chairman Salim Mulla said: "How many incidents have we had in Blackburn? He is talking a load of rubbish." . <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=1189140/grpspId=1705323667/msgId =70832/stime=1201048726/nc1=3848607/nc2=5028927/nc3=5170420> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
