Hate cleric and al-Qaeda trainer faces rope

Posted by Raymond on May 10, 2009 3:32 PM

Where? Lebanon. Ironically, this report indicates that he fled Britain in 2005. Considering that al-Qaeda convicts have been held in Britain since early 2000 -- and costing tax-payers [1] a million dollars in legal fees -- he probably would've fared better staying among UK infidels. "Hate cleric faces rope," from [2] People.co.uk, May 10:

Exiled hate preacher Omar Bakri faces death by hanging after being found guilty of training Al Qaeda terrorists.

The 51-year-old Muslim cleric, who fled Britain in 2005, yesterday revealed plans to appeal to a Beirut court which convicted him.

From a hideout in Lebanon he said he was innocent of teaching Muslims to use machine guns, adding: "I don't even know what one looks like." He will send a lawyer to represent him at a sentencing hearing next month...


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/05/hate-cleric-and-al-qaeda-trainer-faces-rope.html

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[2] http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=hate-cleric-faces-rope%26method=full%26objectid=21346866%26siteid=93463-name_page.html