Hate cleric and al-Qaeda trainer faces rope

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 a million dollars in legal fees -- he probably would've fared better staying among UK infidels. "Hate cleric faces rope," from 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...


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