Al-Qaeda did not invent the jihadist ideology that drives it, but it is an effective transmitter of tactics to distant theaters of jihad, most notably in the case of suicide bombings. Here, a tactic associated with the Palestinian jihad and the Chechen “black widow” jihadists threatens to make inroads in Britain. “Al-Qaeda bid for Brit girl bombers,” by Graeme Wilson for The Sun, February 6:
Al-Qaeda is trying to recruit women to carry out suicide bombings in the UK, MPs warn today.
It is using extremist websites to radicalise the angels of death, says their chilling report.
The Commons home affairs committee says it has heard evidence the terror group is “specifically launching and targeting women for violent acts”.
It is already a deadly tactic in the Middle East, where growing numbers of Palestinian women are volunteering for suicide missions against Israel. The MPs’ report comes days after four Islamic extremists admitted plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange.
Woolwich Crown Court heard how the gang “” who also had London mayor Boris Johnson on a hit list “” had been brainwashed by the twisted ideology of Anwar al-Awlaki, an al-Qaeda leader until the US killed him in Yemen last year.
His attempts to recruit UK Muslims were exposed by The Sun. Last night the committee chairman, Labour’s Keith Vaz, said the gang’s admissions show “we cannot let our vigilance slip”….