UK: Seven more jihad terror arrests as police find "weapons hidden in car"

The Daily Mail, clueless as ever, focuses on race -- note the "white Muslim convert" in its headline, while calling the additional people arrested today "one man from West Yorkshire and six from the West Midlands," as if there were something about West Yorkshire and the West Midlands that would make people want to go on jihad. "Seven more terror arrests as police find 'weapons hidden in car' just a day after Olympic round-up that saw white Muslim convert captured," by Graham Smith, Stephen Wright and Chris Greenwood in the Daily Mail, July 6 (thanks to David):

Seven men have been arrested on suspicion of terror offences after firearms and other weapons were found 'hidden' in a car.
One man from West Yorkshire and six from the West Midlands are being questioned on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism following a series of arrests this week, police said today.

News of the arrests comes a day after six people, including a white Muslim convert, were detained over an alleged plan to carry out a major terrorist attack, possibly during the Olympics.

A West Midlands police spokesman said that officers found material including firearms following a routine stop on the M1 in South Yorkshire last weekend.

He said: 'The arrests followed a routine stop of a vehicle by police on the M1 motorway in South Yorkshire on Saturday. The car was impounded on suspicion of having no insurance.

'Firearms, offensive weapons and other material were later found hidden inside, prompting police to take action to trace and arrest the driver, passenger and others suspected of being involved.'

Police said three men aged 23, 26 and 27 from Sparkhill, Birmingham, were arrested on Tuesday morning.

Three more suspects, a 22-year-old from Alum Rock, Birmingham, a 24-year-old from the Moseley area of the city, and a 22-year-old from Smethwick, West Midlands, were arrested on Wednesday evening.

A 43-year old man from Kirklees, West Yorkshire, was detained yesterday.

Detective Chief Superintendent Kenny Bell, head of the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit, said: 'As soon as the items were discovered in the impounded vehicle, our priority was to protect the public by pursuing and arresting those we believed to be involved.'

Police said the contents of the car were undergoing forensic analysis and the suspects' homes had been searched.

Detectives have been given extra time to question the three men arrested on Tuesday, after the initial 48-hour detention period ran out. They now have until next Tuesday morning to charge or release the men, or apply for a further warrant.

All seven men are being held in the West Midlands.

The arrests come a day after a white Muslim convert who once worked as a BBC security guard was among six people arrested over an alleged plan to cause an atrocity in the UK....

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Meryl Petkoff | July 6, 2012 5:40 AM | Reply

If he was brown would they call him "brown muslim"?.

Diana Summers | July 6, 2012 5:57 AM | Reply

Let me see, what is there about Sparkhill that would make people want to go on jihad?

Last time I took a walk there, there were a lot of mosques.

Smethwick and Alum Rock? Much the same. Moseley? Superficially more respectable (read: wealthier), but it's an area that houses the overspill. I've no personal experience of Kirklees, but it's famous for multiculturalism.

When you name suburbs like that, people know what the common factor is. And the Daily Mail knows they know. The journalists at the Daily Mail have no serious desire to prolong the cover-up. They know that those areas also have a high proportion of gurdwaras and churches, but they don't seriously claim that the problem is "religion".

pr126 replied to comment from Meryl Petkoff | July 6, 2012 5:58 AM | Reply

No, those are called 'Asians'.

Softly Bob | July 6, 2012 6:11 AM | Reply

In the Daily Mail's favor, at least they are reporting these stories while a lot of the MSM are ignoring them.
But, yes, unfortunately they are focusing on race, whereas race does not come into it. Surely, by now, everyone must realize that jihad is a Muslim thing, but sadly there will always be idiots who think that Hindus and Sikhs perform jihad too.

Meryl Petkoff | July 6, 2012 6:36 AM | Reply

Do you guys see any bigots with psycho projection like 'David Thailand' talking about muslim bigotry, hate and intolerance in here? of course not... silly me. They're too busy projecting their bias somewhere else.

Zulu | July 6, 2012 7:03 AM | Reply

Richard Dart: My Brother The Islamist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCkU18CoJ1o

Zulu replied to comment from Zulu | July 6, 2012 7:09 AM | Reply

Richard Dart: My Brother The Islamist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCkU18CoJ1o

Richard Dart is the white Muslim convert who is mentioned in this article.

Jaladhi | July 6, 2012 8:01 AM | Reply

Catching seven won't make any dent in the pool of 1.5 billion!!! These seven have already been replaced in a nanosecond!!

Buraq | July 6, 2012 8:02 AM | Reply

Richard Dart: My Brother The Islamist

Never has a dart been so off the mark!

Clown!

Bingo | July 6, 2012 8:52 AM | Reply

If these guys were remnants of the IRA you can be pretty sure the Brit press would be reporting them as such. But once again, the RoP gets a pass.

northernvirginiastan | July 6, 2012 9:59 AM | Reply

NPR did identify them as "British Muslims," but had to follow that news item with an item about "hate crimes" against Muslims in San Antonio.

Always On Watch | July 6, 2012 10:38 AM | Reply

Northern Virginiastan! You're around again?

Tom Billesley replied to comment from Diana Summers | July 6, 2012 12:46 PM | Reply

It won't be Moseley Village, more likely in the parts near Balsall Heath, another banlieue of Birmingham.

The areas of Brumistan that are mentioned are much the same as those which were identified in reporting of the terrorism arrests in September last year (One tv news report mantions that an arrest was made in the same street as one of the arrests last year). JihadWatch Sept 19th 2011

These guys were really dumb having firarms and ammunition in an uninsured car. It's like drunk driving in a car with a broken tail light. Still, if they'd also stashed some drugs they'd probably have escaped a counter-terrorism interrogation and be out on bail by now.

northernvirginiastan replied to comment from Always On Watch | July 6, 2012 2:12 PM | Reply

Hi AOW, I'm around again. When is the Fairfax Co Board of Supervisors hearing about the Islamic Saudi Academny?

I have a Twitter handle, @novastan

TJFREEDOMJIHAD | July 6, 2012 4:44 PM | Reply

I guess there wouldn't be any Fast and Furious guns in that hall, Huh? There's probably one guy who's hoping not..... Wonder if the Brits, MI5, would tell, if they knew?

TJFREEDOMJIHAD replied to comment from TJFREEDOMJIHAD | July 6, 2012 4:50 PM | Reply

"haul", dammit, not hall, hate when that happens...

PJG replied to comment from northernvirginiastan | July 6, 2012 4:57 PM | Reply

Almost invariable in the newspaper when there is an article about Muslims which reflects badly on them there is another article right next to it about "racism". The link they are trying to make is obvious: Islam qualifies as a race and any problems are our fault.

Tommo | July 7, 2012 1:40 AM | Reply

We know how Muslims love to mark a successful act of jihad with another one on the same day. Remember 7/7? Many people are still suffering from that act of barbarity.

Jack Rainbow | July 7, 2012 4:05 AM | Reply

THE DAILY MAIL IS NOT CLUELESS, OK, IT IS DELIBERATE AND FULLY AWARE.

Stuart Parsons | July 7, 2012 3:48 PM | Reply

Don't knock the Daily Mail, it prints many Islam stories that other papers avoid. Reference this one, the idiots drew attention to themselves by not buying insurance. Allah and Muhammad must be cursing them. However, I believe Allah is not entirely blameless he didn't send Gabriel with the money for car insurance.

If I were one of these individuals I would be wondering why, when I was engaged in Allah's business, he did not send angels to warn me about the police roadside stop and check.

vnbushman | July 7, 2012 10:20 PM | Reply

"'Firearms, offensive weapons and other material were later found hidden inside, prompting police to take action to trace and arrest the driver, passenger and others suspected of being involved.'

Police said three men aged 23, 26 and 27 from Sparkhill, Birmingham, were arrested on Tuesday morning."

Clearly the Jews or Christians put the weapons there to get the Muslims in trouble and arrested. Oh wait....

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