British Muslim stars in jihad terror recruitment videos

In one, he recalls “glorious battles that took place in the early days of Islam between truth and falsehood.” Yet Islam is the one element of the jihadis' motives and goals that our government and law enforcement officials have determined to ignore. "Briton stars in Somali terror videos," by Duncan Gardham in the Telegraph, November 20 (thanks to David):

Terrorists in Somalia have produced a series of full-length documentaries featuring a masked narrator with a British accent as part of a publicity drive designed to attract Western recruits.
The videos feature suicide bombers, the corpses of African peace keepers and describe military operations by the militant group al-Shabaab, which is closely linked to al-Qaeda.

The footage is the latest addition to a well-oiled media machine which has attracted nearly 16,000 followers to its English-language Twitter account since it was set up last December.

It is unclear whether the reporter is the same man behind the Twitter account and a press office that has churned out online press releases giving updates on battles and “martyred” fighters in recent months.

MI5 is concerned that the conflict has drawn in dozens of young Britons and last September Jonathan Evans, the director general of MI5, warned that it was “only a matter of time before we see terrorism on our streets inspired by those who are today fighting alongside al-Shabaab.”

Earlier this year three men from East London were jailed for channeling thousands of pounds to three associates who are still with militants in the East African conflict zone.

Samantha Lewthwaite, the widow of 7/7 bomber Jermaine Lindsay, is also thought to be with al-Shabaab in Somalia.

In the first 32-minute video released by al-Shabaab’s media arm, al-Kataib, last November, called “The Burundian Bloodbath” the reporter, dressed in army fatigues, visits the scene of a battle in which he claims 101 soldiers died.

Carrying a microphone, he compares the battle at Dayniile with the “glorious battles that took place in the early days of Islam between truth and falsehood” and interviews al-Shabaab fighters who took part....

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Meryl Petkoff | November 20, 2012 2:11 PM | Reply

Bu... bu... but he "misunderstood" islam, the quran, the teachings of the paedophillic crusader and warlord Pedohammed, he got iit all wrong... also, ENTRAPMENT! oh wait...

Aardvark | November 20, 2012 2:49 PM | Reply

I guess that headline should say 'stars' rather than 'starts'?

MI5's concerns about young 'Britons' bringing jihad back to the streets of England with them suggests an obvious solution. Intercept them on the way in, and return them to wherever they came from. Their actions should be enough to invalidate any British citizenship they may have.

duh_swami | November 20, 2012 2:53 PM | Reply

Everything was truth until that drunken incoherent angel named Gabriel started whispering falsities into the ears of a psychotic Arab...She told him to kill for Allah, and he did it...In modern times that will get you a bed in Atascadero State Hospital in Cal...The only State Hospital with gun towers...
There you will be strapped to a bed and given injections of happy juice by the friendly kuffar attendants...Mahound was just born to early to enjoy the benefits of modern psychiatry and a bed with straps...He would probably qualify under Obamacare...

salah | November 20, 2012 2:56 PM | Reply

The “glorious battles that took place in the early days of Islam"

Yeah, when Muhammad used to hide behind the army unit and when surrounded by his enemies...he played dead.
How glorious!

http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2011/03/muhammad-coward.html

https://me.yahoo.com/a/jn3RbDthtvWVAf4SjINGi9CXvxDuiL5_YGM-#76700 | November 20, 2012 3:41 PM | Reply

Just why did Britain, Western Europe, Canada, America, Australia bulk import so many third-worlders, including people like this delightful young fellow? This didn't just happen because governments like New Labour was just so gushy over 'diversity.' As with everything else, money is the root of policy.

New Labour, the Canadian and Aussie Liberal Parties, the Democrats, and other 'progressive' parties have deep ties to the banking, real estate, and development, construction sectors. These people need warm bodies to sustain demand for housing. Whether it's Somali slum housing in Toronto, McMansions for people like the Shafias in Montreal, or the sprawling South Asian suburbs of Northeast Calgary, mass immigration means more demand for housing and associated infrastructure. And that keeps these sectors in the dough.

Even conservative parties get in the act. The Mulroney government in Canada jacked up immigration to the current annual 250k+ 'target' after intense lobbying by banks, REITs, and developers. CSIS has warned Parliament that this volume is too high to allow thorough screening of immigrants. And pro-business conservatives love their cheap labour. This is why the Alberta Government brought in large numbers of Somali and Sudanese low-rent labour, and turned Brooks into Mogadishu: the meat packing industry didn't want to pay Canadian workers a living wage. Of course, Canadians are now suffering the effects of this--ranging from E-coli contaminated meat, to a big East African crime problem in the Prairies.

People here who are concerned about Muslim and other non-Western mass immigration need to rethink their economic libertarian leanings, and pro-business stance. The mainstream media is dependent on advertising revenues from real estate and other sectors, and there is often significant cross ownership. Pick up a Chamber of Commerce rag, and see the goopish pro-'diversity' propaganda. Whether it's jihad-in-waiting Pakistani home buyers, gangbanger Somali meat-packers, or money-laundering Chinese condo investors, the 'objectivists' in the business community will happily sell their countries to make a buck.

dumbledoresarmy | November 20, 2012 5:56 PM | Reply

From the article - 'the “glorious battles that took place in the early days of Islam between truth and falsehood”'.

That is: the Muslim attacks upon people who weren't Muslim and didn't want to *become* Muslim and didn't want to pay jizya 'protection'/ extortion money, either.

In Islamspeak 'truth' = whatever is in the Quran/ Sira/ Hadith.

'Falsehood' = anything that contradicts what is in the Quran/ Sira/ Hadith.

'Truth' = Islam.

'Falsehood' = Not-Islam.

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