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UK police “stretched” by “exceptionally high” number of inquiries about jihad terrorism

Oct 17, 2014 4:03 am By Robert Spencer

isis12n-4-webBut…but…Islam is a religion of peace! The Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam! Why on earth would the police be “stretched” in dealing with a tiny minority of extremists?

“Terror-related crime ‘stretches police’ – Scotland Yard,” BBC, October 17, 2014 (thanks to Joeb):

Police are being “stretched” by an “exceptionally high” number of inquiries into Islamist-related extremism, Scotland Yard has said.

Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley also said “dozens” of UK families had sought police help in stopping relatives travelling to Syria.

He spoke of a “step-change” in counter-terrorism as foreign conflicts such as the one in Syria attract UK nationals.

Mr Rowley said the challenge for police would “run for years”.

No kidding, really?

There have been 218 terrorism-related arrests in the England, Scotland and Wales this year, with 16 people charged with alleged extremist activity in Syria.

Scotland Yard said the volume, range and pace of counter-terrorism activity had changed dramatically as conflicts in Syria and other countries drew in people from the UK.

‘Complex conspiracies’

Mr Rowley – Scotland Yard head of counter-terrorism – added that the threat featured a “new dimension”, amid growing fears over the influence of Islamic State (IS).

He said officers were foiling several attack plots each year, including what he describes as “complex conspiracies” and “spontaneous yet deadly attacks”.

He added that in some cases police had acted early, even if that meant there was no prosecution.

“There are some different dynamics today, where we have an increasing number of people who weren’t previously on the terrorism radar being attracted by an ideology they see on social media,” he said.

Earlier this year, counter-terrorism police chiefs appealed to Muslim women to persuade relatives not to go to Syria to fight – about 500 Britons are known to have travelled there to get involved in the conflict.

That campaign prompted campaigners to question if the police were trusted to get their message across.

Notice how for the BBC, and for the dhimmi British authorities, the onus is entirely upon the police. No one stops and says, Why aren’t these “moderates” who profess to abhor the Islamic State and reject its theology stepping up to stop Muslims from going to Syria to join it?

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  1. Wolfgang says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 4:13 am

    But the dhimmi Police in Britain tell all that Islam has nothing to do with Jihad…….!

    I could feel sorry for the street cops in the UK, but I don’t…..well Mr UK Cop you reap what you sew don’t you ?

    Englund is sliding out of control rapidly…..

    • joeb says

      Oct 17, 2014 at 4:26 am

      I can imagine the meetings:

      “Does anyone have ANY idea why this is happening?? Anything at all?? It’s puzzling…”

      Followed by tumbleweed blowing over the conference table…

      • Judi says

        Oct 17, 2014 at 9:48 am

        LOL

    • Charli Main says

      Oct 17, 2014 at 5:20 am

      @ wolfgang
      I get the point you are making, Wolfgang, but in a civilized country the police are obliged to obey and uphold the law of the land.
      I have no doubt, that there are MANY police officers that would love to smash in the heads of these Muslim cockroaches that spit and throw excreta at them.
      The real problem in Britain is not the police but the Dhimmni British Government that passes laws, pandering to the Muslims.
      Laws that the police are obliged to enforce, regardless of their own personal feelings and beliefs.

      • Wolfgang says

        Oct 18, 2014 at 5:28 am

        @Charli Main

        Try looking up Rotherham and the hordes of non Muslim children who where molested for decades by the Muslim vermin, also in Manchester, where were the British Police then ? I said in a different thread on JW that the cops responsible should be roused from their beds in the dead of night and be rollled in warn tar and white feathers then marched out of town, some may think that is too awful for them, I think that would be light punishment. Nope the average cop is just looking to protect his career, few cops speak out and the one’s who do get shit canned pretty quick !, take Germany for example, we had it drummed into us about the Nazi’s , blah blah blah, but the German Cops could have also stopped Hitler, but they reasoned that they were only doing their JOBS !!!! ……so tell me where does ” only doing one’s job ” and moral concience kick in ? if it does do you stand by your principles ? I sure do ! I stood up for younger men when they get their asses kicked for not being politically correct !, I lost my job in the end, but you know what ? at the end of the day, I got to look my own self in the mirror and say my honor and honesty and courage are priceless. Nup the English cops get no respect from me, will they obey the law to enforce tyranny if they are given the choice of picking up a pay check or given the unemployment pink slip ? won’t find many cops who will hand in their badge I bet .

  2. ECAW says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 4:56 am

    The BBC left out the maddest bit, which of course the Guardian picked up on:

    “Rowley said 100 “Syria-related preventative activities” were being carried out every week, with more than half being interventions such as referrals into de-radicalisation programmes that provide support for vulnerable people, including housing, education, employment and mental health assessments.”

    and

    “Extremist groups are using social media in highly sophisticated ways in order to recruit or persuade individuals towards their violent and warped ideologies.”

    So our enemies are merely “vulnerable” to being sucked into a “warped ideology”. How could it be otherwise when the official line from our leaders is that ISIS is not real Islam? The obvious answer is to provide them with extra benefits which will help them see the error of their ways. Or will it just encourage the problem? No doubt it will occur to some that there is now an obvious way to get on the housing list.

  3. duh_swami says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 4:58 am

    Maybe had they not invited Islam in, they would not be having all these problems. If you invite Drac’ullah over for dinner, it will be you who is eaten…

    • shosh7154 says

      Oct 17, 2014 at 8:07 am

      Spelling correction: Drac’allah

  4. tpellow says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 6:44 am

    “British terrorists fighting for ISIS in Iraq and Syria could be tried for ‘high treason’ reveals Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond”

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2795771/british-terrorists-fighting-isis-iraq-syria-tried-high-treason-reveals-foreign-secretary-philip-hammond.html#ixzz3GOj6wrgn

    • tpellow says

      Oct 17, 2014 at 6:46 am

      Unfortunately. it seems unlikely that anything will come of this,
      given the dhimmi nature of UK government.

    • Mirren10 says

      Oct 18, 2014 at 9:50 am

      The politicians who let the scum in, and are *still* doing it, should also be tried for high treason. But Tony Blair wiped out the death penalty for treason . I wonder why ?

  5. Almach says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 8:24 am

    islam ought to be banned from the free and civilised world, if you are in the UK, sign the petition and/or spread it around, make it public!

    http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/70069

    many more signatures are needed, please take action!

    • pumbar says

      Oct 17, 2014 at 11:58 pm

      Signed, will be distributed around Google+ and Youtube later today.

  6. salamander says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 8:35 am

    But, but I live in Scotland surely I don’t have anything to fear do I? . Apoll for the British Council Scotland believed Muslims were integrated into evertday Scottish life. Muslims in Scotland have there very own Islamic tartan. Ex First Minister Alex Salmond was recently pictured wearing an Islamic tartan tie , and very nice it looked. We now have a new First Minister Nicola Sturgeon , our Nicola is well known for her sterling work with the Muslim community i.e ” lunchgate” and lobbying a Scottish court to get a lenient sentence for a Muslim man accused of defrauding £80,000 in welfare benefits. I do remember however the case of the nasty radicals who tried to blow up Glasgow airport , but I think this will be a one off.

    • Dennis says

      Oct 17, 2014 at 1:02 pm

      I believe you have a muslim politician waiting in the wings to become Scottish PM. If that happens, kiss goodbye to everything about your culture and civilization that you cherish. They will conquer you with savagery. Even the haggis will be hunted to extinction.

  7. jr says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 9:11 am

    i think its time to start deporting some of these people

  8. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 9:42 am

    What a mess they’ve made for themselves. They’ve got a waiting list of complex conspiracies. So many Moslems, so many plans. Time to pump up the budget for the police, there’s something in it for everybody. And I’m pro-cop, did an IT consulting gig in a big city police dept. The English cops are getting used to it, but believe me, the last thing American cops need to worry about is the Islam.

  9. wildflower says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 9:43 am

    OH LOOK, The Stupid People are getting confused about who the enemy is again. Whilst simultaneously ignoring that they are in far more dire situations in their own country. DUH

  10. GP says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 10:58 am

    So UK police, just like in many other Western nations, are “stretched” as members of their large muslim populations are flocking to jihad? Well go figure. These countries already pay jizya as muslims continue their unbridled breeding campaign and related strategy of warfare by welfare. The Religion of Peace is on the march! As always aided and abetted by leftists, liberals, socialists, academia, and the media to a large extent.

    Warfare by Welfare article:
    http://thechristians.com/?q=node/154

  11. Jayell says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 12:30 pm

    “Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley also said “dozens” of UK families had sought police help in stopping relatives travelling to Syria.” It’s NOT the job of the police to stop people making criminal idiots of themselves. It’s a waste of OUR (UK) resources.

  12. Dave J says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 12:54 pm

    So in addition to the costs of providing subsidized housing and welfare benefits we must also pay for the policing, surveillance and rehabilitation of these same people.

    Are we running out of other people’s money yet? Wait, I know, we can pay for it using the new jizya tax!

  13. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 12:56 pm

    I wonder what Margaret Thatcher would be saying if she were still leading the UK. It would be in stark contrast to what’s being said, and done, by 100% of the current leaders there. She was right that joining the EU would be a disaster, and she’d have been right on the Moslems, too.

  14. Tim says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 2:33 pm

    Hm…. that is a mystery indeed. That such a peaceful religion that is only misunderstood, has such a high volume of adherents who apparently know very little about their own religion and keep misunderstanding it all the time…
    Must be hard to be a Muslim. The more reasons for them to whine and complain.

  15. SallyA says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 3:03 pm

    The article states: “… counter-terrorism police chiefs appealed to Muslim women to persuade [male] relatives not to go to Syria to fight.” The insanity of this normality is shown by the dhimmi police who have no idea about the Stockholm syndrome of Muslimas generally as would necessarily be true of a population of females whose religious male masters behind the doors of their homes of incarceration are directed by the Koran to beat them.

    Worse and more culpable of course than dhimmi police are the craven traitorous leaders throughout Western civilization throwing the rest of us under the Islamic (and Ebola, global financial investment predatory, etc.) bus because the leaders apparently already “have theirs,” count on their worldly riches and crony connections to save themselves, and don’t give a damn about us.

  16. tpellow says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 3:14 pm

    From the West End of London, to the barbarity of Islamic State-

    “THE KENSINGTON MOSQUE AT THE HEART OF BRITAIN’S ISIS DEFECTORS”

    http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/10/17/Kensington-Mosque-Heart-ISIS-Defectors

  17. David, Thailand says

    Oct 17, 2014 at 10:12 pm

    I’m trying to figure out which of our glorious leaders will be first announce that Jihad has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam.

    • Mirren10 says

      Oct 18, 2014 at 9:58 am

      They already have. ‘Jihad’ is all about keeping fit, and getting your kids to school on time.

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