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UK: Father of teen jihadi has high post in Ministry of Defence

Apr 1, 2015 10:13 pm By Robert Spencer

Islamic State1David Cameron no doubt assumes that there is absolutely no possible way that the father who works in the Ministry of Defence could misunderstand the Religion of Peace in the same way as his son does. It would be inconceivable!

Her Majesty’s Britannic Death Watch Alert: “Father of teenage jihadist arrested in Turkey works in Ministry of Defence post office and has access to personal details of all British military personnel,” by Amanda Williams, MailOnline, April 1, 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

The father of one of three teenagers arrested in Turkey on suspicion of trying to join Islamic State fighters in Syria works for the Ministry of Defence, it has been revealed.

It is believed the man, from Brent, northwest London, works in the military’s post office, where he could have had access to the names and address of all military personnel at home and overseas.

He has been put on compassionate leave from his post, after the MoD considered suspending him, a source has said.

It is not clear where or at what level at the MoD he worked.

The Times reports that he is one of the parents of the three boys, one aged 19, and two aged 17, who raised the alarm about their missing children.

The MoD declined to comment.

Last month it was revealed that the students were intercepted in Turkey after their parents realised they had fled to join the terrorist group.

They dialled 999 and British police quickly tipped off their Turkish counterparts. Officials swooped on the group within minutes of their flight touching down in Istanbul.

But instead of being praised for his actions, he was reportedly put on compassionate leave after first facing suspension, it has been claimed.

The three teenagers were brought back to Britain where they were questioned at a high-security London police station on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism, before being released on bail.

Investigators hope to discover how they planned to reach the war zone and why they decided to try to do so.

More than 600 Britons have fled the country for Syria and Iraq since the explosion of violence in the region began.

They include 22 women and girls who have travelled in the past 12 months, many of whom wanted to become ‘jihadi brides’.

IS controls huge areas of the two countries and has attracted thousands of foreign fighters to its cause.

Turkey has faced criticism for not controlling its border with Syria, but has accused European states of failing to prevent would-be jihadists from leaving in the first place.

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  1. pumbar says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 12:38 am

    “Her Majesty’s Britannic Death Watch”.

    That’s just offensive.

    • michaelwarden says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 3:06 am

      Offensive ? It is called Freedom of Speech besides being true. Freedom of Speech is something we have precious little of here in the UK. I recently complained to my councillor about a mosque being set up in King’s Lynn. A few days later I was visited by two officers of Special Branch (they deal with terrorist offenders) to ” allay my fears ” regarding the mosque. Yeah, right ! My fears are not allayed.

      • Cicero says

        Apr 2, 2015 at 3:15 am

        Michaelwarden. You are right to be alarmed. The virus is very well established in all layers of society of the UK. Around me I see them greeting and acknowledging each other – they come from all races and cultures – Pakistani, African, Albanian . I have personal experience of Unaccompanied Minors turning up at the Home Office claiming to flee persecution from places like Syria . They are given a foster home, money, free legal aid, free schooling , clothing, personal allowance ( benefits our own indigenous children do not get within their families ). Invariably they begin organising themselves and making contacts of those already in the UK . They are FreeSyrian Army members . If they can go to the Ul and be welcomed with open arms, then how hard will it be for battle hardened members of ISIS to gain free access to the UK fro which to plot fro within and without?

        Did you read recently that it has Ben alleged that ” Britsh ” citizens are practising military manoeuvres in the Welsh countryside? We are truly alarmed.

        • jayell says

          Apr 2, 2015 at 9:09 am

          I believe that groups of them have organising their own ‘Outward Bound’ (sic) projects in the Lake District for years, including some with links to the 7/7 outrage. Some years ago Nick Griffin (ex Head of the BNP) noted the interest a lot of them had in martial arts courses in the West Yorkshire area (whilst the rest of us were happily watching the telly in the evenings). To quote the gentlemen of Apollo 13, ‘we have a problem’.

      • pumbar says

        Apr 2, 2015 at 5:54 am

        Michelwarden.

        So just because things aren’t peachy in our country you let it pass that someone could say such a thing about the UK? Have you just given up? Have you no spirit or defiance?

        • Babs says

          Apr 2, 2015 at 6:41 am

          @Pumbar, I used to be a proud Brit. Although I am still proud of the salt of the earth British people, I am not at all proud that the UK is a laughing stock because of successive governments’ attitudes to the encroachment of Islam here, in spite of the protests by so many of us.

          The US is not immune either, given Barry’s antics.

          I can understand Robert’s frustration with the UK, after Theresa May treated him and Pam Geller so shabbily and yet allows Islamist hate preachers freedom to enter the country, and sometimes, yes, he goes a bit too far, but I can’t argue one bit with the central thrust of his arguments.

          The UK is a shameful, pale replica of its former, proud self. Winston Churchill would be spinning in his grave.

        • pumbar says

          Apr 2, 2015 at 9:40 am

          Babs

          It sounds like you’ve given up. Posts like this and Spencer’s “Joe Kennedy” uploads are eroding our resolve. It’s really easy to just give up.

      • Xessexboy says

        Apr 2, 2015 at 2:06 pm

        michaelwarden thanks for sharing…Methinks special branch were more likely checking you out then trying to settle your nerves….Disgusting how the UK is killing itself

        Glad I left the UK 6 years ago….

    • mortimer says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 10:19 am

      The Brits need to wake up and smell the jihad and turn around their immigration policy.

      • Lioness says

        Apr 2, 2015 at 10:26 am

        Ain’t gonna happen as long as Imam Cameron is in power. Maybe UKIP will change things around, or maybe it’s too late already.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 2:56 pm

      With all respect, Pumbar, I find it curious that you appear to be far more offended by Robert Spencer pointing out that the families of Jihadists hold posts high in the Ministry of Defence than you are by having potential Jihadists high in the Ministry of Defence itself.

      • pumbar says

        Apr 2, 2015 at 8:20 pm

        I have no problem with someone telling me that I have something of a paunch. It’s just a matter of how they do it.

        Plus, if I remember correctly, isn’t the head of the CIA a muzzie convert? pot… kettle… black?

  2. Cicero says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 3:06 am

    I must express surprise that the quote ” her majesty britanocdeath watch alert” is deemed to give offence to some posters. I saw it as a satirical nomenclature. Perhaps the posters expression of offence is of the same ilk. I give them the benefit of the doubt!

  3. sencit says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 3:32 am

    “High post” in the MOD?
    Hardly that – he worked in the post office! It may pose some danger, but I would’nt call it a “high post”.

    • jayell says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 8:28 am

      “he worked in the post office! It may pose some danger….” Quite. He would have access to names & addresses and could avail himself of information passing through. There is now more than enough evidence of the duplicity and corruption of muslims in the UK and they should all be treated as security risks. They should not be employed in any of the public services or in positions where they can cause harm or undermine the state or British society. This would mean barring them from any public office, the legal and education systems and the civil service, and transport and public utility services (water, gas, electricity) where they can – and have already – caused death and destruction.

      • sencit says

        Apr 2, 2015 at 9:34 am

        I am of the belief that none of them should ever have been allowed to settle in the country at all.
        We could have opened our doors to the truly persecuted minorities, who would at least have been grateful and worked for our betterment.
        I agree totally with your reply, but the title of the article made it look as though he had a position of great authority in the MoD! Heaven forbid!

        • jayell says

          Apr 2, 2015 at 11:15 am

          Hello Sencit. You are absolutely right. They have proved themselves over and over again NOT to be the right material for UK citizenship. Their track record within the UK is generally absolutely appalling, and the fact that their proportion of the UK prison population (over 14% at the last count and increasing) exceeds their proportion of the general population by about 350% is clear proof of this. Yet they appear to feel no shame and have never collectively or individually expressed any regret for this and the rest of the trouble they have caused, as if it were of no consequence – maybe this is the sort of thing that defines their ‘reality’. They have rarely shown any real intention of conforming with accepted British attitudes and cultural standards or attempt to assume a recognisably ‘British’ identity, perhaps because they are incapable of doing so; indeed they frequently seem to be totally ignorant of what the UK is supposed to be about and don’t seem to have the slightest interest in finding out, as if it was all totally irrelevant to them. It really is more than obvious that they’re only in the UK for what they can get – and will whinge, ‘demand’ and attempt to bully until they get it – and clearly feel neither affinity nor respect (let alone admiration!) for the UK, its culture, standards and people (the appalling Rotherham debacle bears this out|). They patently offer nothing whatever to the country and it’s no delusion that the UK really was a far better place without them.

  4. duh_swami says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 4:49 am

    1984…The Ministry of Peace wages war…The Ministry of Defense wages surrender…You can tell by who’s in charge…In the US it’s Rasool Obama, John inshallah Kerry, John inshallah Brennan, Valarie inshallah Jarrett, and Marie Harf…What could go wrong?

    • Baucent says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 4:58 am

      I think that’s a good point. America has no reason for feeling smug. How about trading five top terrorists for one deserter who also had converted to Islam?

  5. mortimer says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 10:16 am

    For every 1 jihadist in UK, there will be a thousand supporters. 600 hundred jihadists in UK are encouraged by about 600,000 who approve of what they are doing.

    • pumbar says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 12:49 pm

      That’s the same, sadly, for the US Mortimer.

    • Cicero says

      Apr 5, 2015 at 3:46 pm

      Where I currently work any desultory conversation with the Numerous African and Asian muslims employed within the government structure will reveal their lack of identification with British values and their downright contempt for the indigenous and other non-muslim citizens. They do not subscribe to the general aims and ambitions of British society , instead they are longing for. And perhaps actively working towards the collapse of British society as we know it.

      Britan is in very grave trouble.

      • jayell says

        Apr 5, 2015 at 5:56 pm

        “Where I currently work any desultory conversation with the Numerous African and Asian muslims employed within the government structure will reveal their lack of identification with British values and their downright contempt for the indigenous and other non-muslim citizens”….
        This is really not surprising. You just have to look at their motivation for being in the UK in the first place, which is ‘to have a better life’ (for themselves) – in other words, self-centred, opportunistic greed on someone else’s patch rather than attempting to improve things in their native neck of the woods. So they enjoy the physical comforts of someone else’s First World western environment, ‘free’ education for their kids, ‘free’ health care, a ‘civilised’ social environment, a State pension……all of which they assume to be ‘their natural right’ even though none of them in their native situations managed to create it. The host country is simply an amenity for their personal benefit and its character, culture and history are seen as at best irrelevant and simply don’t come into the picture unless something conflicts their own purposes, in which case (aided and abetted by the forces of Political Correctness and multiculturalism) they will ‘assert their rights’ – on their own terms, of course!. Result? The undermining and ultimate weakening of the host’s traditional political/social/cultural status quo, followed by the consequent erosion and destruction of the accompanying socio-economic conditions – the very reason why these people arrived in the first place! And everyone suffers!

  6. thomas pellow says

    Apr 3, 2015 at 6:40 am

    British political class’s Islam-compliant attitudes, indicated by continuing mass immigration from Islamic countries, and uncritical ‘multiculturalism,’ are enabling the infiltration of Islamic jihadists into key state sectors, including national security.

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