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UK: Muslims plotted to murder police and soldiers in drive-by London shootings for the Islamic State

Jan 18, 2016 11:01 am By Robert Spencer

A medical student and a physics student. But…but…poverty and ignorance cause terrorism! So our moral superiors would have us believe, despite its being proven false again and again.

Note also how thick the denial is in the British media: the Telegraph says: “He had declared allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (Isil) just a month after it had declared itself the Islamist State in June 2014.” The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant didn’t declare itself “the Islamist State” in June 2014. It declared itself “the Islamic State.” But that simple fact is just too much for British readers to bear, apparently, and so it has to be obfuscated.

Hamlett, Majeed and Hassane

“Medical student in plot to assassinate police and soldiers in drive-by London shootings, court hears,” by Tom Whitehead, Telegraph, January 18, 2016 (thanks to John):

A British Islamist fanatic dubbed “The Surgeon” led an Isil-inspired plot to assassinate police and soldiers in a series of drive-by shootings in the UK, a court heard.

Medical student Tarik Hassane, 22, was the ringleader of a four-man terror cell that had obtained a gun and silencer and were looking to buy a scooter which would have resulted in a “terrorist murder or murders on the streets of London”, the Old Bailey was told[.]

Ringleader and medical student Tarik Hassane also conducted “hostile reconnaissance” online of Shepherd’s Bush police station and the Parachute Regiment Territorial Army barracks in White City, jurors were told.

He had declared allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (Isil) just a month after it had declared itself the Islamist [sic] State in June 2014.

Hassane planned to become a “lone wolf” attacker after his co-conspirators were arrested, the court was told.

Close friend Suhaib Majeed, a physics student, was said to be an “essential cog in the machine” of the plot and responsible for secret communications.

Nathan Cuffy supplied the weapon and “armed the plot” while Nyall Hamlett was the “middleman” between him the other two, jurors were told.

Opening the prosecution case, Brian Altman QC said: “With their arrests, the police successfully disrupted a plot to kill a police officers, a soldier or possibly even a civilian, in one or more terrorist attacks, which, if the plot had been allowed to run its course would have resulted in a terrorist murder or murders on the streets of London, according to the warped ideology of the defendants, in the cause, and for the sake, of Allah.

“The plot was undoubtedly influenced by the happenings in Syria and Iraq and the rise of Isil, which in late June 2014 was renamed Islamic State, when the organisation pronounced itself to be a worldwide Caliphate.”

Although the plot was already underway, the group was inspired by a fatwa issued by Isil in September 2014 that called on followers to “kill disbelievers” in the West, he added.

“This was no religious edict or verdict. This was nothing short of direct encouragement and incitement to Muslims living in the West to go out and kill non-believers in their home countries,” Mr Altman said….

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Jihad in the West, journalistic bias, United Kingdom Tagged With: Suhaib Majeed, Tarok Hassane, Telegraph


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  1. marble says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 11:27 am

    How is the tourism industry? Muslim terrorists welcome, Michael Savage, Pamela Geller, and Donald Trump, not so much. Correction, not at all.

    • Voytek Gagalka says

      Jan 18, 2016 at 11:40 am

      Except that Mohammedans are not coming for “tourism” purposes. Not at all!

  2. 13pr108 says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 11:45 am

    The idea that there are ANY ‘islamic lands’ is fundamentally anti-Dharmic. Live and let live. Ahimsa Om shanti Om
    Earth-wide Saffronization is humanity’s (and Nature’s) only hope for not just surviving, but thriving.
    Laws are worthless without law enforcement. Respect the law and law enforcement. Only as a last resort when all other methods of attaining justice have failed is it morally justifiable to ‘unsheathe the sword’. Treasonous leaders are responsible for most global problems.

  3. Jack Diamond says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    “This was no religious edict or verdict. This was nothing short of direct encouragement and incitement to Muslims living in the West to go out and kill non-believers in their home countries”–

    Obviously it is both, a religious edict to kill non-believers in their home countries. Like, oh, Surah 9:5 and Surah 9:29, Mr. Brian Altman. Caliph al-Baghdadi is fully qualified to issue such an edict, Mr. Altman, as were Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, Abdullah Azzam, Ayatollah Khomenei, or the Saudi scholar Nasr Al-Fahd, who issued a fatwa sanctioning the use of WMD, including nuclear weapons, against America. Oh, but no religion could call for such things, therefore “this was no religious edict or verdict” and certainly their ideology must be “warped”. Cognitive dissonance is a small price to pay to protect Islam from harm. Also, Muslim doctors–not recommended for infidels.

  4. Michael Copeland says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 12:27 pm

    Mr. Brian Altman Q.C. is not qualified in Islamic law.
    He says:
    “This was no religious edict or verdict. This was nothing short of direct encouragement and incitement to Muslims living in the West to go out and kill non-believers in their home countries”.
    The Manual of Islamic Law, “Reliance of the Traveller” (available as a free download) explains:
    “Jihad means to war against non-Muslims”, “a communal obligation” (o9.0, o9.1).
    “Kill the non-muslims wherever you find them”, says Koran 9:5, part of Islamic law.
    Islam’s basic message is to kill non-muslims – AS A RELIGIOUS OBLIGATION. The Koran has over a hundred verses instructing violence against non-muslims:
    “We are commanded by the Koran, in Sura At-Tawba [chapter 9]….”, explained the Woolwich killer of Lee Rigby.
    “Violence is the heart of Islam”, says Ayatollah Yazdi.
    See “Licence To Kill – As Taught In Mosques”
    http://libertygb.org.uk/news/licence-kill-%E2%80%93-taught-mosques

  5. mortimer says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 12:33 pm

    Deprogramming Muslims out of Islam is the only thing that will stop the jihad. Once arrested, these jihadists must be subjected to a series of training films, lectures and courses of study involving readings and essays to COMPLETELY remove Islam as a possibility for a civilized person. All Muslims must be deprogrammed and it’s the job of Western governments to create these DEISLAMIFICATION programs, just as the US government created a de-Nazification program in 1945.

    • marble says

      Jan 18, 2016 at 4:02 pm

      That would be far more difficult than de-Nazification. Most immigrants grew from childhood in countries where mosque and state were unified. It is a religion, not merely a political belief, and a religion they take far more seriously than we Christians take ours. It must be said that many Muslims are not terrorists, but separating those who cause trouble from others is an impossible task given limited ability (or desire on the part of leadership) to carry it out.

  6. Bill says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 12:40 pm

    Since all of England is pretty much a gun free zone, eventually some of the soldiers of Islam will succeed in their quest. Although, I do wonder if the “No Go Zones”, the existence of which is denied by the government, are really gun free zones as well. Meanwhile, banning Donald Trump preoccupies the halls of power.

  7. DP111 says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 1:24 pm

    Donald Trump’s policy suggestion is quite sensible – Muslim immigration has to be stopped as a first step. If we have less Jihadi attacks, it will show the correctness of the policy. If it doesn’t, it means that the Jihadi attacks are coming from the resident Muslim population.

    Muslim immigrants are the most unique immigrants in the world – they start a war against the country that allowed them in.

  8. Michael Copeland says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 1:26 pm

    Memo for Mr. Brian Altman Q.C.:
    Mr. Altman, Islam is hostile.
    See muslims making this point:
    http://libertygb.org.uk/news/mr-cameron-islam-hostile

  9. salim says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 2:49 pm

    Meanwhile the parliament is debating to ban Trump from Britain. The UK is the only country considered such a ban ( I don’t think even the Muslim countries considered such a ban)
    Even after 9/11 Britain had a huge number of extremists who were not only free but living on benefits. Mubarak of Egypt made many comments about how Britain was giving refuge to terrorists when Egypt was prosecuting them. I honestly thought America should have bomb Britain not Afghanistan, considering the number of its terrorists.
    Whenever you hear about terrorism and you read the details there is always a connection with people living in Britain. That is the current contribution Britain is making to world peace.
    As to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, I think that is an old name because the Islamic State is no longer limited to those two countries. It is now named Islamic State (IS)

  10. Angemon says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 3:47 pm

    A British Islamist fanatic dubbed “The Surgeon” led an Isil-inspired plot to assassinate police and soldiers in a series of drive-by shootings in the UK, a court heard.

    Medical student Tarik Hassane, 22, was the ringleader of a four-man terror cell that had obtained a gun and silencer and were looking to buy a scooter which would have resulted in a “terrorist murder or murders on the streets of London”, the Old Bailey was told[.]

    Oh, for f***’s sake. A scooter? Those stupid wankers wanted to do a drive-by on a f***ing scooter? Jesus f***ing Christ, how stupid are they?

    • Bill says

      Jan 18, 2016 at 5:46 pm

      Not so sure this plan qualifies as stupid. Pull up, get close enough to a target (perhaps closer than one might be able to get in an automobile), stop, and wound or kill people. Scoot away. They might not get far, they might get caught quickly, but recent history has demonstrated that getting away seems less important than succeeding in the attack. Low tech, arguably. I cannot conclude that it is unworkable. The new terrorist MO does not seem to exclusively involve dramatic attacks on high profile targets. I think the attackers believe that they can cause more “terror” by striking easy targets in common places. I know that President Obama recently assured Americans that the US government has gotten better at stopping the “sophisticated” attacks like September 11th, You remember, there the attackers used sophisticated hi-tech box cutters to implement their plan. He admitted that the government was less capable of stopping low-tech terrorism (terror attacks without box cutters?). The President’s answer to the low-tech threat is to disarm the civilian population.

      Londoners might not want to be too casual about the threat posed by simple sounding attacks such as that planned by this particular group of men. These guys may not have had a sophisticated plan but, if carried out, it might still have been dangerous, even lethal. Be safe.

      • Ashley says

        Jan 18, 2016 at 6:21 pm

        I agree, Bill. Scooters can go where motor vehicles cannot (think alleyways). And you can’t be shooting at just anyone on a scooter in the aftermath of an attack…

        As you illustrated, plots need not be sophisticated to prove successful (deadly).

      • Waiting says

        Jan 19, 2016 at 4:19 am

        “Bill says

        January 18, 2016 at 5:46 pm

        Not so sure this plan qualifies as stupid. Pull up, get close enough to a target (perhaps closer than one might be able to get in an automobile), stop, and wound or kill people”

        Just keep them at arms length…sorted…

    • Michael Copeland says

      Jan 18, 2016 at 6:36 pm

      It is probably a motor scooter, like a Lambretta. This is very manoeuverable in London’s dense congested traffic – good for making a clear getaway, and not raising suspicion.

    • Angemon says

      Jan 18, 2016 at 8:25 pm

      Bill, Ashley and Michael Copeland:

      I stand corrected.

  11. Michael Copeland says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 6:41 pm

    Brian Altman Q.C. refers to:
    “the warped ideology of the defendants, in the cause, and for the sake, of Allah.”

    He is intentionally derogatory of the defendants’ beliefs, on the grounds they have “got it all wrong”. Unwittingly he is very accurate: the “warped” (by Western standards) ideology is Islam itself. Islam does, indeed, call for killings “in the cause, and for the sake of Allah”. Over and over again the Koran commands muslims to do just that.
    There is no Golden Rule to “do as you would be done by”. Muslims are “merciful to each other but ruthless to non-muslims” (K.48:29). The “excellent pattern” praised is “between us and you animosity and hatred forever “ (K. 60:4). As Grand Ayatollah Ahmad Al Baghdadi said to the interviewer on Iran television:
    “…then we fight them, and we abduct their women, and destroy their churches —
    This is Islam!… Come on! Learn what Islam is!”

  12. Judi says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 6:47 pm

    And this scumbag is a medical student and could have been walking the wards of British hospitals. What a frightening thought.

  13. Tom says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 8:37 pm

    Middle photo – Robert Kubica?

  14. Edgar Allen says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 8:59 pm

    “Terrorists are not particularly impoverished, uneducated or afflicted by mental disease. Demographically, THEIR MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC IS NORMALCY (within their environment). Terrorist leaders actually tend to come from relatively privileged backgrounds.”

    http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG849.pdf

    “THEIR MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC IS NORMALCY”
    i.e. THEY ARE NORMAL, AVERAGE MUSLIMS.

    This means there is NO WAY TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE between the Muslim who will obey the Koran, and kill the infidels, and the one who is still trying to build up courage to do it.

    Honest Brooklyn Imam:

    “We Muslims Must Admit That We Are Time Bombs, Hate Christians”

  15. Jeremiah says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    We need to be as unconstrained in killing them.

    • Robeaver says

      Jan 18, 2016 at 10:38 pm

      That costs way too much, I still think castration and removal to a desert is a better choice.

  16. dumbledoresarmy says

    Jan 19, 2016 at 1:38 am

    Note well, there were four plotters.

    Two were from long-Islamised ethnicities.

    Two others – one black British, one white British, both described by non-muslim names (though I am sure that both have super-special Arabic shahada names) appear to be *converts* to Islam.

    The converts from indigenous non-Muslim and immigrant non-muslim backgrounds are just as deadly dangerous as the non-indigenous born-and-raised Muslims.

  17. Mark A says

    Jan 19, 2016 at 3:47 am

    This lot should all be charged with treason. They are planning to attack the military forces of the U.K. on behalf of an Islamic State that has essentially declared war on the U.K. and all western nations.

    That’s treason. They’re aiding the enemy and seeking to become combatants on the enemy’s behalf.

    In a previous age, the penalty for this was simple. These guys would have been lined up against a wall and shot. Perhaps it’s time to bring back those kinds of martial penalties for those who want to make war on us.

    • Michael Copeland says

      Jan 19, 2016 at 4:45 am

      These acts fit the definition of treason.

      Islamic State, an armed hostile entity with a track record of devastating war, has declared war on the West.

      The Caliph, who has the duty in Islam to launch jihad against non-muslims, has authorised individual jihad attacks in Europe.

      Islam itself is in a permanent state of war against non-Islamic peoples and governments, who are the “Dar al Harb”, the Realm of War.

      Western States are bombing Islamic State positions and have specialist troops on the ground.

      This unmistakable war is being brought inside European states. Western leaders are overdue in admitting it. By failing to do so they are betraying their own people.

  18. Golem2 says

    Jan 19, 2016 at 12:23 pm

    I am not surprised by this at all as the Arab Muslim thing is either to attack and run away or stab somebody when they are not looking. It is a cowardly society with a superiority complex without a single thing to feel superior about. They are brainwashed from the womb to the tomb and will believe the most outrageous lies as long as it comes from another Muslim.

  19. Matt says

    Jan 19, 2016 at 3:39 pm

    THE WISDOM OF KNOWING YOUR ENEMY

    “In the years preceding World War I, General Pershing was commander of the American forces in the Philippines. The small Moslem community on the island nation began to wreak havoc against the Philippine government and American forces. The American troops captured a large group of these terrorists. During the interrogation by the Military Court, the fanatics were heard to repeatedly shout, ‘Allah Achbar! Allah Achbar! Jihad! The Philippines are the lands of Islam!’

    “Pershing ordered the Amalekites executed one by one in the presence of the whole group. (The author is referring to the prophecy in the Bible that the Amalekites would be a very vicious and war‑like people down through history.) Moslems will not eat pork believing that no one could enter Paradise if there is even the smallest amount of swine flesh in their bodies. Knowing this, the General first ordered the firing squad to shoot large hogs. After they skinned the swine, the executioners rolled their bullets in pork fat and passed fat through the barrels of their rifles while the condemned watched. As each condemned terrorist was executed, his corpse was wrapped in hog’s skin and buried on the spot. The entrails of the swine were dumped over the corpse before the grave was covered. Three of the convicted Amalekites were released to take the news back to their Islamic Communities. That ended the Islamic Jihad in the Philippines. Terrorist incidents from Islamic Fundamentalists were unheard of until a decade ago when the U.S. State Department recognized the PLO as legitimate ‘Freedom Fighters’ ” (Vendyl Jones, RESEARCHER [Arlington, Texas: Vendyl Jones Research Institutes, January 2001]: 20).

  20. Mohammed(S|+|1T_BE_UPON_HIM) says

    Mar 23, 2016 at 8:53 pm

    No wonder he turned terrorist; a medical student and the best thing he could come up with was re-enacting an average day in Maryland? He probably flunked out before he found “religion”.

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