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Manchester jihad mass murderer’s younger brother arrested in Libya for ties to the Islamic State

May 24, 2017 1:33 pm By Robert Spencer

All in the family.

“Salman Abedi’s younger brother arrested in Libya over alleged Isis links,” by Will Worley, Independent, May 24, 2017:

Libyan authorities say they have arrested Hashem Abedi, the younger brother of Manchester attacker Salman Abedi, in Tripoli on suspicion of links to Isis.

A local counter terror force known as Rada detained Mr Abedi, 20, on Tuesday evening.

His brother Salman Abedi killed 22 people and injured many more after detonating a suicide bomb at a concert in Manchester on Monday night.

Dramatic footage shows armed police storming ‘house of suicide bomber’

Hashem Abedi had been in touch with attacker Salman Abedi, spokesman Ahmed Bin Salem told Reuters.

“We have evidence that he is involved in Daesh (Isis) with his brother,” Mr Bin Salem said. We have been following him for more than one month and a half.”

“He was in contact with his brother and he knew about the attack.”

Salman Abedi is also believed to have spent time in Libya, from where his family originates, prior to the attack.

The north African country is highly unstable and home to numerous militias and factions, including Isis and other Islamist extremists.

Another sibling, Ismail Abedi, 23, was arrested yesterday in Manchester by UK counter-terror officers.

The Abedi parents are living in Libya and have reportedly denied their son’s involvement in the attack….

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  1. mortimer says

    May 24, 2017 at 1:45 pm

    Salman Abedi (Koran memorizer who chanted Islamic prayers for weeks before the attack) and his brother who joined ISIS in Libya do not indicate any MOTIVE for the SUICIDE BOMBING in Manchester.

    Nothing to see here, move along.

    And don’t spoil our rubbish narrative that ‘Islam is peaceful’.

  2. mortimer says

    May 24, 2017 at 1:48 pm

    That’s mighty ‘PEACEFUL’-looking ARMOR-PIERCING RIFLE that boy is carrying. Must be for some very BIG squirrels he’s hunting in the back yard!

    Nothing to see, people. Move along.

    • Bill W. says

      May 24, 2017 at 3:03 pm

      He should put the barrel in mouth and pull the trigger the world would be a better place.

    • RichardL says

      May 24, 2017 at 4:01 pm

      There are no armour-piercings guns, only armour-piercing rounds. That looks like a bog-standard Russian machine-gun to me.

      I hope in a few months he will be on amnesty international’s list of missing persons.

  3. Eur says

    May 24, 2017 at 2:01 pm

    Nuke no go zones, deport them all and ban Islam forever.

  4. MAC says

    May 24, 2017 at 2:41 pm

    What I can’t stand are the idiots on the news saying, “How did this happen? How do we prevent this in the future?” Are you FN kidding me?

    Look, it’s simple…round ALL of them up and kick them out!
    And all that BS about islamophobia makes me sick! It’s like saying not all Germans were Nazis. Yeah…right.

  5. Ex Muslim Against Islam says

    May 24, 2017 at 2:44 pm

    Channel 4 News UK reporting that the father has also been arrested in Tripoli. Lovely family NOT!

  6. somehistory says

    May 24, 2017 at 2:48 pm

    He resembles *clock-boy*…

    • kaboooooooooooooooooooooooooom says

      May 24, 2017 at 3:44 pm

      Striking resemblance.

  7. overman says

    May 24, 2017 at 3:18 pm

    l couldn’t believe what Maajid Nawaz said on CNN about this. He’s actually talking sense and even condemns the term ‘Lone Wolf’ as a misnomer – which is true, because none of these lunatics are ever alone. But, it looks like you have to be muslim [two in this case] before they’ll allow you to speak the Truth.

    Maajid Nawaz on Manchester Attack – CNN

    • RichardL says

      May 24, 2017 at 3:58 pm

      This is why I like Maajid Nawaz and hate Amanpour who desecrates the name of the Saviour by just existing.

      • kaboooooooooooooooooooooooooom says

        May 24, 2017 at 4:57 pm

        Don’t trust ANY moslims. There is a reason Tommy Robinson dis-associated himself from Quilliam.

        nawaz is a taqqiya artist fraud – lying to the Kuffar. He offers some vague succor to the aggrieved Kuffar after a potentially ecosystem changing attack such as happened in Manchester, to give the appearance of moderation – and then will be back to his antics once the heat dies down; same as the impermanent treaties (Hudyna) of islam under mad m0hamhead – ceasefire while islam is in trouble; to be broken once they sense they have retrieved the ascendency.

        My clue as to the insencerity of nawaz is in his tone of voice and speech patterns – slimy. He reminds me of tariq ramadan in this respect.

        I repeat – NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER trust any moslims, as long as they remain moslims.

        • Flavius Claudius Iulianus says

          May 24, 2017 at 5:17 pm

          HEAR, HEAR!!!

          I frequently say, all Mohammadans are guilty, they are guilty of sitting their children and grandchildren on their knee and telling them that Mohammad was really great guy.

          Think about it. All Mohammadans are complicit in perpetuating this belief system into the future. They are all complicit and thus all have blood on their hands.

      • gravenimage says

        May 25, 2017 at 8:30 pm

        RichardL wrote:

        This is why I like Maajid Nawaz
        …………………………

        Richard, Maajid Nawaz is an equivocal figure *at best*. He has opposed any efforts to defend against Jihad terror, and has equated Donald Trump to Jihad terrorists. His think tank, the Quilliam Foundation, has waffled as well.

    • Jack Diamond says

      May 24, 2017 at 8:09 pm

      Big deal. His objective is to exonerate Islam from any connection to “Islamists” and “jihadism” or this kind of (Islamic) violence. He even exonerates it from Shariah. But Nawaz is not a reformer, his efforts are aimed at the kuffar. Meantime, yes, these “mujahideen” are not ever lone wolves, they are sheltered by the (ever growing) Muslim community.

      • gravenimage says

        May 25, 2017 at 8:54 pm

        All true, Jack.

  8. Flavius Claudius Iulianus says

    May 24, 2017 at 5:11 pm

    I find it highly disconcerting that all of these people are being arrested now. The authorities seem to have very thorough dossiers on all of them. Why were they not dealt with when they came up on the radar screen?
    Somehow I feel there are individuals in the political layer in the UK that are running interference for all these people. And then when an actual criminal act occurs they can no longer be “protected” and are rounded up.

    • kaboooooooooooooooooooooooooom says

      May 24, 2017 at 7:05 pm

      “Somehow you feel”?

      It’s obvious. the human excrement that is the mayor of London is your first clue.

      And then there was Cameron and there is Galloway (the scottish pimp wot was in the admitted pay of some islamic hell-hole (cant remember which as i’m not Brit and am speaking from memory); and there is/was lutfur rahman (Tower Hamlets); and

      rushanara ali; and all these scum (from Wikipedia):

      United Kingdom
      Members of Parliament:

      Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (1970–): Member of Parliament for Scotland (from 2015–present).
      Rushanara Ali (1975–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2010–present); first person of Bangladeshi origin to be elected to the House of Commons.
      Rosena Allin-Khan (1977–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2016–present).[8]
      Rehman Chishti (1978–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2010–present).
      Nusrat Ghani (1972–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2015–present).[9][10]
      Rupa Huq (1972–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2015–present).
      Imran Hussain (1978–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2015–present) and Shadow Minister of State for International Development (from 2016–present).
      Sajid Javid (1969–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2010–present) and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (from 2016–present).[11]
      Khalid Mahmood (1961–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2001–present).[12]
      Shabana Mahmood (1980–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2010–present).
      Shahid Malik (1967–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2005–2010); served as a Minister for International Development (from 2007–2008).[13]
      Yasmin Qureshi (1963–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2010–present).
      Anas Sarwar (1983–): Member of Parliament for Scotland (from 2010–2015) and Member of Scottish Parliament (from 2016–present).[14][15]
      Mohammad Sarwar (1952–): Member of Parliament for Scotland (from 1997–2010);[16] first British Muslim and Pakistani origin MP
      Naz Shah (1973–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2015–present).[17]
      Tulip Siddiq (1982–): Member of Parliament for England (from 2015–present).
      Peers[edit]
      Adam Hafejee, Lord Patel of Blackburn[18]
      Amirali Alibhai, Lord Bhatia – life peer[19]
      Arminka Helic, Baroness Helic – Bosnian-born British Special Adviser (SPAD) and Chief of Staff to the Former British Foreign Secretary William Hague[20][21]
      Gulam Khaderbhoy, Lord Noon MBE – life peer, businessman and Chancellor of the University of East London
      Haleh, Baroness Afshar – Professor in Politics and Women’s Studies at the University of York, England
      Khalid, Lord Hameed – Chairman of Alpha Hospital Group; chairman and chief executive officer of the London International Hospital
      Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine – lead Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs in the House of Lords[22]
      Meral, Baroness Hussein-Ece – Liberal Democrat life peeress
      Mohamed Iltaf, Lord Sheikh – Chairman of Conservative Muslim Forum
      Nazir, Lord Ahmed – Crossbench life peer, formerly Labour[23]
      Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik – Conservative Baroness of Mearns in the County of Renfrewshire; former Chairman of CBI Scotland[24]
      Manzila Pola, Baroness Uddin – Labour Party life peer, community activist, and first Muslim and Asian to sit in the House of Lords[25]
      Qurban, Lord Hussain – Liberal Democrat life peer
      Sayeeda Hussain, Baroness Warsi – Lawyer & British politician for the Conservative Party and a former member of the Cabinet[26]
      Shas Sheehan, Baroness Sheehan – Liberal Democrat and Baroness of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton and of Tooting in the London Borough of Wandsworth [27]
      Tariq Mahmood, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon – life peer
      Waheed, Lord Alli – Labour life peer
      Zahida Manzoor, Baroness Manzoor – Liberal Democrat Baroness; former Legal Services Ombudsman; former Deputy Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality[28]
      Members of the European Parliament[edit]
      Amjad Bashir (1952–): Member of the European Parliament for England (from 2014–present).
      Syed Kamall (1967–): Member of the European Parliament for London (from 2005–present), leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament (from 2013–2014, and Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists in the European Parliament (from 2014–present).
      Sajjad Karim (1970–): Member of the European Parliament for England (from 2004–present).
      Afzal Khan (1958–): Member of the European Parliament for England (from 2014–present).
      Bashir Khanbhai (1945–): Member of the European Parliament for England (from 1999–2004).

      Members of Scottish Parliament:

      Bashir Ahmad (1940–2009): Member of Scottish Parliament (from 2007–2009).[29]
      Hanzala Malik: Member of Scottish Parliament (from 2011–2016).
      Humza Yousaf (1985–): Member of Scottish Parliament (from 2011–2016).
      Members of Welsh Assembly[edit]
      Mohammad Asghar (1945–): Member of National Assembly for Wales (from 2007–present).[30]
      Altaf Hussain: Member of National Assembly for Wales (from 2015–2016).[31]
      Mayors[edit]
      Muhammad Abdullah Salique (1951–): mayor of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets (from 2008–2009).[32]
      Mohammed Ajeeb (1938–): Lord Mayor of Bradford (from 1986–1987); first Asian (Pakistani) Lord Mayor in the UK.[33]
      Jilani Chowdhury (1964–): Mayor of Islington (from 2012–2013) and councillor in Barnsbury (from 2006–present); first Asian mayor.
      Sadiq Khan (1970–): 3rd Mayor of London (from 2016–present), Member of Parliament for England (from 2010–present), Shadow Secretary of State for Justice (from 2010–2015), and Shadow Lord Chancellor (from 2010–2015)
      Lutfur Rahman (1965–): First directly elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets (from 2010–2015); first Bangladeshi leader of the council

      Other:

      Anwara Ali – Cllr, Conservative Party councillor in Regent’s Park, Cabinet member for health and well-being in Tower Hamlets and General practitioner in Spitalfields Practice[35]
      Bashir Maan – Pakistani-Scottish politician, businessman and writer[36]
      Maya Ali – Cllr, Labour Party councillor in Westwood and solicitor[37]
      Muhammad Abdullah Salique, Cllr – Labour Party member, Councillor for Bethnal Green North ward, Mayor of London Borough of Tower Hamlets for 2008/09 municipal year[38]
      Murad Qureshi – Labour Party politician; Greater London Assembly Member[39]
      Cllr Nasim Ali – Labour Party politician, councillor in Regent’s Park, Cabinet Member for Young People in Camden Council and former Mayor of Camden; in May 2003, at age 34, he became the country’s youngest mayor as well as the UK’s first Bangladeshi and first Muslim mayor[40]
      Rabina Khan, Cllr – Labour Party politician, councillor in Shadwell, cabinet member for housing in Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, community worker and author of Ayesha’s Rainbow[41]
      Rohema Miah – Independent policy adviser and former political advisor for the Labour Party between 1992 and 2005[42]
      Salma Yaqoob – former leader of the left-wing Respect Party and a Birmingham City Councillor[43]
      Syeda Amina Khatun MBE – Labour Party councillor for Tipton Green in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council; first Bangladeshi woman to be elected in the Midlands region, in 1999[44]
      Tulip Siddiq – Labour Party councillor in Regent’s Park and cabinet member for culture in Camden London Borough Council

      Here is the problem:

      There are circa 4M moslims in the UK. The elite know the risk they represent to British culture and the working class British people. They know the inevitable outcome of importing more muzz into the UK and the consequences of them outbreeding indigenous British people. The issue is they don’t know what to do. It will be massively expensive to ship all muzz out of the island that is Great Britain and virtually impossible to do anyway. What muzz hell-hole (pakistan, SA, Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya (you know the usual suspects) can afford to accept them? The answer is NONE. So they kick the can down the road and leave it for someone else to deal with; AND

      they know the other option; the inevitable one is a civil-war and be assured that is what is coming – I just can’t predict with any reasonable assurance when that will happen – but at a guess, within 10 years.

      AND there will be civil-war all over continental Europe as well. Politicians in general; but particularly European pols and ‘democrat pols in USA, disgust me even more than the adherents of islam disgust me.

      Apologies for typos and grammatical errors (I don’t have time to tidy up tonight).

      • Flavius Claudius Iulianus says

        May 25, 2017 at 8:03 pm

        That’s a lot of curry!!! Just excuse me a second while I change my wager from Sweden to the UK…………………………………………………………
        ……………….
        Okay, done.

        Seriously though, I was thinking more at the local level and with full complicity.
        Still your enumeration has an effect: here I am scrolling down a long list. Scrolling, scrolling and still scrolling. And I’m not even a citizen of the UK and it’s giving me the shivers. I can’t imagine the reaction of someone from the UK scrolling down that list!!
        I thought we had it bad here in Canada. The Mohammadian representation in our government is double their population level!!! (Fortunately, Mohammadians are mostly in one party, so the electorate can deal with if they ever realize what’s happening.)

        What I’m hoping for is that one of the more far-gone European countries fails the first, rather than all of Europe falling. This will shock the rest of Europe and the world into actually waking up.
        Much like the nobility in Europe before the French revolution. They all dabbled enthusiastically in revolutionary talk and ideals. They thought they were so chic. They thought they were so noble to espouse all the high ideals. Then the revolution came and after it the terror (not just one but several). It wasn’t so chic and fashionable anymore. It was also too late for the French nobility but the nobility in the rest of Europe sure woke up.

  9. Santa Voorhees says

    May 24, 2017 at 5:38 pm

    Funny how lybian authorities arrested his brother immediately while the british did nothing before the attack, despite being on their watchlist.

    • Santa Voorhees says

      May 24, 2017 at 5:39 pm

      *libyan

  10. no_one says

    May 24, 2017 at 7:16 pm

    I feel sorry for these people. They may think they have a martyr and may be rejoicing. That will help them endure anything since their martyr is able to get all of them into Heaven. They think he is in Heaven and don’t worry about him. It is a point of view. From a Christian point of view he may be in hell. No one can tell for sure. Atheists think he is dead and that is the end.

  11. robert_k says

    May 24, 2017 at 7:29 pm

    Perhaps the boy is holding his invention, like Clock Boy.

  12. Monty says

    May 25, 2017 at 1:48 am

    I think I’ve said before that the UK sold its soul to Saudi Arabia years ago. Now it is payback time and the price is everything that is British. “Rue Britannia” is the new theme song, The British Lion is a toothless pussy cat and the Dragon has barbecued and eaten St George. No wonder the movie about King Arthur flopped.

  13. gravenimage says

    May 25, 2017 at 8:13 pm

    Manchester jihad mass murderer’s younger brother arrested in Libya for ties to the Islamic State
    …………………..

    Dear old dad is reportedly a Jihadist, as well–although fighting with a rival Jihad group. Sonny also reportedly told his mother about the terror attack. She presumably could have alerted British authorities, and chose not to.

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