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UK: Two Muslims arrested at airport “on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts”

Jul 1, 2017 3:02 pm By Robert Spencer

Since they were arriving from Turkey, it is likely, albeit not entirely certain, that they were Islamic jihadists, and not the “right-wing extremists” about which Theresa May is equally concerned. The continuing refusal to identify the motivating ideology behind “terrorist acts” and plots hamstrings the West’s ability to deal with this threat.

“Police arrest two men, both 21, at Heathrow airport who had flown in from Turkey ‘who were preparing terrorist acts,'” by Sophie Inge, Mailonline, July 1, 2017:

Two men have been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of terrorism offences after landing on a flight from Turkey.

The men, both aged 21, from Leicester and Birmingham, were detained by West Midlands counter-terrorism detectives just after 10am on Saturday.

They are being transported back to the West Midlands for questioning on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.

The arrests were intelligence-led and there was no immediate threat to the public.

On Friday detectives arrested two men in Essex and a third in East Sussex on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.

Sussex police officers and detectives from the Met Police Counter Terrorism Command arrested the three men – two aged 28 and one 31 – on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.

Detectives have also executed search warrants at one address in East Sussex, and three addresses in east London. Enquiries are ongoing….

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  1. mortimer says

    Jul 1, 2017 at 3:11 pm

    Jihad has NOTHING to do with the Koran’s 164 Jihad Verses: K 002:178-179, 190-191, 193-194, 216-218, 244; 003:121-126, 140-143, 146, 152-158, 165-167,169, 172-173, 195; 004:071-072, 074-077, 084, 089-091, 094-095,100-104; 005:033, 035, 082; 008:001, 005, 007, 009-010, 012, 015-017, 039-048,057-060, 065-075; 009:005, 012-014, 016, 019-020, 024-026, 029,036, 038-039, 041, 044, 052, 073, 081, 083,086, 088, 092, 111, 120, 122-123; 016:110; 022:039, 058, 078; 024:053, 055; 025:052; 029:006, 069; 033:015, 018, 020, 023, 025-027, 050; 042:039; 047:004, 020, 035; 048:015-024; 049:015; 059:002, 005-008, 014; 060:009; 061:004, 011, 013; 063:004; 064:014; 066:009; 073:020; 076:008. And NOTHING to do with the Sira which is 80% about jihad.

    Nope! ‘They’ can’t divide us! Except when at the airport. (sarc/off)

  2. John A. Marre says

    Jul 1, 2017 at 3:50 pm

    Keep all Muslims out and this won’t happen.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 1, 2017 at 4:41 pm

      True, John.

  3. gravenimage says

    Jul 1, 2017 at 4:42 pm

    UK: Two Muslims arrested at airport “on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts”
    …………………………….

    The disturbing thing is that I don’t even find such headlines shocking at this point. I just think, “Glad they caught them–this time” and turn to the sports page.

    • roger woodhouse says

      Jul 2, 2017 at 5:38 am

      Thats probably because like the rest of us we know these people will be released without charge next week.

  4. Lydia says

    Jul 1, 2017 at 5:18 pm

    The whole world is about to go CRAZY…..
    -er.

    • R Russell says

      Jul 1, 2017 at 6:04 pm

      Yes. It’s prophesied in that Book scorned by many but never proved wrong. The Bible explains what is happening right now. A friendship with the Bible Jesus makes it tolerable.

      • Carolyne says

        Jul 2, 2017 at 3:31 pm

        The “Book” is just paper with writing on it printed in some factory somewhere. Depending on the supernatural to get us out of this fix is whistling in the wind. I guess if you believe in talking snakes and whales being able to swallow people, it is never proven wrong. Then there’s the problem of Adam and Eve;’s children getting married. To whom? Their own siblings since there were no other people existing? Oh yes, the Land of Nod. But…but….they were the only people existing.

        Never wrong.

        • Graham says

          Jul 2, 2017 at 7:42 pm

          You should really demand your money back on that ‘Internet Atheism Course’ Carolyne.

  5. abad says

    Jul 1, 2017 at 6:44 pm

    Send them back to Turkey.

  6. Terry says

    Jul 1, 2017 at 7:06 pm

    Perhaps I am missing something.

    The post says, ” since they were arriving from Turkey—-“. Then, the following: The men, both aged 21, from Leicester and Birmingham.

    Were the men living in Britain, in the above named cities, and had gone to Turkey, and now returning?

    Or, were they from Turkey, “visiting ” those places and arrested>

    I would appreciate it if it could be clarified-unless I am missing or missed a paragraph somewhere.

    • Anne Smith says

      Jul 2, 2017 at 5:54 am

      At a guess they were returning jihadis who had been fighting with ISIS and came home via Turkey. It seems there is no way of preventing jihadis entering Turkey from Syria.

      As the pig ignorant British Government refuses to keep a record of those leaving and returning to our country there is little they can do at Border Control. The report says this was “intelligence led” i.e. not picked up by Border Control personnnel.

  7. Undaunted says

    Jul 1, 2017 at 11:29 pm

    Let me tell you what’s wrong with the picture above. Two “cops” standing there. side by side, like matches in a box. One reads “POLICE”, one reads “MEDIC”. Hey, Brits; the medic is not there to save you; he’s there to save the cop to his right. The medic is obviously not a warrior, just look at his gut hanging there. He has his trigger finger indexed but so what?

    Cool MP5’s though, eh? Fuckin’ A.

    They are standing there, literally shoulder to shoulder, trying to give the impression that they are well prepared to handle whatever comes their way. But the fact that they are standing there in the exact position depicted in the picture above shows clearly that they are not prepared.

    Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves…

    Nope. You’re fucked. You, too, Baltimore and Birmingham and Boston and …

    • Bob says

      Jul 2, 2017 at 6:49 am

      Thank you, Undaunted, for your kind words of encouragement!

    • Carolyne says

      Jul 2, 2017 at 3:25 pm

      Actually, I think “Undaunted” is daunted.

      • gravenimage says

        Jul 3, 2017 at 10:06 pm

        Recognizing that many police and security are not prepared for Jihad is, sadly, something we need to realize.

        It can also take police a while to get to the scene. You may be on your own for some time.

  8. Stan Lee says

    Jul 2, 2017 at 1:36 am

    Muslims do not consider terrorism schemes and acts as “terrorism” They think of it as Occupational Therapy, and “higher learning.” Now, they can sign up at Berkely where they can get discounts for meaningful Berkely studying in that school’s jihad courses.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 3, 2017 at 10:09 pm

      Berkeley *is* pretty far gone–but, no, they do not have “Jihad courses” there.

  9. Telh says

    Jul 2, 2017 at 7:59 am

    Ban all Muslim immigration. Bugger the weak left.

  10. Ric says

    Jul 2, 2017 at 2:44 pm

    The dunderheaded leftists within Britain and the equally dunderheaded leftists of the EU have permitted their nations to become host to a parasitical blight, Islam. It is futile; it is too late to turn the clock back, as they have enabled Islam and are subjugates of Islam. Fear is not of this scourge but those citizens who dare question the government’s immigration policies.

    Would the Enemy of the State, Nazis, have been welcomed into Britain during the World War II? A rhetorical question, of course not. In the twenty-first century, this issue is not apropos, bigoted, more so Islamophobic. The state’s Overlords hold little concern for the sovereignty of the state, moreover the security of the innocent, law-abiding citizenry. Those who are audacious enough to criticize this weak-kneed, politically correct leadership or dare censure Islam will likely find themselves being interrogated by the authorities.

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