The UK government continues its long-standing pattern of downplaying jihad activity or denying it outright, and ascribing what are clearly actions of jihadists to mental illness. If Britain is to survive as a free society, which seems quite unlikely at this point, this refusal to face up to what the country is facing must be challenged and rejected. But there appears to be no movement whatsoever to compel the government to end its denial.
“Reading terror attack: Libyan national Khairi Saadallah named as suspect for stabbing that killed three,” by Lizzie Dearden, Independent, June 21, 2020:
The suspect arrested over a terror attack that left three victims dead in Reading is a Libyan national called Khairi Saadallah, The Independent understands.
Saadallah, 25, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody being questioned over the incident.
Police are understood to be investigating mental health issues in connection with the attack.
Neighbours at the flat block where he lived in Whitley, just under two miles from the scene of the mass stabbing, believed he had been recently released from prison.
Three people were killed and a further three victims seriously injured, making it the deadliest terrorist incident to strike Britain since the June 2017 London Bridge attack.
It is the fourth suspected terrorist knife attack in six months, following the stabbings at Fishmongers’ Hall in November, HMP Whitemoor prison in January and Streatham in February.
Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, the head of UK counterterror policing, said inquiries conducted so far did not suggest anyone else was involved and that no other suspects were being sought.
“However, detectives working closely with the security services, continue to make enquiries to ensure that there were no others involved and our investigative priority remains to ensure that there is no related outstanding threat to the public,” he added.
“Although the motivation for this heinous act is far from certain, Counter Terrorism Policing South East has taken on responsibility for leading this investigation.
“We are clear that it was not associated at all with the Black Lives Matter protest, which was taking place peacefully earlier in the day, and which had concluded some hours before this attack took place.”…
The suspect, a young man of North African or Middle Eastern appearance who was wearing black, was chased and pinned to the floor by police officers….
Isis has incited its supporters to carry out low-technology terror attacks using knives and vehicles around the world.
The terrorist group released advice on picking “soft targets” containing crowds of people but low security.
The tactics have been used in several recent terror attacks in the UK, including at Fishmongers’ Hall in November and Streatham in February.
Col Kurtz says
Quit letting these death cultists off for mental illness!!!!! Wake up England! You are becoming a Muslin state!
HUGO says
It’s too late.
Savvy Kafir says
It’s not over yet. But it might require a violent revolution or civil war to put things right. The only hope short of that is Anne Marie Waters’ For Britain party — if enough voters and financial supporters get behind them. Anyone can become a member and supporter, whether they’re British or not.
RichardL says
remind me again of the laws on firearms in Britain. I legally could own guns in Europe but here in the US I can own any gun I wish. Britain has been lost a long time ago.
Trevor Handley says
I am beginning to wonder if MI5 did realized he was dangerous but left in place to see where he would lead will obviously be denied
gravenimage says
Why would they want to see a Jihadist murder Britons?
aoife irena maria molloy says
I absolutely agree col kurz
RichardL says
He is on to something: Officially 1.3 billion people are suffering from this mental disease. In its worst form, a mix of bacteria viruses and fungi eats its way through the forehead into the brain. That vicious cocktail of pathogens is called allah.
HUGO says
1.3 billion and growing by 40 million per year.
CogitoErgoSum says
Yes, he has mental health issues the same way that a Black Lives Matter protest can be peaceful if only one building is burnt and just 27 policemen injured.
Ray Jarman says
Maybe one should understand that Islam is a mental defect and should be eradicated for the mental health of every nation on earth.
Dov Berrol says
Oh no. Another outbreak of IPD: Islamic Personality Disorder!!!
Any rallies calling for justice for the lowly Kaffir of the planet? Any? At least scheduled? Maybe next week? A month from now?
*sounds of crickets…
Battle says
+ 100.
Ray Cane says
This counterterrorist is so fullah Xi-iiit there is no room left for neurons. BOUGHT AND PAID FOR. SAUDI MONEY LOOMS LARGE.
Dude says
They’re all nuts.
But then all murderers are nuts. All rapists and robbers are nuts. And guys who take girls as slaves are nuts.
Is muslim a special “nuts” apart from their usual delusions of grandeur? Or are we just afraid of being branded nutsofobic? But where did he get the idea to stab people? Such a puzzle!
mortimer says
Dude, People who follow an ideology are not ‘nuts’, but they are often self-hypnotized. I see this in people I know every day. They repeat the same half-truths and distortions every day to whip themselves into hatred of ‘the other’.
stephen burgess says
We keep letting more of this third world scum and go looking for them at sea. how can people in charge of this country still think this pile of s–t is any use to any country, why keep bringing in more crap that they know are not worth the clothes they are in.
Savvy Kafir says
Agreed. The Muslim population in any free, civilized society should be ZERO. That should be our goal. There should be zero tolerance for this most savage, and least tolerant of ideologies.
James Lincoln says
Savvy Kafir says,
“The Muslim population in any free, civilized society should be ZERO.”
Agree.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
No one else involved!? Why not start with all of Islam, its perverted and hate-filled ideology, and its adherents.
medforth says
WATCH: UK Police Help Hard-Left Marxists To Illegally March
https://medforthblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/21/police-help-hard-left-marxists-to-illegally-march/
Rick Spencer says
These Mohammedans all suffer from Al-Mo-7C virus, which originated in Arabia some 14 centuries ago! It attacks the brain-tissue… praying to ‘Big Al in the sky’ 5 times a day prolongs the encephalitis indefinitely. LOL!
FYI says
Why,of course this attack couldn’t possibly have anything to do with islam.
That’s just being ‘islamophobic’.
A muslim stabs 3 to death.
{Detective report will most likely insist ..’nothing to do with islam’..mental health issues}
Let’s see:Motive,opportunity,method.
Motive:he was just ‘slaying the unbelievers wherever ye find them’ {koran 2:191}
Opportunity:plenty of infidels in the local park.opportunities galore to kill infidels are everywhere;airports,shopping malls,restaurants etc.
In fact wherever two or three infidels gather there you will have the jihadist’s golden opportunity.
Method:stabbing
So it looks like a muslim with jihadist tendencies was simply following the koranic command to kill innocent infidels{=MOTIVE} and he took the {=OPPORTUNITY} to do so using the means available to him ,a Knife{=METHOD}.
There you go:Case should be closed.It isn’t difficult to figure it out .
{Hypothetical scenario for British police detectives to ponder:
A man is found with an axe implanted in the back of his head and his body is found with his arms and legs tied behind his back.
That’s an obvious suicide isn’t it?}
James Lincoln says
FYI,
You are being way too rational…
Michael Copeland says
“Lizzie’s articles are written, not at the scene of the story, but from her home base. HonestReporting has seen biased stories about Israel written by Independent “ online journalists” such as Lizzie Dearden who gather news from the internet … “.
http://www.honestreporting.com
Britain’s terrorism watchdog, Max Hill QC (Queen’s Counsel), recently told a parliamentary committee that it is “fundamentally wrong to attach the word ‘terrorism’ to any of the world religions” (Gatestone Institute).
https://gatesofvienna.net/2019/06/the-lamentable-shortcomings-of-some-english-judges-and-senior-lawyers/
What with biased “reporting” and the main legal official in denial, Mr. Spencer’s accusation stands confirmed.
mortimer says
Message for MAX HILL, QC :
In the words of ALLAH himself, ‘TURHIBUNNA’ (terrorise them). Koran 8.60.
Max, tell ALLAH that he isn’t a terrorist.
Michael Copeland says
Motive “far from certain”?
The muslim killer was “doing exactly what this book says” (as Lt-Col Allen West puts it).
mortimer says
‘exactly’ … a perfect quote!
Jayell says
‘Counterterror top dog’? And what breed of hound would that be? Muslim poodle?
Ade Fegan says
LOL !
Phil Copson says
I’m just waiting for Sadiq Khan / Fiyaz Mughal / Cressida Dick etc to insist that the phrase “Counter-terror top dog” should be scrapped on the grounds that “The word “dog” is offensive to muslims and endangers community cohesion.”
Maybe “counter-terror kitten” is about as forceful as they dare get ?
But then again; given that even mentioning terrorism seems to produce nervous palpitations amongst Britain’s senior police, maybe it’s a “Counter mental-illness mouse” that’s needed ?
Jayell says
Ade Fegan (below) talks about a ‘Groundhog’. Apparently, that’s some kind of burrowing rodent. Can’t really get much lower than that, just right for our muslim friends.
gravenimage says
Jayell, Ade Fegan’s reference is likely to the 1993 Bill Murray movie “Groundhog Day”. It is about a cynical journalist covering the Groundhog Day festivities in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
He has screwed up a lot of his life, and finds himself reliving the day over and over again until he gets things right (although he doesn’t realize this immediately).
The reference to “Groundhog Day” has entered the parlance here–and generally means that someone is doing the same stupid thing over and over again, and it never gets any better.
In this case, it is a reference to the ludicrous canard about Jihad terror being a “mental health issue”.
Ade Fegan says
Groundhog Day
gravenimage says
Yep.
mortimer says
Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu needs to learn more about political Islam and its jihadic teachings … and go right to the sources that ordinary jihadists use. Without a full understanding of JIHADIC teachings Neil Basu is no more than a multi-cultural ‘diversity hire’. He should be transferred to traffic where no one has to think for a living.
mortimer says
The MENTAL ILLNESS issues are all connected to the UK HOME OFFICE filled with globalist-leftist ideologues.
Globalism is a dangerous ideology that will lead to a totalitarian, feudal future worse than the disaster of the Soviet Union.
Wellington says
I agree with you wholeheartedly, mortimer, about globalism. It is a prescription for an arrogant and foolish bureaucracy to make mistake after mistake—like the EU and most certainly the UN. Eff globalism. Whatever good it has (is there any?) is far, far outweighed by its faults.
The nation state, though not perfect (what political configuration is?), is the optimal route for mankind to travel. City-states are too small for all kinds of protection and other reasons (an occasional exception like Singapore does not disprove this maxim). Empires are too amorphous. And globalism is just an excuse to create as unbearable and stupid bureaucracy replete with economic stupidity, political correctness and idiotic multiculturalism.
The nation state, if possessed of four elements—democracy, capitalism, a proper moral order and a decent legal system—would produce the best of all possible worlds a la Alexander Pope.
Trouble is that most nation states don’t have these four elements in tact. Many, like the over 50 majority Islamic nations, don’t even have one of these elements present.
I would add here that crony capitalism, the second element I mentioned, does indeed exist in many Muslim nations (and elsewhere), for instance Saudi Arabia, but crony capitalism suffers from the same fate as crony democracy, to wit, an absence of ethics and an absence of enlightened legality—and so many times when you catch another clueless leftist {excuse the redundancy} like AOC denouncing capitalism, what they are unwittingly denouncing is crony capitalism. Neither democracy nor capitalism really works unless infused with a true rule of law, which must be blind, and accompanied by a decent legal system (Sharia is of course “out” here).
If all of mankind produced optimal nation states, that is to say with all four elements I mentioned above, then freedom, prosperity and mutual respect (which entails a real Golden Rule for all, something Islam is completely incapable of and opposed to) would become a pandemic—and I mean this last term in the best sense. How much better off mankind would be were this “pandemic” to occur.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
Excellent, my compliments. You are a wonderful history and political scholar.
I do have a question:
I may be way off here, but I’m wondering if the United States – with all of the recent divisiveness – is starting to resemble the EU. I’m thinking Western Europe versus the Visegrad Group.
The “red states” and “blue states” could not be further apart on issues regarding immigration, gun control, freedom of speech, as well as other many other important issues. And some states, like California, have economies that are bigger than many countries.
Are we still a “United” States of America or is this bond among states fracturing beyond repair?
Would the United States be better off if far left states like California left the union?
Wellington says
James: Looking at matters, per best case scenario, the US would be optimally better off if stupid states like California, Massachusetts and New York would cease being stupid—but, of course, it would necessitate such states doing pretty much a 180.
But, arguing to some extent in the alternative as is the wont of lawyers, if only a few American cities would actually leave the US, becoming independent city states, and I am thinking here NYC, Chicago and Los Angeles—throw in a few more like Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco if you like—then America would be all the richer for this departure.
In short, entire states are not the problem (even Minnesota). Certain cities are. Again I reference Thomas Jefferson who advised to beware of cities because they are the breeding ground of filth and pessimism. Big cities are the rub, not states. Their parts are always greater than their whole.
The real America is small town, big town, small city and rural America. Their whole is invariably greater than their parts.
The largest cities in America are more trouble than they are worth. I have never been to a large city that made me feel like I would like to live there, quite the contrary actually. From boyhood onward I have instinctively disliked big cities and, a la Chesterton, my soul sang with joy like a bird in spring when I first read that the Sage of Monticello (whose monuments are now in danger of being taken down everywhere by ignoramuses) knew and expressed this sentiment about big cities long before I made my brief appearance on the world stage.
Hope this answer will do. Take care, pal.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
Thank you for your detailed reply, it definitely makes a lot of sense.
You are correct, entire states are not the problem. I lived in Hanford, California for a while when I was attached to NAS Lemoore. The town was in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, actually quite conservative at the time.
I guess the problem in, say, California is the Electoral College – with winner take all.
I think that your idea of city states is interesting. You could start with the worst of the worst, the low hanging fruit, and see how it rolls out.
The only time that I go to a large city, say Boston, is to do something that I can’t do in a small to medium-sized town. An international airport, a concert, a professional sporting event, international auto show, a museum, a play, etc.
Otherwise, I see no point to go into a large city – just to go into a large city…
Best wishes!
mortimer says
Reply to Wellington: agree with many fine points. I disagree that globalists are ‘leftist’. I believe that they are globalism + socialism + crony capitalism. That would be a new form of national socialism, but globalist. The crony capitalists want an international market in which populations can be swiftly and easily shifted where needed for the convenience of business. The purpose of government is sweep away anything that resists the will of the 1% crony capitalists. The big bosses and billionaires have no use for the human rights of the toiling masses or for free speech. Alphabet Corporation (google) is taking steps to control all language and all speech and even decide what ‘TRUTH’ is. They will decide for us what is thinkable. They will OWN ‘THE TRUTH’. There will be no possibility to resist this thought control. The ideas presented here are too abstruse for the common dimwit going to Antifa and BLM rallies.
There are too few like you, Wellington. Leftists certainly seem ‘clueless’, but I believe they are simply amoral.
Wellington says
Always good to read what you have to say, mortimer. And whatever globalists are on the political spectrum scale, they have far more bad ideas than good. Damn control-freakish as well—and I despise control freaks in any walk or aspect of life. And of course, as I know you know quite extensively, Islam is ready-made for control freaks, starting with its reputed founder.
And there are few like you too, mortimer. Take care, knowledgeable one.
gravenimage says
Great exchange, Wellington, James, and Mortimer.
Wellington says
The Great Pretend Game (GPG) continues.
ntesdorf says
Being a Muslim is indeed a serious Mental Disorder and affects 1,500 million people.
gravenimage says
UK counterterror top dog: Motive of Muslim who stabbed 3 to death “far from certain,” could be mental health issues
……………
More willful ignorance.
Battle says
Asst Commissioner Neil Basu: Someone instructed him. Where did he go to mosque? Which mosque? Prison mosque?
gravenimage says
Yes–Jihadist’s Mosques, Imams, families, and associates should *always* be investigated, but seldom are.
Major Tom says
Involve Islam and the credibility of the British Police becomes lower than a snake’s belly in a wagon rut!!
4dmin says
Survey shows that majority of Europeans welcome migrants
https://voiceofeurope.com/2020/06/survey-shows-that-majority-of-europeans-welcome-migrants/
gravenimage says
They have drunk the koolaid that Muslim migrants are no danger.
Jake2169 says
Many people are getting fed up with the same old worn out record. The head of “Counter Terrorism” brings the excuse of mental illness into the equation yet again. On one hand he is absolutely spot on! Islam is chock full of mentally ill individuals who are so paranoid that they feel the need to pray 5 times a day, just in case “Allah” gets upset or “offended” by those who don’t pay reverence and bless the insane murderous “prophet” Mohammed at the same time. What is really annoying is the way our Dhimmi government and politicians pay reverence to a death cult that is hell bent on undermining the social fabric of Western society. They’ve allowed the building of Mosques against the wishes of local people, allowed “Islamic Centres” to operate, allowed the infamous “After school lessons” to keep going, despite the fact that some of these places preach and teach hatred for the country in which they were given permission to live in safety. No where on this planet will any Muslim be grateful, no matter what they are given, they hate us, they hate the way we live, they hate democracy, they hate women being able to do as they want, they hate freedom of speech, and they hate freedom in general. Islam is an all inclusive cult that enslaves even the minds of its followers. You can check out, but you can never leave!! The Eagles were aware of this cult decades ago!!!
Owen Morgan says
The police have already acknowledged that this was a terrorist offence, but they are still flailing around, trying to identify it as any kind of terrorism, other than islamic. So far, we are told that this Libyan was a nutter and that he was supposedly a Christian (conveniently, in the Whitehall frame of mind, those two concepts go together).
Meanwhile, more Libyan “refugees” are probably gaining free entry to the UK, every single day. I’ll have to hope that they don’t lose their minds and convert to Christianity, too.
terry sullivan says
is basu a moslem? hes indian yet 20% in his state are rop
india has 250 million moslems
modi should send them all to pakistan and bangladesh?
gravenimage says
No, Basu is not Muslim–but he is a dhimmi.
Chistopher Watson says
Here we go again. Another moslem suffering from some mental disease. Yet again Basu just cannot think what the problem is. Thank goodness he is not looking into the Jack the Ripper case.
When Johnson was elected some people thought that there would be a new reality into these cases. How naive we were. He is the same as every other PM in recent years. Since Sharia May went to Barcelona to sign away our birthright anyone from the moslem world has the right of entry. We, indigenous people no longer have the right to life. It is dependant on the foreigner’s rite of entry.
It was sickening we watch the ‘churchmen’ walking in line on Monday including an Imam. He shouldn’t even be in the country.
Yet there are still many people in our country who do not realise what the danger is. The easy answer is to evict any and all moslems. We are trying to find an answer to the Covid-19 illness. When we have found an injection everyone will be given treatment. We also have an answer to the moslem desease, which is far more dangerous, yet no-one is willing to apply the treatment.
The TV news tells us the victims of this moslem animal were wonderful people. Of course these people were wonderful. They were normal people with families and friends. Our politicians should be ashamed of themselves. They have allowed into our country thousands of murderers and religious fanatics who are disrupting our way of life.
Matt Rodda, the local MP was interviewed but of course came out with the usual rubbish: about us being ‘welcoming’ and kind to emigrants. Well, perhaps we should stop being kind to moslem emigrants. Perhaps we just should not have any.
Prince Eugene says
Britain Leads Western Civilization In Jihad Denial
Petrified of being smeared with the phony mental disorder of Islamophobia, British authorities do everything to avoid defining the obvious actions of unvetted immigrants and observant Muslims as terrorism visited on the native citizenry. So a desperate charade continues with a euphemism for the war on the British natives as some undefined “mental illness.”
Giacomo Latta says
Watch out, Basu, there’s a muslim behind you! Ha! Ha! Got you looking. Oooh, what’s that smell?
Stephen Cowley says
They’re not entirely wrong. There is a pattern of young British Muslim men who don’t drink, but will smoke cannabis and its variants instead. And cannabis is associated with weird ideas and violent crime. The ideology is definitely a part of it too though.
gravenimage says
I am no particular fan of marijuana use. But the problem here was not that he was smoking weed, but that he had been indoctrinated by Islam.
OLD GUY says
Thats right keep bowing to the islamic invaders and they will gain total control over your lives and country. Islam follows the rules of dictatorships when it comes to freedom of speech, they can’t allow it. When the truth is spoken or written about islam they can’t defend its violent actions.
sidney penny says
“UK counterterror top dog: Motive of Muslim who stabbed 3 to death “far from certain,” could be mental health issues”
He could not think of any other “Could Be”?