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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (12358)	8/19/2008 6:55:54 AM
From: FJB	Respond to of 20106

August 18, 2008 Times Online timesonline.co.uk Britain's youngest terrorist, Hammaad Munshi, faces jail after guilty verdict A 16-year old schoolboy faces a jail term after being convicted today as Britain's youngest terrorist. Hammaad Munshi, who was taking his GCSEs when he was arrested, was part of a cell of cyber-groomers which set out to brainwash the vulnerable to kill "non-believers". He was convicted at Blackfriars Crown Court of making a record of material likely to be useful for terrorism over a guide to the manufacture of napalm. For nearly a year the teenager, whose grandfather is a leading Islamic scholar, led a double life, the court heard. By day he attended lessons at the local comprehensive, and did as he was told. But in the evening, he spent hours surfing jihadist sites and distributing material to others as part of what the Crown branded a "worldwide conspiracy" to "wipe out" non-Muslims. The court heard that that material contained included instructions about making napalm, other high explosives, detonators, and grenades, and "how to kill". Munshi was 15 when recruited by Aabid Khan, 23, a "key player" to help radicalise the impressionable and vulnerable in Britain and abroad with his message of "violent jihad". They lived 10 miles apart, phoned each other during 2005 and 2006, and swapped documents about "black powder explosives". Khan wanted to fulfil the teenager’s wish to go abroad and "fight jihad", and during one internet exchange discussed how the schoolboy might smuggle a sword through airport security. The Dewsbury-born teenager was detained a day after Khan as he and friends returned from local Westborough High School. The IT whizz-kid - whose online Arabic profile "fidadee" means a "person ready to sacrifice themselves for a particular cause" - ran a website selling hunting knives and Islamic flags and was the cell’s computer specialist. Two bags of ball-bearings - the shrapnel of choice for suicide bombers - were found in one of his pockets. On his PC were al-Qaeda propaganda videos and recordings promoting "murder and destruction". The teenager, whose grandfather is Sheikh Yakub Munshi, president of the Islamic Research Institute of Great Britain at the Markazi Mosque, Dewsbury, also stored notes on martyrdom under his bed. "One who is not taking part in the battle nor has the sheer intention to die is in the branch of hypocrisy," they read. "I don’t want to be a person like it has been mentioned about, I don’t want to be deprived of the huge amounts or lessons Allah has prepared for the believers in the hereafter." Khan, the schoolboy’s mentor, had links with proscribed terrorist organisations Jaish'e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, and helped radicalise jailed "wannabe suicide bomber" Mohammed Atif Siddique. Khan was returning from Pakistan - possibly after terror camp training - when detained. The "routine stop" at Manchester Airport on June 6, 2006, yielded the largest cyber "encyclopaedia" of articles promoting terrorism seized by police. It included personal information, including addresses, of various members of the Royal Family, among the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Princess Royal, and the Earl and Countess of Wessex. There was also a guide to killing non-Muslims, and discussions about setting up a secret Islamic state in a remote area of Scotland. Also found were US and Canadian military training manuals, a Terrorist’s Handbook, a Mujahideen Explosives Handbook, and a Mujahideen Poisons Handbook containing a recipe for ricin and encouragement for "brothers" to experiment on "kuffar" (non-believers). Sketches of combat suits, which he dismissed as "ghetto clothing but with an Islamic theme", were in his Filofax. Bradford-born Khan - "Del Boy" to his contacts - ran At-Tibiyan Publications, an "online extremist support network". In one exchange, he spoke of finding a "big target and taking it out... like a military base in the UK'. Operation Praline, headed by Leeds Counter-Terrorism Unit, examined a huge number of files from hard-drives and DVDs in Khan’s suitcase, and identified two fellow "jihadists". Sultan Muhammad, 23, a post office night sorter, was Khan’s cousin and "right-hand man". They regularly chatted about killing non-believers and buying the explosives component acetone. He fled to London after Khan’s arrest and was arrested two weeks later near a "safe house. Khan, who admitted being interested in jihad at 12, insisted he was in Pakistan selling mobiles and visiting earthquake victims and claimed the material police found resulted from "hoarding and curiosity". Munshi did not give evidence, but used his barrister to also argue "curiosity". Muhammad remained in the dock as well, suggesting through counsel that the computer files belonged to others. But the seven-woman, four-man man jury which spent six days considering the evidence, convicted them of eight offences under the Terrorism Act committed between November 23, 2005, and June 20, 2006. A fourth defendant, Ahmed Sulieman, 30, from south London, was cleared of three charges of possessing terrorist materials after explaining the files found belonged to somebody else. Khan and Muhammad will be sentenced tomorrow. Munshi will be dealt with at the Old Bailey on September 18 after the preparation of a pre-sentence report, although he was warned today that he faced a custodial sentence.

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (12358)	8/19/2008 9:27:21 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20106

Chain wrapped around 'old man's body' found in mosque Iraqi authorities discover 27 bodies at mosque and find torture room cnn.com By Arwa Damon CNN BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- "There are the bloodstains on the wall, and here it is dried on the floor," Abu Muhanad said as he walked through a torture chamber in a Baghdad mosque where more than two dozen bodies have been found. "And here, a woman's shoes. She was a victim of the militia. We found her corpse in the grave." Chunks of hair waft lazily across the floor in the hot Baghdad breeze. "This was the torture room," said Muhanad, the leader of a U.S.-backed armed group that now controls the mosque. "This is what they used for hanging," he said, pointing to a cord dangling from the ceiling. "Here is a chain we found tied to an old man's body."Go inside the mosque's torture chamber » The horrific scene at this southwestern Baghdad mosque is what officials say was the work of a Shiite militia known as the Mehdi Army. Residents who live near the mosque say they could hear the victims' screams. The militia had been in control of the mosque, called Adib al-Jumaili, from at least January 2007 until May of this year. Residents say coalition forces weren't in the region and the torture and killings went unchecked. Some of the victims were accused of being spies for U.S. forces. Other family members don't know why their loved ones disappeared. The family members at the mosque who spoke to CNN were all Shiite, the same branch of Islam as the Mehdi militia. But, they say, some of the victims were Sunni as well. Watch mosque atrocities uncovered » The neighborhood lies in an area that became one of the capital's many sectarian fault lines when violence was at its worst. It's been about three months since the Mehdi Army, loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, abandoned this mosque as it withdrew from several strongholds across the country. Spray painted on the walls is a chilling warning: "Spies, you will dig your own graves. Long live the Mehdi Army." Now the mosque is under the watch of the Sons of Iraq, a local armed group that is largely financed by the Americans working alongside the Iraqi police. They are charged with trying to keep the peace in the neighborhood. Muhanad is their leader. "We found this chain on an old man's corpse that we dug out of the grave," he said, gesturing to a bloodied chain on the floor. "We recovered about 22 corpses and then another five." Only now are people able to understand the true magnitude of the Shiite militia's atrocities and the brutal laws they were enforcing on the people. "This was my son's grave," Abu Wissam said, pointing to one of the many shallow holes in the mosque's garden. "We recovered his corpse completely rotten. His hands and legs were amputated, and his head was decapitated." "He was just a college graduate," his mother sobbed, clutching her 25-year-old son's photo. They say the Mehdi Army abducted their son about a year ago, accusing him of being a traitor. They shot up and looted his home. The family fled. A gruesome video of their son's mutilated body was delivered to their doorstep. The militia "still raid our homes," Abu Wissam said. "Their families are in the district. The day before yesterday, at noon, they tried to assassinate me, but I was able to call the police for help." The neighborhood is eerily deserted. Most of the residents fled the militia's reign; many who stayed bore the brunt of the violence. Homes stand abandoned, shops shuttered, buildings shot up. A single car drives down the main street as a pack of dogs runs through the twisted piles of metal that was once an outdoor market. Lingering at the mosque are a handful of residents whose loved ones were also abducted, looking for clues. "They said they were just taking him for a few minutes, for an investigation," said Karima, who only wanted to be identified by her first name, as her eyes filled with tears. "But they never released him and we heard he might be buried behind the mosque." Umm Diab's breath came in shallow gasps as tears flowed from her turquoise-green eyes. She wiped them away using the corner of her abaya, or robe. In her hand, there's a passport photo of her father, who was abducted by the militia. "All we want are their dead bodies," she said. Although the Mehdi Army has moved out of this mosque and is less visible on the street, residents know that they're not gone. "They're still threatening us," Umm Diab said.