Al-Qaeda's white army of terror

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By Richard Elias
HUNDREDS of British non-Muslims have been recruited by al-Qaeda to wage war against the West, senior security sources warned last night.
As many as 1,500 white Britons are believed to have converted to Islam for the purpose of funding, planning and carrying out surprise terror attacks inside the UK, according to one MI5 source.

Lord Carlile, the Government's independent reviewer of anti-terrorism legislation, said many of the converts had been targeted by radical Muslims while serving prison terms.

Security experts say the growing secret army of white terrorists poses a particularly serious threat as they are far less likely to be detected than members of the Asian community.

Since the 7/7 and 21/7 London bombings, police and intelligence services have had considerable success in identifying, disrupting and stopping extremist plots. As a result, groups such as al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen have been forced to change tack. Converting white non-Muslims has been one response.

The trend is well established in the United States. American-born Adam Gadahn is one of the FBI's top 10 most-wanted terrorists after converting to Islam and rising through al-Qaeda's ranks to become a prominent spokesman.

One British security source last night told Scotland on Sunday: "There could be anything up to 1,500 converts to the fundamentalist cause across Britain. They pose a real potential danger to our domestic security because, obviously, these people blend in and do not raise any flags.

"The exact figure of those who have converted to Islam and turned to terror is not precisely known. Not everyone who converts becomes radicalised and it may be that just two-fifths go down that path, but it remains a significant and dangerous problem."

Carlile said he was not aware of specific numbers, but confirmed to Scotland on Sunday that Whitehall was aware of the new threat and was actively tackling it. He said: "These people are an issue and are potentially very dangerous. There have been cases of non-Muslims converting before, and of these, Richard Reid, the so-called Shoebomber, is the most obvious example.

"They are more difficult to detect and the security services are right to place some focus on this issue."

Carlile said the majority of converts were targeted when they were in prison: "These (converts] are outside the standard type of profile which most police forces would have of a terrorist, which is male, young, and of Middle Eastern or Asian appearance. That is why they are so potentially dangerous."

Carlile added: "The Home Office has a lot of money, millions of pounds, which is being put forward for communities and fighting radicalisation. There is no question how tackling this issue is best achieved: it is achieved at a community level."

Security experts say radical Muslims in prison have become adept at identifying potential new recruits to their cause. Those in custody for the first time, the young and the lonely are particularly susceptible.


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[WyldeChylde]

So, now terrorists can be anyone??

An almost predictable move I guess, similar to what is going on in the US with H.R. 1955?

[blackbear]

Al-Qaeda's white army of terrorists........not quite..

F of S....."American-born Adam Gadahn is one of the FBI's top 10 most-wanted terrorists after converting to Islam "

Adam Gadahn.(Pearlman)..
New York Sun reports that son of American Jew joined al-Qaeda, is wanted by FBI .....\
A day after the July 7 attacks in London, he appeared in a tape released by al-Qaeda to praise the attacks.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3303485,00.html

Mossad Agent Pearlman Releases Phony "Al-Qaeda Tape"

Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet

Adam Pearlman, the Jewish Mossad agent who once wrote stinging essays condemning Muslims as "bloodthirsty terrorists", has once again popped up as an "Al-Qaeda spokesman" to frighten the dwindling number of Americans who still believe Al-Qaeda exists outside of U.S. intelligence circles.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2007/300507phonytape.htm

More info:

http://xymphora.blogspot.com/2006/07/very-strange-saga-of-adam-gadahn. html

http://judicial-inc.biz/who_is_pearlman.htm.....

Well, you know what they say: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. I guess that goes for creating Islamofascist bogeymen,( or neo-Nazi sock-puppets, too...)