Suicidal Algerian Terror Suspect Gets To Stay In The UK

More lunacy from the UK's Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC).

A 43-year-old married Algerian terror suspect who has been in in Britain illegally since 1995- when he arrived in the country using a fake passport- and is admittedly a threat to national security, will remain in the U.K. because he's suicidal.  According to Justice Mitting he has major depression and might just kill himself if he is deported so he needs to stay. He apparently tried once before, in 2005, when he tried to hang himself in his prison cell, so they're terribly concerned he might do it again. So what! Let him. The unnamed man doesn't dispute he's a threat, he supposedly supports the group involved in the recent hostage crisis massacre at the Algerian gas plant, has allegedly raised funds and  arranged for fake passports and travel for terrorists, and yet the SIAC believes his human rights would be breached if deported?  Justice Mitting, of course, is the same man who let hate preacher Abu Qatada stay in the country, a free man.

Mitting said of the suicidal Algerian terrorist:

'We are persuaded by it that the risk that G would commit suicide, especially after arrival in Algiers, is very high.

'It may be containable in the UK but no special arrangements have been negotiated with Algeria to cope with it.'

He did tell six other Algerians they have to get the heck out of the UK, though some believe they will probably continue to appeal. And more than likely they too will get to stay. England can then fill up with terrorists and hate preachers, all being supported by the British taxpayer.

Among the six men were two fundamentalists with links to an alleged 2003 plot to commit mass murder using the poison ricin and cohorts of hook-handed preacher Abu Hamza.  [Snip] The six suspects ordered to leave the country claimed they would be at risk of torture or degrading treatment if returned to Algeria.

Among them is a regular visitor to the Finsbury Park mosque, who sided with hate preacher Abu Hamza, and a senior member of an Afghanistan training camp. 

But Mr Justice Mitting said the court was 'satisfied that the Algerian state's assurances can be relied upon' in the case of these men.

Litigation has been going on for seven years, and Mitting said there was "as yet, no end in sight", but the Home Office wants them out, soon.

Good luck with that.

Algerian Gas Plant Terrorists Had Inside Help- Security sources think

UPDATE 1/21/13: Now there's word that the hostage takers came from Northern Mali, included some foreign fighters, and that they wanted hostages for negotiation clout regarding the situation in Mali. I'm sure the story will continue to change.

There is still no definitive death count for the attack on the Algerian Ain Amenas gas plant, but there is now some talk that it was more than likely an inside job. Supposedly there might have been as many as five, including a French national, working at the plant who aided the al-Qaeda-linked Islamists in carrying out the massacre at the behest of the one-eyed jihadist  Mokhtar Belmokhtar. Of course, there's no way to determine how many of the foreign hostages were actually killed by the terrorists or by Algerian security forces during the military operation. We do know, however, that the terrorists targeted the Christian kuffars (non-Muslims), and some seem to think that the attack had been very well planned for a long time. Apparently, access to the plant was far too easy, and there were things the terrorists new that only someone on the inside would have been privy to, including the room numbers of the foreign workers.

According to one of the Algerian witnesses, an IT worker:

‘The attackers knew the layout of the complex extremely well. They knew the names of the people responsible, the number of cars and who had keys.’

He also mentioned that the terrorists included mostly Algerians, along with an Egyptian, a Libyan, a Syrian, and several with "white skin" who spoke impeccable English that he thought might be Canadian. The IT worker went on to say:

‘The Algerian hostages were then allowed to leave. I was allowed to go but before I did, I saw many Brits killed. One Westerner trying to give first aid was blown up by the terrorists.' ‘When the army arrived, they were firing at everyone – terrorists and hostages – indiscriminately.'

The French 'inside man' apparently joined his comrades once they entered the complex, but was killed   when the Algerian troops attacked the plant. Police are investigating the possibility that four other workers (who survived) might have been accomplices, as well.

There is also word that some of the terrorist hostage takers survived, and have been captured.

As things settle down, we will get more information along with a final tally of how many died, but if it was an inside job, that does not bode well for any foreign 'infidel' workers employed in Muslim majority countries.  This could easily happen anywhere.

Global Jihad- Coming Soon To A Country Near You

After all that is going on in Mali, and the terrible tragedy that just transpired in Algeria, there are now worries that what started off as localized jihad in  Western Sahara  is now headed global.

Until 2012, Algerian Al-Qaeda affiliates in AQIM -- Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb -- were struggling to break from their Algerian roots. Now they are actively engaged in support of Islamic militant factions in Mali, including Ansar Dine and the Movement for Unity (MUJWA) and Jihad in West Africa.

Dominique Thomas, a specialist on Jihadist movements, told France Info radio that the hostage-taking raid in Algeria is part of a pattern by the region's militants to push for internationalize their jihad.

"Today, the jihadists, particularly AQMI, MUJWA, and groups that are linked to them -- with the exception, maybe, of Ansar Dine -- don't only have a local agenda; they have an international agenda," Thomas said. "And the objective is to try to internationalize the crisis, create a kind of international front for jihad in this region. This is done through a brazen operation that inevitably affects neighboring countries."

Michel Douti, a political governance expert at the Open Society Initiative for West Africa, said the membership of militant factions in the region also reflected the push for Islamic law that transcends national borders.

"The difference between AQIM and MUJWA is the difference between Coca-Cola and Pepsi, because it's the same coin, with two sides," Douti said. "Who can find the difference between AQIM and MUJWA when they all agree that it is Islamic law and Shari'a that must be imposed? Is it a question of skin? Because one can see now that the elements of MUJWA are made of up of majority from West African countries, especially Nigeria, Benin, and Togo."

More here.

Lebanese Singer Yara Taken To Police Station For Smoking On Ramadan

Here's one of those 'good grief' stories that are aplenty in the Middle East.

It's Ramadan across the Muslim world and people are expected to honor the rules and regulations even if non-Muslim. I guess if they have to suffer a month of daytime deprivation so should everyone else. So Christian Lebanese singer Yara is in Algeria for some music festival and she lights up in a taxi. Not pot, just plain old tobacco. Algerian taxi driver tells her to snuff it out, Yara refuses, so off they go to the police station where she is reprimanded for not showing respect and reverence for Muslims during a religious holiday she does not celebrate. She is also told she can not smoke in public during the day during Ramadan.

Although reports differ, those traveling are exempt from fasting, smoking and drinking, and apparently the Muslim performers there took advantage of that. Perhaps that's why Yara lit up, or maybe she just felt that since she's Christian she shouldn't be subject to Ramadan restrictions. I suppose it would all depend on how devout you are whether you decide to take advantage of the exemption. Some Olympians did, others did not.

After the driver asked her to stop smoking, since it was his taxi, she probably should have just complied. But driving her to the police station- how ludicrous is that, although I'm not at all surprised. She's lucky they didn't fine her, or throw her in jail.

When in Rome, as they say.

Dad of Toulouse Murderer Mohamed Merah Wants To Sue France For His Son's Death

Mohamed Benalel Merah, the father of 23-year-old Islamist al-Qaeda devotee Mohamed Merah (the 'Toulouse Massacre' murderer) has decided he wants his son's body to be buried in Algeria.

“(God willing), I have decided to bury my son in Algeria.  [snip] Mohamed has an Algerian passport and has been listed with the (Algerian) consulate in Toulouse since his birth."

Good riddance. 

He also has said he intends on suing France for shooting his son instead of 'taking him alive.' 

“France is a big country that had the means to take my son alive. They could have knocked him out with gas and taken him in,” he said. “They preferred to kill him.”

“I will hire the biggest named lawyers and work for the rest of my life to pay (their) costs. I will sue France for killing my son.”

What?  I realize parents of murderers and criminals are often in denial about the evil their kids commit (unless of course he condones what his reprobate son did) but, come on. He jumped off the balcony in a blaze of gunfire (his weapon) after a 32 hour standoff and refusing to surrender. Anti-terror prosecutor Francois Molins claimed that Merah basically said it's me or them, adding “If it’s me, who cares? I’ll go to paradise.” Good luck with those 72 virgins.

What's interesting, though, is in the past he had no aspirations for martyrdom. According to Molins  Merah said " he does not have a suicidal spirit, he did not have a martyr's soul, he preferred to kill and remain alive."  Things changed, I guess, once he was cornered.  Apparently, and all he wanted was to bring "France to its knees."  Molins also said that "He expressed no regret apart from not having had enough time to kill more victims." 

It's quite obvious Merah was a sick pup (he taped all 3 attacks), with a checkered, criminal past.

Two years ago, Merah "held" a 15-year-old boy in his apartment and forced him to watch videos of al Qaeda beheadings. When confronted by his mother, he assaulted her -- and she made a report to police. French media report that after the incident Merah donned military fatigues and yelled "I'm al Qaeda" in the street near the woman's house. By then, he already had multiple convictions for minor offenses, and several jail sentences.

France also knew about his travels (twice) to Waziristan/Afghanistan, where Merah claims he had contact with al-Qaeda and where he received his training.  He was even arrested in Afghanistan, and U.S. troops shipped him back to France. As a result he wound up on a U.S. 'no-fly-list.' So why was there no continuous surveillance on this guy and his brother, who both happened to belong to a Salafi group in Toulouse? French police said they were monitoring Merah and older brother Abdelkader (29) for extremist views, but they obviously didn't do a very good job. And how did he amass all those weapons found in his car: 'an Uzi, Sten pistol, revolver and pump action rifle'?

Although Abdelkader is said to have praised his brothers actions: the murder of 3 French paratroopers (several of whom were Muslim) and 4 French/Israelis (a Rabbi and 3 young children) apparently in retaliation for the French 'Burqa Ban', France's presence in Afghanistan and for the death of Palestinian children, he now denies it.  He also denies he had anything to do with the murders, but police aren't buying it.  So, in the meantime, he is being charged with complicity.

As a result, France's Sarkozy is planning to crack down on repeat visitors to extremist jihadi websites.  A little too late for Merah's 7 innocent victims, but at least it's a step in the right direction, and something every civilized country should consider.

As for suing France, good luck with that!

Other sources: TelegraphUK, The Australian,