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alp227

(32,044 posts) Wed Apr 4, 2012, 01:07 AM Apr 2012

Man in London charged with terrorism offences over al-Qaida document (by Awlaki)

Source: The Guardian

A man has been charged with terrorism offences over the alleged possession of a document by Anwar al-Awlaki, the al-Qaida preacher who was killed last year by a US drone strike in Yemen.

Mohammed Shabir Ali, 24, of east London, is accused of possessing 44 Ways to Support Jihad between 20 August 2008 and 21 June 2011.

The Metropolitan police said that the document was "of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism".

Ali has also been charged with intending, during the same period, to assist another person to commit acts of terrorism.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/04/al-qaida-terrorism

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Man in London charged with terrorism offences over al-Qaida document (by Awlaki) (Original Post) alp227 Apr 2012 OP

So I need to be careful what material is in my personal library? 99th_Monkey Apr 2012 #1

How many starw men can one fit into one post? Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #2

I did apparently misunderstand the OP 99th_Monkey Apr 2012 #3

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)

1. So I need to be careful what material is in my personal library?

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 01:20 AM

Apr 2012

or I'll get taken out by a fucking drone?

... for the "crime" of having the "wrong" kind of
printed material in my possession?

Seriously, what kind of bull-shit "evidence" is this,
to justify yet another assassination/murder by our
shadow gov't of someone who may or may not be
guilty of ANYthing criminal. We'll never really know.

We're just supposed to trust the authorities
now as to who's a "bad guy who has it coming"
and who's not?

I'm sorry. This is reprehensible to me.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)

2. How many starw men can one fit into one post?

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 07:44 AM

Apr 2012

1. Not our laws, this happened in England. The wrong kind of printed material *can* get you arrested there. As it stands, he allegedly broke one of their laws.
2. No one was killed by a drone. No one was murdered.
3. See: http://www.met.police.uk/pressbureau/Bur03/page09.htm
Looks like the police charged him with aiding and abetting people who were going to attempt an act of terrorism.
4. The courts will sort it all out. If they can't prove he has done anything illegal, he'll be free to go.

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)

3. I did apparently misunderstand the OP

Reply to Ikonoklast (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 01:04 PM

Apr 2012

It's actually a GOOD thing if it's being handled by the court system,
which is how ALL terrorism charges should be handled, just like
any other crime..

Thanks for calling me out on my misunderstanding

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