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'War on terror' talk



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FORMER Guantánamo Bay prisoner Moazzam Begg and human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar are to give a talk on the "war on terror" in the Capital later this week.
The event – entitled Look Behind the Wire – takes place on June 20 from 6pm at St John's Church on Princes Street.


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  • Last Updated: 18 June 2008 11:01 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Terrorism in the UK
 
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No 42 days,

18/06/2008 12:40:12
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-5948263607579389947&q=terrorstorm&ei=0vRYSKjSE4-SigLjz5iDDw
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Foo,

ejinbara 18/06/2008 12:51:47
A bit about Begg:

As a youth, Moazzam Begg became a member of a gang in Birmingham called "The Lynx Gang."

He was first arrested in 1994 for alleged involvement in a benefit fraud case. The leader of The Lynx gang, syed murad meah known as niaaz, now residing in scotland, pleaded guilty and served 18 months in jail. Charges against Begg were dropped, but a police search of his home found night vision goggles, a bulletproof vest, and extremist Islamic literature. His family insist that he was collecting such items as a hobby.

He had travelled to Afghanistan and Bosnia and attempted to travel to Chechnya, and fully acknowledges giving financial support for Muslim combatants, but insists that he never took a combat role for himself.

He was again arrested in 2000 under British anti-terrorism laws during a raid on the Maktabah Al Ansar bookshop in Birmingham, which he had founded. The government retrieved encrypted files from his computer and ordered Begg to open them, but Begg refused and a judge ruled in his favor. He was released without charge.

What a nice young man, with such interesting hobbies too!
3

Big Jock McDoc,

Scotland 18/06/2008 13:58:54
#2

Minor facts like that won't stop him being a hero to the left.
4

Klaus Dubois,

Ed. 18/06/2008 17:01:15
I wonder how the parishoners of St. John's feel about this ?
5

Abu bakr,

Edinburgh 20/06/2008 17:05:13
Whatever happened to Aamar's contempt charges?
6

Frodo the Scot,

Uddingston 22/06/2008 03:19:17
Nothing to worry about....Human Trash like begg are usually caught AGAIN, BUT this time SHOT DEAD as a repeat offender,when they go back to terrorist activities as Most of the released Scum from Gitmo have. As Gen Swartzkoff said "we dont care about who their god is...... We just arrange the meeting"

 

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