A truly dangerous meeting of minds
In the winter of 2003 jihadist turned MI5 spy Aimen Dean attended a lecture by Anwar al-Awlaki, a man he had never heard of but who would become an inspiration to Islamist extremists throughout the world. Also listening, and taking notes, were three of London's 7/7 bombers.
In a converted flat on the first floor of a building in the Black Country town of Dudley, about 30 men were gathered to hear a lecture by an American visitor who was building a reputation as an inspirational jihadist scholar.
In the audience were three men who would go on to launch suicide bomb attacks in London just over 18 months later, but also an undercover informant for the Security Service, MI5.
What happened behind the closed doors of this private meeting offers a rare insight into the battle between British Islamist extremism and the spies who fought against them. It was a battle which would erupt with bloodshed on the streets of London in the summer of 2005.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32065132
Just for the emoprogs still trying to pretend al-Awlaki was a good guy...You fucking know who you are...
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)and another turd OP sinking to the bottom of the bowl, it's clear you're on the path to success!
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)folks can take it or leave it...
I'm honored that you harbor this much hate for me, but not so much hate that it prevented you from responding...Keep sucking...
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)You don't merit hate. You've greatly overestimated your importance.
You're more like comedic fodder.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)you're still paying attention to me; so good on you m8...
Are you quite sure you don't want to be another one of my haters? There's plenty of room, and the usual emoprog dudebros are getting gun shy and too scared to fuck with me anymore...Yes, I've got one or two decent-looking prospects, but I still need a fair amount of hate to feed on now that I've gone to the dark side...Since I cannot properly act out my rage against Greenwald directly, I must settle for acting out against his proxies...
I've never designated myself with any kind of special importance, in fact I'll happily admit that I'm one of the least consequential persons on the planet...Don't even think of me as a person -- Think of me as a blade, using DU as my whetting stone...
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)And because I am concerned that the state has determined on its own that it has the power to execute a citizen without a trial, must I base all my musical preferences on t-shirts sold at Spencer Gifts?