Brits convict Islamist who wanted to send jihadis to Fallujah

Guardian:

An Islamist activist who heckled John Reid while he was home secretary was found guilty yesterday of fundraising for terrorists and inciting terrorism overseas. Abu Izzadeen was convicted at Kingston crown court after a 3½-month trial.

The 32-year-old was on trial with seven other men, five of who were also found guilty after more than 22 hours of deliberations. One defendant was cleared, and the jury failed to reach a verdict on another.

Izzadeen was charged with inciting terrorism on November 9 2004, at the Regent's Park mosque, London, during the battle for Falluja in Iraq. He and other defendants denounced the US forces, and called for volunteers to join the fight against coalition troops, the court heard.

Police were called to the mosque on the evening in question by worried community leaders, but had no evidence of the content of the speeches. But a later raid on the house of the preacher Omar Bakri, after he had left the country, uncovered a DVD of the men's inflamatory words.

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All of the defendents are members of the group al-Muhajiroun. Run by notorious preacher Omar Bakri, it believes in world dominance of Islam and the imposition of Sharia law, and members have been criticised for refusing to condemn terrorism. The group disbanded after Bakri fled the country in 2004, but senior members, including the defendants, kept its beliefs alive through off-shoot organisations. Many of these, such as Al-Ghurabaa, have now been banned.

I am sure that Obama and other Democrats can reason with these guys--not. In a way it is too bad they did not make to Fallujah were they could have been taken care of by the Marines. These are the kind of religious bigots the world can do without.