Brit Muslims join Taliban foreign fighters

Telegraph:

Military intelligence reports suggest that a small number of UK nationals are among the range of foreign fighters who regularly clash with British troops in Afghanistan.

British military sources have told The Daily Telegraph that they believe that some of those Britons have been killed fighting against their own country's forces.

The revelation comes amid growing concern among British military and intelligence officials about militants based in Pakistan launching attacks on British interests in Afghanistan and at home.

Foreign fighters enter Afghanistan from Pakistan's lawless border areas, home to the reconstituted al-Qaeda leadership.

British commanders in Helmand say that they have intelligence suggesting that British Muslims are among the enemies they face, albeit in small numbers.

"We're talking about ones and twos at a time," said one officer. "It's not big numbers, but they are there, definitely."

Some of those British Muslims may have been killed in battle with British troops, military sources said.

Confirmation is near-impossible, but British troop commanders believe that UK nationals are among the enemy dead.

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And earlier this year, it was revealed that RAF Nimrod surveillance planes monitoring Taliban radio signals in Afghanistan had heard militants speaking with Yorkshire and Midlands accents.

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There is more.

The Brits do have to worry about this fifth column of Islamic religious bigots who operate against their interest both at home and in the war zones. It is a problem that so far the US has not had in any significant degree.