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British Muslims Seen Moving into Mideast Terrorism

(New York Times) Alan Cowell - After two suicide bombers in Israel were found to be British citizens, Britain faced suggestions that young British Muslims, previously associated with militant Islamic groups in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere, had shifted their focus to terrorism in the Middle East. Several Britons are still being detained at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after they were caught fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan. Other Britons have been accused of terror attacks in Yemen. Richard Reid, the so-called shoe bomber, was jailed for life in the U.S. earlier this year for trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight. The tally of terrorist-linked activities also extends to groups within Britain, where four men were arrested after police found the poison ricin at a flat in north London. Britain, said the conservative Daily Mail, "has become a fertile breeding ground for fundamentalist terrorists and their supporters."
2003-04-02 00:00:00
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