Brit is 20th Para to be Killed

A Para yesterday became the 20th British soldier killed in Afghanistan since UK operations began there in 2001.

The soldier, from the 3rd Battalion, died fighting the Taliban in Sangin, Helmand province. Three of his colleagues suffered minor injuries during the clash.

Their battalion is based at Colchester Garrison in Essex. Defence Secretary Des Browne said, “I am deeply saddened.”

Five Afghan troops were also killed.

Nato forces were hitting back after an ambush on a police convoy.
Afghan and Nato forces used rockets, artillery and airstrikes to smash Taliban positions.
Britain’s death toll in lawless Helmand now stands at 11 in the last two months — including five in the Taliban “hotspot” town of Sangin.

Meanwhile, troops killed at least 71 insurgents in another battle to protect the country’s main highway.

More than 4,500 of Brit squadies are leading attacks on rebels in Helmand.

Israel Accused of Breach

Lebanon’s Prime Minister accused Israel of violating a UN-brokered ceasefire by sending commandos deep inside Lebanon on Saturday

Israeli special forces landed west of the Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek, before one of their officers was killed and two other soldiers were wounded in the gunbattle that ensued.

“The landing carried out by the Israeli occupation forces today in the Bekaa was a flagrant violation of the cessation of hostilities announced by the Security Council,” Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said in a statement.

But the Israeli army said its commandos entered Lebanon to "interfere with terror activity against Israel" which it claimed included the smuggling of arms from Iran and Syria to Hezbollah.

Mr Saniora added that he had complained to a UN delegation that visited him Saturday, and would take up the matter with Annan.

He said he spoke with Annan by telephone late Friday, to complain about Israeli warplanes repeatedly entering Lebanese airspace since the ceasefire took effect on Monday.

Religion of Peace?

The link below is actual footage of individuals being stoned to death by fellow Muslims.

It is quite graphic but an interesting insight into the 'religion of peace' as Muslims claim it to be.

Please click here for the Stoning footage

This footage was released from the 'Apostates of Islam' website, which is produced by ex Muslims who wish to spread the REAL truth about the so called 'Religion of Peace', Islam.

You'll find this fascinating site by clicking here.

How long before this becomes a common practice in the UK???

Terror Detectives Find Bomb Kit

Police probing an alleged plot to bring down an airline have found a suitcase containing items which could be used to construct a bomb, the BBC has learned.

Officers have been searching a piece of land called King's Wood in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

A police source told the BBC the case contained "Everything you would need to make an improvised device".

A police spokeswoman said some 49 residential and business premises and one area of woodland had been searched in connection with the inquiry.
She said of that total, 36 searches had finished and 14 remained ongoing, including the search at the wood.

A district judge has granted anti-terror officers an extra seven days to question 21 suspects, and an extra five days to question two.

The 23 suspects in custody in London were arrested in raids in London, High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, and Birmingham last week.

Under the 2006 Terrorism Act the maximum period someone suspected of terrorist activity can be held without charge is 28 days, subject to regular court approval.

It is believed up to 17 people are being held in Pakistan over the alleged plot with two 'British' nationals of Pakistani descent among them.

Pakistani officials said one of the 'Britons', Rashid Rauf, was believed to have links to al-Qaeda, but they released no details about the other 'Briton'.
Mr Rauf is believed to have played a pivotal role in planning the operation, as well as being the go-between between al-Qaeda and the alleged plotters in Britain.
According to the Associated Press new agency, Pakistani officials believe he was the planner of the alleged attacks and recruited people to take part.

Fear of Hezbollah Re-Arming

Israeli's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni yesterday urged the world to make sure Hezbollah did not re-arm.

Israel fears the ceasefire will allow the Lebanese terror group to build up its weapons. In a speech to US Jewish groups, Ms Livni said, “The war is not over yet.”
Meanwhile Hezbollah leaders insisted it has the right to attack any Israeli forces still on Lebanese soil.

Sheikh Nabil Qawuq said, “Israeli tanks in the south is an aggression and the resistance reserves its right to face such aggression.”

The Israelis are due to leave southern Lebanon in the next ten days after a Lebanese/UN peacekeeping force replaces them.

Breaking News: Three Bombers Hunted

A 'British' Muslim is being hunted in Pakistan in connection with the foiled jet bomb plot.

Authorities there are also trying to trace an Eritrean national and a Pakistani.

All three are suspected of having been in contact with plotters who wanted to blow up US-bound flights from the UK.

No further details about the trio have been released.

Terror Suspects' Deadline Nears

Police investigating an alleged bomb plot on flights from the UK to the US are expected to ask for extra time to question the suspects being held.
The period for which detectives can question 23 of the 24 people in custody expires on Wednesday, but the police can ask judges for an extension.
Meanwhile, further details have emerged about a British-born suspect arrested in Pakistan over the plot.
Rashid Rauf is believed to have played a key role and liaised with al-Qaeda.

Twenty-three of the 24 people in custody were arrested in raids in London, High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, and Birmingham last week. The 24th was arrested in the Thames Valley area on Tuesday.
Searches are continuing at a number of addresses and parts of a wood in High Wycombe.

At private hearings via video link, lawyers for the police will produce further evidence and argue for an extra seven days' custody for those they want to continue investigating.
Under the 2006 Terrorism Act the maximum period someone suspected of terrorist activity can be held for is 28 days.
The brother of one of the suspects arrested over the alleged liquid bomb plot insisted that he had no involvement in terrorism.
Amjad Sarwar told Channel 4 News that his brother Assad was innocent.
"There is no way he could have anything to do with terrorism. He condemns terrorism.
He's always talking about bin Laden being a terrorist and the Iraq war - they're all terrorists. So he condemns all that."

In Pakistan, it is believed up to 17 people are being held over the alleged plot, including two British nationals of Pakistani descent.
The Pakistan government said one of the Britons, Rashid Rauf, is believed to have links to al-Qaeda. No details are known about the other Briton.

Mr Rauf is believed to have played a pivotal role in planning the operation, as well as being the go-between between al-Qaeda and the alleged plotters in Britain.
Pakistani intelligence believe it was the Briton's role to plan and co-ordinate the operation on behalf of a senior al-Qaeda figure, described as the plot's mastermind, the BBC has learned.
It has also emerged that Britain wanted to delay making arrests to enable further tracking of the suspects, but Pakistan wanted to move in immediately.

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry has said it has not received a request from Britain for the extradition of Mr Rauf, but the option still remained open.

Speaking after a meeting with EU ministers on Wednesday to consider their response to the alleged London plot, Home Secretary John Reid said the countries of Europe must stand together to "evolve our reaction" to the "evolving threat".
"The EU, indeed the wider world, is now confronted by a form of terrorism that is unconstrained in its evil intention. Given the means of destruction on a massive scale which is available through modern technology - biological, chemical and other means - it is virtually unconstrained in its capacity and its ability to do immense harm, death and destruction."
Practical measures on improving transport security, the "formal coming together" of intelligence services and the "whole discussion of European Islam" were among issues discussed, Mr Reid added.

Conservative Party leader David Cameron has criticised the way the government is dealing with the threat of Islamic extremism.
He criticised a funding freeze planned for the Home Office, and said intercept evidence should be allowed in courts.

Meanwhile flights are slowly returning to normal, with BA planning to operate 90% of its flights on Wednesday.
However, it is still searching for 5,000 pieces of luggage which have been misplaced in the confusion of the last few days at Heathrow alone.
And authorities at Gatwick airport are investigating how a 12-year-old boy managed to board a flight without a ticket or passport.
He got on the flight bound for Portugal on Monday morning despite the high state of alert across all airports.

Race Profiling Demands

Muslims could face extra security checks in moves to target airport screening on passengers posing the biggest terrorist threat.

The profiling technique would pick out people behaving suspiciously, those with an unusual travel pattern and people from certain ethnic or religious backgrounds.

Transport chiefs have discussed a new system with airport operators, including BAA — but it is set to outrage British Muslims.

Security experts believe profiling young Muslim men is a more effective way of spotting potential terrorists than random searches.

Ex-Scotland Yard chief Lord Stevens said the controversial move would help reduce check-in chaos.
Aviation security expert Philip Baum added, “If we do not introduce some form of profiling we will be continuing to look for needles in a haystack. As a consequence the air industry could remain in crisis.”

Ex-BA boss Sir Rod Eddington has said it is irrational to subject a 75-year-old gran to the same checks as a young man who paid for his ticket in cash.

Those for the move claim similar techniques have made Israeli airports the safest in the world.
But Muslim leaders in Britain branded the plans “an extreme form of stereotyping”.

Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain, said targeting people on ethnic grounds would be racist.

AN Islamic extremist last night warned that Britain faces a terror attack on the scale of 9/11.
Anjem Choudary, 39 , former head of radical group al-Muhajiroun , said planned atrocities will succeed.

Terror Paedophile Brothers Banquet

The Islamic brothers at the centre of the Forest Gate terror raid and their family stuffed their faces with £1,300 of food in 24 hours, at taxpayers’ expense.

Their hotel bill came to more than £50,000, including £800 in a day on phone calls, as they finally moved back to their East London home.

Shaven-headed Mohammed Abdul Kahar, 23, and Abul Koyair, 21, were arrested on June 2 by anti-terror police looking for a chemical device. Kahar was shot in the shoulder by accident when his brother attacked an armed officer, who's weapon went off in the raid at their home in Lansdowne Road. The brothers were released without charge, after spending a week in custody, when no device was found.

Since then the pair and their family have been put up in posh and expensive hotels by the Metropolitan Police as the house was stripped.

They initially stayed at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury, central London, but after complaining they were transferred to the five-star Crowne Plaza Hotel next to Buckingham Palace, where they ran up huge bills while gorging themselves.

Kahar is expected to seek up to £500,000 in compensation after being shot in the raid. He has since been charged over paedophile images found on a computer at the address.

The brothers and family left the hotel at 8am on Saturday when they were driven away in two hired people carriers.