December 05, 2007

BBC Paid Muslim to Train for Terror

Well, we've all suspected there was a relationship. Might as well make it official.

Times Online:

The BBC paid for [Mohammed] Hamid and fellow defendants Muhammad al-Figari and Mousa Brown to go on a paintballing trip at the Delta Force centre in Tonbridge, Kent, in February 2005. The men, accused of terrorism training, were filmed for a BBC programme called Don’t Panic, I’m Islamic, screened in June 2005...

Nasreen Suleaman, a researcher on the programme, told the court that Mr Hamid, 50, contacted her after the July 2005 attack and told her of his association with the bombers. But she said that she felt no obligation to contact the police with this information. Ms Suleaman said that she informed senior BBC managers but was not told to contact the police.

Ms Suleaman told the court that Mr Hamid was keen to appear in the programme. She said: “He was so up for it. We took the decision that paintballing would be a fun way of introducing him.

“There are many, many British Muslims that I know who for the past 15 or 20 years have been going paintballing. It’s a harmless enough activity. I don’t think there is any suggestion, or ever has been, that it’s a terrorist training activity.”

Hamid is charged with using paintballing as a way to train young Muslims in Britain for violent jihad abroad. And the Beebs has never heard of the Virginia paintball jihadis?

Hamid is known for his keen sense of humor. When he was asked by the police his name, he said, "Osama bin Laden".

Terrorism: it's not just deadly, it's comedy gold!

Thanks to Michelle who has more.

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