The Henry Jackson Society, the British-based think tank, is dedicated to “fostering a strong British and European commitment towards freedom, liberty, constitutional democracy, human rights, governmental and institutional reform and a robust foreign, security and defence policy and transatlantic alliance.” Its recent report, Islamist Terrorism: The British Connection , produced some striking findings and statistics. From the report, emphasis and bracketed comment mine:
1) 64% of offences [during the Oughts] were committed during the period between 2005 and 2007
2) Two thirds of offences were perpetrated by British nationals
3) 46% resided in London
4) 28% attended terrorist training camps [which means, conversely, that 72% had no such outstanding marker in their history of travel or organizational ties]
5) 66% had no direct links to any organisations proscribed by the UK government
6) 18% were linked to al-Muhajiroun and 13% to al-Qaeda
7) 50% were of South-central Asian ancestry [a preponderance in numbers unavoidably noted, as is the reality that 50% were NOT of South-central Asian ancestry]
Related articles
- The Guardian finds fresh new talent to whitewash terror connections of flotilla movement, and demonize Israel (cifwatch.com)
- Leading article: Intolerant views should be confronted, not silenced (independent.co.uk)
- The breeding grounds of terror (telegraph.co.uk)
- Britain Finally Cracks Down on Islamic Extremism (sfcmac.wordpress.com)
- UK ‘terrorist development hub’ (mirror.co.uk)
