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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8372-2002Jan7.html
British Islamist Issues Warning
By Thomas Wagner
Associated Press Writer
Monday, January 7, 2002; 10:58 AM
LONDON –– A British Muslim who claims to have sent volunteers to
Afghanistan to aid the Taliban said Monday they may return to Britain
to launch terrorist attacks against government and military targets.
Hassan Butt, 22, leads the Pakistan wing of the British-based Al-
Muhajiroun, a militant Islamic group.
He said some of the Britons he recruited to fight with Afghanistan's
ousted Taliban government were killed by U.S.-led forces.
Those who survived could now launch a "new phase" of terrorism in
their British homeland, Butt said.
"If they do return, I do believe they will take military action
within Britain," he said in an interview from Pakistan with the
British Broadcasting Corp. He said their targets would be "British
military and government in
stitutes, as well as British military and government individuals."
The British government responded to Butt's claim by saying that it would prosecute any
British citizens caught engaging in acts of terrorism or supporting terrorist groups.
The Home Office statement said: "We are monitoring a number of individuals and their
organizations."
During the fighting in Afghanistan, a few British Muslims reportedly volunteered to
fight for the Taliban. But the Home Office denied Butt's claim to have helped recruit
more than 200 British volunteers to fight for Afgha
nistan's former government.
"The vast majority of British Muslims want no part of these activities, and there is
no evidence to support claims that hundreds of people joined the Taliban. To suggest
otherwise is both irresponsible and creates dangers
of community tension," the Home Office said.
Ghayasauddin Siddiqui, leader of the Muslim Parliament of Great Britain, an unofficial
assembly of Muslim organizations and civic groups in Britain, called Butt's statement
"a very worrying and frightening point of view."
Speaking to the BBC, he said: "These young (British) men have been ... misguided by
people of little understanding."
Siddiqui said they "are using Islam as a cover for their evil designs" and he hopes
they "will realize their mistakes ... and reorder their priorities."
On Monday, Butt, who was raised in Manchester, said he secretly
returned to Britain for three weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks on the United States, undetected by security forces.
"The mere fact that the British government had no idea I was here
shows the incompetence and shows the vulnerability that Britain has
when it comes to dealing with the mujahedin (holy warriors) and the
Muslims," he said.
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