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Mayor U-turn on Tube 'terrorist' London's mayor has backed down over comments he made about the employment on the Tube of a convicted terrorist. Ken Livingstone had earlier said he was "happy" for Mohammed Kamel Mostafa, son of jailed Islamic cleric Abu Hamza, to be working on the underground. Mostafa, 25, was jailed for three years in Yemen in 1999 for plotting a bombing campaign. But the mayor said because Mostafa had failed to declare his convictions, his employers "are correct to dismiss him". "Mr Mostafa has convictions in Yemen," he said. "These must be taken into account. "They should have been brought to light by those doing the security checks, the failure to do so must be investigated. "I was not aware of this man's convictions at the time of my press conference this morning, only of his family. "It is clear that anyone who has been involved in terrorism in any form cannot be employed on the London Underground." Earlier, during a press conference at City Hall, Mr Livingstone appeared to back Mostafa's employment on the London Underground. "Has he broken any law here in Britain? [No, so] we are happy to have him working for us," he said. Mostafa was convicted of plotting to sabotage economic and tourist sites in Yemen in August 1999, when he was 17-years-old. He has recently been working as a labourer for a company contracted to Tube Lines, one of London Underground's maintenance firms. 'International crime' It is understood Mostafa's previous convictions were not brought to light during his recruitment and he has since been dismissed. The Tube's vetting procedures were supposed to have been intensified since the 7 July bombings, but Bob Crow, head of the RMT, has called for a review of the Underground's current recruitment procedures. Labour MP Andrew Dismore said applicants with terrorism-related convictions anywhere in the world should not be eligible for employment on the Underground. "The key point here is that terrorism is an international crime," he said. "Bearing in mind what happened on 7/7, he should not have been working on the Underground." Mostafa's father, Abu Hamza, was jailed for seven years in February for incitement to murder and inciting racial hatred. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/london/6103484.stm Published: 2006/10/31 20:14:01 GMT © BBC MMVI -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
