Al-Qaeda's White Army of Terror

Two and a half years on from the 7/7 attack on London, MI5 has identified a worrying new trend in Al-Qaeda recruits.

Picture: Phil Wilkinson
By Richard Elias
Monday, 13th January 2008

HUNDREDS of British non-Muslims have been recruited by al-Qaeda to wage war against the West, senior security sources warned last night.

As many as 1,500 white Britons are believed to have converted to Islam for the purpose of funding, planning and carrying out surprise terror attacks inside the UK, according to one MI5 source.

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Lord Carlile, the Government's independent reviewer of anti-terrorism legislation, said many of the converts had been targeted by radical Muslims while serving prison terms.

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Security experts say the growing secret army of white terrorists poses a particularly serious threat as they are far less likely to be detected than members of the Asian community.

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Since the 7/7 and 21/7 London bombings, police and intelligence services have had considerable success in identifying, disrupting and stopping extremist plots. As a result, groups such as al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen have been forced to change tack. Converting white non-Muslims has been one response.

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Snop's Commentary:

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This article speaks to the need to counter miltant Islam's growing success in leveraging its ideology to attract new harder to detect followers outside the South Asian community.

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Psychologically, a white English convert suicide bomber would expectantly have a greater Cognetic impact on the population rit large. The media amplification of fear would be intense as the story line would most likely be about " the unseen enemy from within".