Moazzam Begg, scum that Britain doesn’t need but who the Guardian newspaper seems to love.
The arrest of Moazzam Begg in connection with terrorist activity in Syria has shone a light on the Guardian Newspaper and its association with Begg. The Comment Is Free Watch website, which monitors the activities of the Guardian’s Comment is Free online section has this to say about Begg, The Guardian and Jihadist dodgyness.
CiFWatch said:
“As we first learned from Guido Fawkes, Moazzam Begg, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who became a spokesman for the “human rights” group Cageprisoners, was arrested by British police on Tuesday morning for terror offences which he is alleged to have committed in Syria.
Begg is widely believed by American intelligence officials to have been a jihadist involved with Al-Qaida and reportedly attended terrorist training camps in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the UK “so he could assist in waging jihad against enemies of Islam.” Begg reportedly assisted several prominent terrorists, recruited young operatives for jihad and provided financial support for terror camps.
Additionally, Begg is believed to have been associated with the radical cleric Anwar al Awlaki, the senior al Qaeda recruiter who was involved with planning operations for the group, and later killed by U.S. forces. Al Awlaki helped motivate at least three terrorist attacks inside the U.S. (Begg’s group actually lobbied to free Al Awlaki from Yemeni custody after he was detained in 2006, broadcast his live messages and reproduced his propaganda on their website.)
Begg – who, you may recall, was promoted by the NGO Amnesty International – is also a frequent contributor to the Guardian’s blog ‘Comment is Free’, having penned 20 essays at the site since 2006, most of which were aimed at casting himself as an innocent victim of US and British intolerance and Islamophobia. “
Read the rest here.
More importantly if he was involved in fighting over there and killed or injured someone he has committed an actual offence under English Law, if a British Citizen commits a violent crime ie murder or assault it doesn’t matter where they have broken English Law and are liable for prosecution in the UK. Fingers crossed, about the Afghanistan arrest, wouldn’t it have been easier just to shoot the sod there and then?
I don’t want to comment on the current arrest in too much detail because of the issue of sub-judice, but politically he is a wrong’un. It is to the great discredit of Amnesty International that they lauded and promoted Begg. It saddens me greatly to see Amnesty climbing into bed with those who would impose oppressive regimes if they were placed in a position of power. My wife’s family were involved in a small way in growing AI’s public profile when the organisation first started and to see AI arselicking to jihadist and jihad fans is both disgusting and disheartening. The original AI before the mad Lefties took it over would never have hung round with or supported jihadis or jihad supporters because they had a rule that they would not accept cases of prisoners of conscience who promoted violence. I used to be a regular giver to AI but not any more.