Osama bin London

This article is a good look into how Muslim recruiters radicalize young men to carry out terrorist attacks. It’s interesting that the primary actor Hamid was only noticed by authorities when he was arrested for “behaving aggressively” toward the public. He was then placed under surveillance.

While informative, the article raises some questions in my mind. First and foremost is how many Hamids are there and how many young men are ready to follow them? Then there is the question of how to find and track likely terrorists before they strike.

As time goes on it is imperative that ordinary citizens become aware of the threat and make a point of reporting suspicious activity no matter how innocent it otherwise seems. Without citizen input, the authorities have fewer starting points to investigate.
'Osama bin London' Muslim fanatic 'trained 21/7 bombers'

FROM THISISLONDON.CO.UK:
11.10.07
A Muslm fanatic who mockingly called himself "Osama bin London" radicalised and trained the July 21 bombers, a court heard yesterday.
Mohammed Hamid is said to have taken his brainwashed followers on paintballing trips and training camps in the English countryside to prepare them for fighting.
Under his instruction, the young men allegedly performed military-style training, brandishing sticks as if they were guns and practising tactics to counter an armed ambush.

'Corrupter': Mohammed Hamid is said to have given his followers weapons training
One of the paintballing trips, attended by July 21 bombers Ramzi Mohammed and Hussain Osman, took place just four days before the July 7 attacks and two weeks before the two men carried out their own attempt.
On the night of July 7, 2005, after the terrorist attacks earlier that day, Hamid allegedly texted Osman: "We fear no one except Allah, we will not change our ways, we are proud to be a Muslim and we will not hide."
One of Hamid's expeditions was even filmed by a BBC television crew making a documentary called "Don't Panic, I'm Islamic".
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