Abu Hamza Mosque: A Terror Arsenal
Charles Johnson
Tue Feb 7, 2006 at 4:11 pm PST • Views: 359
Abu Hamza, the hook-handed freakazoid imam from the UK’s Finsbury Park mosque, has been convicted on “race hate” charges. And now that his trial’s over, British police have revealed what they found when they raided the mosque: Terrorist weapons were seized in raid.
Britain has a big problem.
Police risked offending delicate religious sensitivities by raiding the Finsbury Park mosque, but their actions were justified by the mini-arsenal of weapons, terrorist paraphernalia and forged passports they found inside.
Operation Mermant, which began in the early hours of January 20 2003, involved scores of officers in body armour using battering rams to enter the building.
Full details of what they discovered during three days of searches can only be revealed today following the conclusion of Abu Hamza’s trial on race hate charges.
The stash of equipment included chemical warfare protection suits, or NBC (nuclear, biological and chemical) suits, as they are technically known.
They were found together with three blank-firing pistols, a stun gun and CS spray.
Officers also found a gas mask, handcuffs, hunting knives and a walkie talkie.
Detectives believe the equipment was being used in terror training camps located somewhere within the UK.
It is not clear exactly where these were, but speculation in the past has centred around remote parts of Wales, in particular the Brecon Beacons, and national parks such as those in the Highlands, Yorkshire Dales or Lake District.
“Our assessment was that this was material that had been used in training camps, probably here in the UK,” a senior police source said.
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