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Britain

Islamist Inmates Exempt From Dog Sniffing Searches, Union Boss Claims

2025-04-20

[Breitbart] In the wake of the stabbing of multiple prison guards allegedly by the Manchester Arena terrorist, the head of the largest prison officers’ union revealed that the prison was barred from conducting searches with sniffer dogs on Muslim inmates.

Earlier this month, four prison officers at His Majesty’s Prison Frankland were injured with boiling oil and a makeshift blade.

Hashem Abedi,

... on occasion spelt Hashim al-Obeidi, Salman Abedi’s baby bro and bomb assistant was arrested in Tripoli while pretending to have nothing to do with that messy nonsense back home. And then, after he snubbed the sentencing hearing, the unbelievers went and sentenced him anyway. Both lads were members of the Manchester Libyan jihadi crowd. The parental generation ties back to the al-Qaeda-aligned Libyan Islamic Fighting Group in the 1990s, while the kids pledged to the even more romantic ISIS. Not that it makes much difference in the end — the networks overlap personnel-wise, it’s just a matter of the name on the checking account paying their expenses...

, who was convicted of aiding his brother in bombing an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester that left 22 dead and over a thousand injured, was alleged to have been the attacker.

On Sunday, the national chair of the Prison Officers’ Association, Mark Fairhurst, claimed that Abedi and other Islamist inmates in Frankland were exempt from searches with trained K-9s on the order of the prison’s management committee, which sided with Muslim prisoners, who complained that contact with dogs went against their faith.

“When it first opened, every prisoner housed on that unit was thoroughly searched on the unit, and when they left the unit and when they returned to the unit. On occasion, dogs were used,” he told The Sun.

“The prisoners complained that it interfered with their religious beliefs. The management committee overruled the staff and removed the dogs from searching those prisoners.”

“We appease these prisoners and pander to them. Why? Why are we so obsessed with upsetting prisoners, terrorist prisoners, whose sole purpose is to murder prison officers?”

This critique was seconded by Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick, who said: “It’s pathetic if HMP Frankland has folded to Islamist prisoners and allowed them to circumvent security checks.

“This would allow Islamist gangs to control prison wings across the country. Officers should not fear being labelled racist if they step in to restore order and control from radical Islamist prisoners.”

According to the paper, unnamed sources within the Ministry of Justice denied that there had been any operational changes regarding the use of dogs in searches, including at the Falkland prison.

Yet, in a statement which seemingly skirted an official denial, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said that the government will seek to “strengthen” the defences of prison staff and the public. She said that in the wake of the stabbing attack at Falkland, the “Prison Service will also conduct a snap review into whether protective body armour should be made available to front-line staff.”

There have been increasing concerns about the Muslim prison population in Britain, which accounts for nearly a fifth of all prisoners despite Muslims only making up around 6 per cent of the country’s population per the latest census.

A 2022 report on the growing influence of Muslim gangs in British prisons by anti-terrorism legislation reviewer Jonathan Hall KC found that such groups were “encouraged” to attack non-Muslim prisoners, as well as on prison staff. The report found that “self-styled emirs” used “enforcers” to exert control over areas of the prison and that there were failures to push back against this by authorities for fear of appearing racist.

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Home Front: WoT

Libyan Detainee Cleared for Release after 20 years at Guantánamo

2022-09-25

[LIBYAREVIEW] A US national security board on Saturday cleared a Libyan national who has been held at Guantánamo Bay, without charge for 20 years. He is to be transferred to another country, if one can be found to take him.

The decision in the case of Ismail Ali Faraj Ali Bakush, 54, means that US diplomats are now seeking to reach security agreements for the transfer of 22 of the 36 men currently held, as prisoners of war at Guantánamo.

Bakush is the last so-called low-value prisoner. He was being held as an indefinite detainee in the war on terror, that began in response to the 11 September 2001 attacks.

Three of Guantánamo’s prisoners, all previously held by the CIA as "high-value detainees," are currently considered indefinite detainees. This means they are deemed too dangerous to release, but held without criminal charges. Eleven others have been charged with war crimes, the majority of their cases still in pretrial proceedings.

In an apparent nod to the instability of Libya, the Periodic Review Board — an interagency group with representatives from the Pentagon, the intelligence agencies, and various cabinet agencies — recommended that he be transferred to a third country "with strong rehabilitation capabilities, integration support, and a willingness to monitor his activities, and restrict his travel."

Bakush was arrested in Lahore, Pakistain, in May 2002 and sent to Guantánamo three months later.

A US intelligence report from January described him as an explosives expert who "probably provided operational support to key al-Qaeda figures." At Guantánamo, he was held as a member of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, which the State Department designated as a terrorist organization from 2004 to 2015.

Related: His Guantanmo Fandom Wiki has all sorts of interesting information, like details of his years spent training and fighting with the Taliban, his Guantanamo Internment Serial Number is 708, and that he was also known as Abu Ali and Haj Munier — the name Al-Hajj Munir al-Libi was found on list of captured mujahidin on a hard drive associated with Khalid Shayk Muhammad.

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Africa North

Libyan Official: Terrorists Have Returned to the Capital

2022-04-27

[LIBYAREVIEW] Saad bin Sherada, a member of Libya’s High Council of State (HCS) stated that most of Libya’s wanted ~~bandidos~~ bully boyz are safely residing in Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
He added that the former leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), Abdel-Hakim Belhaj "has returned to Tripoli to have his name removed from the lists of those wanted by the Attorney General on terrorism charges."

"There is a possibility this will happen," he warned. Bin Sherada expected Belhaj to not involve himself in the ongoing struggle between the two rival Prime Minister’s, Fathi Bashagha and Abdel-Hamid Dbaiba.

Earlier this week, Belhaj arrived in Tripoli, from Doha. He is one of the most prominent post-2011 militia leaders. He has been accused of being involved in several attacks on public facilities, and helping to destabilize Libya.

Since 2017, he has been added to the counter-terrorism list of four countries, including the Libyan Parliament.

Belhaj also faces direct accusations from the Libyan military, for allegedly stealing large amounts of gold, and money from Libyan banks after the fall of Muammar Qadaffy

...a proud Arab institution for 42 years, now among the dear departed, though not the dearest...
’s regime. It claims that it "has evidence proving that he deposited billions of dollars in ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish banks."

Belhaj was imprisoned by the Qadaffy regime, for his role in the LIFG. He reportedly now owns several companies, including the Alnabaa TV channel, which is described in Libya as "the channel of sedition." As it has a reputation for polishing the image of terrorist groups and bad boy militias. He was also involved in the transfer of Syrian mercenaries to Libya, through his "Libyan Wings" airline.

In 2013, members of the Tunisian National Initiative, Chokri Belaid and Mohammed Brahmi accused Belhaj of being involved with the Tunisian Ansar al-Sharia
...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet...
organization. This has been classified as a terrorist organization by the Tunisian Interior Ministry.

In 2019, the Libyan Attorney General issued an arrest warrant for Belhaj, in connection with several attacks on oil fields and ports, on the Tamanhint base, and for intervening in the fighting between tribe

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Britain

Libyan Manchester Arena Bomber Had Strong Radicalising Influences

2021-12-11

[LIBYAREVIEW] The Manchester Arena bomber had a number of strong radicalising influences, including his father, and older brother. He also took extended leave from school to join the conflict in Libya, an academic expert noted. According to Matthew Wilkinson, a Moslem convert and academic expert on extremism, Salman Abedi had "what you would call the sort of royal flush" of radicalising influences.

Salman was 2nd Gen, along with his brothers, cousins, and friends. Both his parents (Ramadan Abedi and Samia Tabbal, who trained as a nuclear scientist. It isn’t comforting that while in England Papa Ramadan worked in airport security), along with their relatives and friends, were involved in jihad — the elder generation in the Al Qaeda-linked Libyan Islamic Fighting Group in the 1990s, the younger with ISIS.

"They’re all there ready to go, and the catalysts were very virulent and aggressive, so the whole package was there," he told the bombing inquiry.

Abedi’s journey began in 2013, four years before the attack, but Wilkinson believes there were "moments of opportunity" when it could have been disrupted.

Oh, you sweet summer child. But go on, if it makes you happy.

"If several of those characteristics are lacking, it’s possible that someone wasn’t nudged into that world view in the first place, and that a good catalyst may lead to a completely other world view and outcome."

He attributed the radicalization to a "long period of alienation with conventional English instruction."

His parents grew up in Libya. What’s their excuse?

Wilkinson stated that education is "one of the major mechanisms" through which children of ~~migrants~~ colonists colonists, as well as ~~migrants~~ colonists colonists themselves, integrate into society, enhance their career possibilities, and get to know people.

Abedi, on the other hand, had "extremely low attendance rates." He was sent to Burnage Media Arts College’s ’inclusion’ section for damaging school property, before being permanently expelled.

In 2009, his parents took Salman and Hashem

out of school on unofficial leave to travel to Libya for the summer, "so their engagement with mainstream schooling, and then further managed action did not materialise."

Teachers told the investigation that Salman and his younger brother Hashem, who helped create the bomb, couldn’t focus in class and were easily distracted.

Wilkinson said Abedi had a "repeated pattern" of beginning to engage in formal schooling and then "dropping away, disengaging, and slipping into delinquency and even violence very fast."

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Britain

Libyan Manchester Arena Bomber's Mother Pocketed thousands in Benefits

2021-11-01

[LIBYAREVIEW] The mother of the Manchester Arena jacket wallah received over £17,000 in benefits after leaving the country, the Daily Mail reported on Sunday.

Despite returning to Libya in October 2016, Samia Tabbal

... trained as a nuclear scientist, she and her husband Ramadan Abedi were up to their elbows in the Libyan Salafi jihadi movement. The entire English branch of the family were known wolves, including both Abedi parents, uncle and cousins, not to mention relatives back in the olde countrie. It isn’t comforting that while in England Papa Ramadan worked in airport security...

continued to receive almost £2,500 per month in housing and child benefits, as well as employment and tax credits, through her HSBC bank account.

The payments ended just days after her son, Salman Abedi

...one of the more notable members of the Manchester Libyan jihadi crowd. The parental generation ties back to the al-Qaeda-aligned Libyan Islamic Fighting Group in the 1990s, while the kids pledged to the even more romantic ISIS. Not that it makes much difference in the end — the networks overlap personnel-wise, it’s just a matter of the name on the checking account paying their expenses...

, killed 22 people by detonating a suicide bomb at an Ariana Grande concert on May 22nd, 2017. It could have continued if the subsequent police investigation had not revealed that Tabbal and her husband, Ramadan Abedi, were back in Libya.

The Daily Mail added that official documents released to the Manchester Arena Inquiry disclose the 55-year-benefits old’s bonanza, which suggest she failed to notify HM Revenue & Customs that she was leaving the United Kingdom (UK).

Dhimmis gotta pay jizya, donchaknow. Why else have them?

According to a financial report, she received £692.32 a month in housing benefits for her rented home in Manchester’s Fallowfield neighborhood, as well as £61.80 in weekly child benefits and £302.76 in weekly work and tax credits.

The payments stopped nine days after the Arena incident, on May 31st, 2017.

Tabbal’s debit card was used by her sons to buy components for the deadly bomb, according to a jury in the Old Bailey trial of Salman Abedi’s younger brother,

Hashem Abedi,

, 24, earlier this year.

Hashem was convicted of 22 charges of murder and sentenced to at least 55 years in prison.

There is no proof that Tabbal was aware of or participated in the Arena attack, but the investigation has heard that she voiced sympathy on Facebook for the Libyan February 17th Martyrs Brigade

...an Islamist militia that had previously guarded Americans in Benghazi before being replaced by Blue Mountain ...

and the Libya Shield
...a conglomerate of pro-Islamist militias deployed across Libya. It reports to the Libyan defense ministry and is organized like a real army unit. Its commander used to head a Benghazi brigade called Free Libya Martyrs...
Force
...paramilitary organization formed in 2012 out of anti-Gaddafi armed groups spread throughout Libya. The Libyan parliament now designates much of the Libya Shield Force as terrorist. Elements of the Libya Shield Force were identified as linked to al-Qaeda as early as 2012....
, both of which are affiliated to Al Qaeda.

Tabbal and Ramadan Abedi are said to be hiding out on the outskirts of Libya’s capital, Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
, and are being watched.

Although he has denied having any links to Islamist terrorist organizations or knowledge of the incident, a senior MI5 officer told the inquiry last week that Ramadan was "likely" to have affected his son’s turban beliefs.

Whoa! That kind of insight is worthy of the big bucks.

The couple and their oldest son Ismail,

...he may not have been directly involved in that attack, but he raised enough eyebrows in the local Muslim community that they reported him to the counter-terrorism unit even before Middle Bro went kaboom...

who flew out of the UK on August 29th apparently to avoid giving evidence to the inquiry, have refused to assist the authorities.

The dossier of financial documents also show that Salman Abedi received £10,331 into two bank accounts between October 2016 and May 2017, including £4,263.08 from the Student Loans Company that he did not qualify for because he had quit his business studies course at Salford University.

Two separate deposits totaling £3,200 were made by unknown sources into his RBS account in January 2017, shortly before the bank closed it over suspicions about fraud.

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Arabia

Bahrain Publishes National Terrorism List; Includes Several Libyans

2021-07-10

[LIBYAREVIEW] On Thursday, the Kingdom of Bahrain published the national terrorism lists in its official gazette, in order to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The list included individuals, organizations and media groups, including seven Libyan leaders and entities.The Bahraini authorities called on the Kingdom’s executive authority to act immediately on the list, which was approved by the Bahraini Cabinet. As well as implementing the resolutions of the UN Security Council under Chapter VII, on the prevention and suppression of terrorism and its financing sources.

The Libyan figures included Ali al-Sallabi, Ismail al-Sallabi, Abdel-Hakim Belhaj, Sadiq al-Ghariani
...Libyan Moslem Brüderhood Grand Mufti since 2012. Issued a fatwa forbidding Libyan women from marrying foreign men. Issued a fatwa against a UN Commission on the Status of Women's report because it urged governments to protect women and girls against violence. Aligned with the GNC govt...
, Mahdi al-Harati, Ahmed Abdel-Jaleel al-Hasnawi, and al-Saadi Abdullah Ibrahim Bukhazem. This is in addition to terrorist groups such as the Ansar al-Sharia
...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet...
, and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC), the Benghazi Defense Brigades (BDB), and a number of media arms of the terrorist groups such as al-Nabaa, and al-Tanasuh TV channels.

With regard to the terrorist-designated Libyan media institutions, it was noted that Walid al-Lafi, the current Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs of the interim Government of National Unity (GNU), was one of the former directors al-Nabaa TV.

The al-Tanasuh channel was directly managed by Libya’s former Mufti, Sadiq al-Ghariani, who is known for controversial fatwas that incite violence, in addition to his support to terrorist groups in the country.

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Britain

Security guard says he didn’t confront 2017 Manchester bomber for fear of being called racist

2021-06-18

[IsraelTimes] Security teams at Britannia’s Manchester Arena "should have prevented or minimized" the impact of the 2017 terror attack at an Ariana Grande concert that killed 22 people, a public inquiry finds.

The suicide kaboom, as concert-goers were leaving the show, was perpetrated by 22-year-old Salman Abedi,

a Mancunian of Libyan descent.

In a report examining security measures at the venue in northwest England, inquiry chairman John Saunders says Arena operator SMG, security provider Showsec and British Transport Police all missed opportunities to either prevent or mitigate the attack, which took place on May 22, 2017.

"The security arrangements for the Manchester Arena should have prevented or minimized the devastating impact of the attack," he writes.

"Salman Abedi should have been identified on 22nd May 2017 as a threat by those responsible for the security of Arena and a disruptive intervention undertaken.

"Had that occurred, I consider it likely that Salman Abedi would still have detonated his device, but the loss of life and injury is highly likely to have been less," he adds.

The inquiry had heard that an officer from British Transport Police was supposed to be present in the foyer of the arena at the end of the show, where the bomb exploded, but nobody was there.

A Showsec security guard also told the inquiry that he had a "bad feeling" when he saw Abedi around five minutes before the attack, but did not approach him for fear of being called a racist.

"I felt unsure about what to do," says Kyle Lawler, who was aged 18 at the time of the attack. "I did not want people to think I am stereotyping him because of his race."

Lawler says he had tried to radio the control room, but that he gave up as he could not get through due to radio traffic.

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Britain

Court Refuses to Grant Immunity to Manchester Arena Bomber's Brother

2021-06-14

[LIBYAREVIEW] A court declined to grant the older brother of the Manchester Arena bomber immunity from prosecution if he testifies in front of a public inquiry, according to The Independent.

Ismail Abedi denies knowing about or being involved in the attack on May 22nd, 2017, but has so far refused to participate with the investigation, citing legal privilege against self-incrimination.

He may not have been directly involved in that attack, but he raised enough eyebrows in the local Muslim community that they reported him to the counter-terrorism unit even before Middle Bro went kaboom. And of course the entire English branch of the family were known wolves, including both Abedi parents, uncle and cousins, not to mention relatives back in the olde countrie. Anything he says could get him and them all in a great deal of trouble.

Salman Abedi,

his brother, went kaboom! a suicide bomb amid a crowd of Ariana Grande fans and relatives waiting to pick them up, killing 22 people and injuring hundreds more.

Hashem Abedi,

another brother, was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the ISIS-claimed attack.

Ismail Abedi requested that the public inquiry obtain assurance from the attorney general that any evidence he provides will not be used against him in future criminal cases.

In his ruling, Sir John said allowing immunity to get Abedi to co-operate did not outweigh the potential effects on the administration of justice.

"If as a result of an undertaking from the Attorney General, the applicant was to disclose material to the inquiry which provided evidence to justify charges of murder or conspiracy to murder, then he could avoid trial for 22 murders and causing serious injury to many more," he said.

"While less serious, if he were to disclose material... which evidenced a failure by him to disclose information to the authorities which could have prevented the bombing happening, a failure to prosecute would be considered by many to be a considerable affront to justice."

Abedi is expected to be served with a legal notice soon which will "require" his attendance in person at the inquiry and while he will be entitled not to answer questions on the grounds of self-incrimination, he will have to justify why and on what grounds he is refusing to answer.

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Britain

Brother of Manchester Arena’s Bomber Admits Involvement in Terror Attack

2020-12-09

[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Brother of Manchester Arena’s Bomber Admits Involvement in Terror Attack

He had previously pleaded not guilty earlier this year to 22 counts of murder, attempted murder, and plotting to cause an explosion likely to endanger life...#Libya #LibyaReview https://t.co/yi3OLspjUi
— Libya Review (@LibyaReview) December 8, 2020

On Monday, Hashem Abedi,

Salman Abedi’s baby bro and bomb assistant, he was arrested in Tripoli while pretending to have nothing to do with that messy nonsense back home. Scion of the Manchester Libyan jihadi crowd. The parental generation ties back to the al-Qaeda-aligned Libyan Islamic Fighting Group in the 1990s, while the kids pledged to the even more romantic ISIS. Not that it makes much difference — the networks overlap personnel-wise, it’s just a matter of the name on the checking account paying their expenses. And then, after he snubbed the sentencing hearing, the unbelievers went and sentenced him anyway...

the brother of the Manchester Arena’s bomber Salman Abedi, admitted for the first time his involvement in planning the 2017 attack, which killed 22 people.

Abedi, 23, made the admission in October, while in prison, as he was visited by two members of the public inquiry’s legal team, according to the Telegraph.

He had previously pleaded not guilty
"Wudn't me."
earlier this year to 22 counts of murder, attempted murder, and plotting to cause a kaboom likely to endanger life. He did not give evidence at the Old Bailey but provided a prepared defence statement in which he denied involvement, claimed to have been "shocked" by what his brother had done, and said he did not hold holy warrior views.

He went on to be convicted by a jury of all the offenses and was given 24 life sentences in August, with a minimum term of 55 years before being eligible for parole.

On 22 October, Abedi was interviewed in prison where he admitted he played "a full and knowing part", the inquiry was told.

Abedi had been in Libya at the time of the attack but was suspected by the police of having played an integral part in the planning and preparation of the bombing. He was eventually extradited by the authorities in Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
, despite denying any knowledge or involvement in the attack. His admission was confirmed by Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Barraclough of the Greater Manchester Police, who was the senior investigating officer in the attack probe.

In a statement made to the police following his arrest, he insisted he had no involvement in his brother’s activities. He told officers, "During the last two years I have been held in Libya by a militia and subjected to torture. It has been a difficult time for me for a number of reasons."

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Africa North

LIFG's Sami Al-Saadi Condemns Any Revolt Against Turkey's Neo-Ottomans

2020-11-16

[ALMARSAD.CO] In response to Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
’s Council of Senior Scholars classifying the Moslem Brüderbund as a terrorist group that does not represent Islam, the former leader of the terrorist group Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG),

...the highly connected, Al Qaeda-aligned group in Libya in the 1990s that was coddled by the West because they plotted to stand up against Colonel Khadaffy. One tentacle of the octopus settled in Manchester, England, where they parented the ISIS-aligned Manchester Arena jacket wallah plot of Salman Abedi and his circle, among others...

Sami al-Saadi posted on his Facebook official account on Saturday: "Saudi Arabia deserves to be called the ’Khawarij’ of the modern era for its conspiracy against the Ottomans in response to British desires."

AL-SAADI STUCK IN LIFG’S NEO-OTTOMAN LOYALTY

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Britain

MI5 'alerted to Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi 18 TIMES before suicide attack killed 22 concertgoers' inquest hears - as top lawyer warns terrorist brothers 'did not act alone'

2020-10-01

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

MI5 received alerts about terrorist Salman Abedi

18 times over seven years

In May 2017 he killed 22 people at the Manchester Arena with a suicide bomb

Also identified associating with six other security service 'subjects of interest' including Abdal Raouf Abdallah
...left paralyzed after being shot in 2011 during the nonsense in Libya, the convicted ISIS recruiter was our lad’s BFF, according to phone records and prison visits...
Comes amid warning Abedi brothers 'did not act alone' and others knew of plot

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Britain

Hashem Abedi, brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi has been sentenced to at least 55 years for murders of 22 people in 2017 terrorist attack

2020-08-21

[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

#BREAKING
Hashem Abedi, brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi has been sentenced to at least 55 years for murders of 22 people in 2017 terrorist attack. #Libya #LibyaReview pic.twitter.com/6xQDjba3cr
— Libya Review (@LibyaReview) August 20, 2020

Salman’s baby bro and bomb assistant, he was arrested for cause in Tripoli, where he was pretending to have nothing to do with that messy nonsense back home. Scion of the Manchester Libyan jihadi crowd. The parental generation ties back to the al-Qaeda-aligned Libyan Islamic Fighting Group in the 1990s, while the kids pledged to the even more romantic ISIS. Not that it makes much difference in the end — the networks overlap personnel-wise, it’s just a matter of the name on the checking account paying their expenses. And now, after snubbing the sentencing hearing yesterday, the unbelievers went and sentenced him anyway.

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