Inspired by events in Iraq, Birmingham plot sets worrying precedent
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A police officer and a Community Support Officer (R) hand out information leaflets to residents near Foxton Road in Birmingham. Muslim leaders have appealed for calm at weekly prayers, in a bid to defuse tensions over the arrests of nine suspects behind an alleged "Iraq-style" kidnap and beheading plot.(AFP/Paul Ellis)
AFP - An alleged plot to kidnap and behead a Muslim soldier points to a precedent for western Europe and a hardening among British extremists determined to adopt horrific tactics tested in Iraq, experts say. |
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