All 11 suspects charged in connection with the airline terror plot have been remanded in custody. The predictions were that just half those rounded up last week would be charged with anything, and unless you half charge one of the 23 this is close.
I’m waiting for one of the famous English betting companies to start making book on final prosecutions and convictions.
Even putting aside the fact that John Reid (Home Secretary) has prejudiced the case against all of the suspects, there was more politics than sound policing behind these charges.
For example: Among those charged is a 17-year-old youth who cannot be named for legal reasons. He is accused of possessing a book on improvised explosive devices and the names of people prepared to commit acts of terrorism.
Mrs Ali, 23, who has an eight-month-old son, is accused of failing to disclose information which she believed would be useful in preventing an act of terrorism. Her husband, Ahmed Abdullah Ali, also known as Abdullah Ali Ahmed Khan, was charged as part of the main plot.
I don’t, for a moment, deny that there is a very real threat posed by fanatic terrorists. Instead of dealing effectively with the core threat our governments are simply creating more willing tools for terrorism by there political bungling.
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