r/AskBrits • Brit 🇬🇧 • 23h ago

This is lunacy, right?

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An Islamic terrorist who belonged to Al-Qaeda and later Isis has been spotted shopping at King Charles’ local Co-op.

Mohammed Yaseen was free to walk the streets near Windsor Castle after he was allowed to stay in Britain on human rights grounds.

Yaseen was part of the Al Qaeda group that beheaded Briton Ken Bigley before joining a unit in Isis that carried out stonings, beheadings and mass executions.

He was released from prison last week after serving just six months of a two-year sentence for illegally entering the country on a small boat, following a near five-year prison term in Germany for his Isis membership.

The Foreign Office has raised concerns he could face ‘mistreatment’ if he were returned to Iraq because of his terrorist past, the Mail on Sunday reports.

Experts have said Yaseen could cost the taxpayer £85,000 as the Home Office pays for his stay in accomodation and his food allowance.

Chris Philp, Shadow Home Secretary, said: ‘We are paying through the nose to feed, clothe and house individuals who pose a clear threat. If Andy Burnham took this seriously, he would deport this man at once.’

A court in Germany heard in 2020 that Yaseen was involved in bomb attacks that killed US troops in Iraq.

He also served as a security guard for Isis, including during at least two mass executions where the victims included children.

Yaseen was intercepted last December by Border Force. He gave officials a false name before routine biometric checks revealed his true identity.

At his trial at Winchester Crown Court, prosecutor Steven Molloy said Yaseen had a ‘deeper and lengthy involvement in terrorism and Islamic extremist ideology’.

It is understood that Yaseen was cleared to walk around town with an ankle tag and observe a 6pm to 6am curfew.

However these restrictions did not stop him going to Windsor Great Park or to the castle.

Yaseen grew up in western Iraq and became a member of Islamic State of Iraq, a franchise of Al Qaeda, aged just 16.

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u/horse_course 20h ago

It’s a bit fucking weird. No mentions of this guy in the media, just a bunch of articles from the pro-reform places quoting each other, and a surprisingly high number of reddit accounts getting shirty about immigration 1-2 hours ago, so at 5am.

No mention of this guy in the German media either. Their anti-immigrant parties and talking heads should be all over this…?

Like I said… very fucking strange 🤔

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u/Cool_Elephant_4459 20h ago

It appears he's he may be being scapegoated as a tool for the Right Wing to use as a hammer to beat people over the head with.

"Stop the boats and keep people like this out"

Not saying he hasn't done really bad stuff but give me the evidence please.

TheI irony as we all know is if we were still in the EU this guy would have been straight back to France and would have been their problem but now they can get here under our asylum system and we are the end of the line, our hands are tied and we can do nothing with them other than grant asylum and in the case of this guy put them in prison, but probably not until they've committed an offence here.

I wonder how many people would change their Brexit vote knowing that to be true?

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u/horse_course 19h ago

Exactly. I notice btw we’re getting quiet downvotes simply for asking for the facts.

Wonder also how many people’s brexit vote would be different if they knew it’d lead to so much more immigration from the Indian subcontinent 😂

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u/Cool_Elephant_4459 19h ago

Even the people that voted for Brexit say we got the wrong flavour of Brexit as an excuse because they refuse to accept the whole thing was a terrible decision.

It was undoubtedly the worst thing the UK did this century but here we are.

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u/AccomplishedAct5364 19h ago

We got the Tory Brexit, which unsurprisingly ended with more migrants

Migrants are THE tool of the modern conservative (and Labour since they’re also neoliberals).

Conserve wealth in those that have it, and drive competition in those that don’t - classic conservatism.

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u/Cool_Elephant_4459 19h ago

The Tories definitely allowed migration to go unchecked despite lying to us they's control it, 1 million a year it its peak I believe.

Labour, due to massive political pressure are doing everything they can to reduce the numbers and they are, because they know if they don't they'll be out in a couple of years. The media aren't telling us though, because they either initially wanted a Reform government, or lately seem to be throwing everything at getting the Conservatives back into power.

Lord help us!

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u/AccomplishedAct5364 19h ago

See, “doing everything they can to reduce the numbers” is a bit of a stretch.

Shabana Mahmoud has had to end the one in one out policy after it successfully removed 4% of arrivals in 2 years from pressure within Labour.

They’ll do as little as possible to give the illusion that they’re different.

Mass migration literally began in 1997, it’s a Labour and conservative joint effort to inflate the housing market

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u/midnight7030 19h ago

I agree with you hiring someone from India cost them a lot less they are now working everywhere from HS2, groundworkers, IT, customer service. It will get much worse in a couple more years and graduates will not be able to find any jobs. They need to reverse this policy before it's too late

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u/Host_Humble 19h ago

You literally got a international center for counterterrorism link and a german court ruling how is that not enough to confirm that he is actually a terrorist and not just some scapegoat

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u/Danmoz81 18h ago

It’s a bit fucking weird. No mentions of this guy in the media,

Tell ya what's a bit fucking weird fella, claiming there are no mentions of this guy in the media.

Here you go, just one example

https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/26255837.islamic-state-terrorist-housed-basingstoke-hotel-jailed/