Two articles that you should read

These articles are not what you want to read, but I feel you should.

The first is from The mail and warns us that "Islamist extremists have infiltrated Government and key public utilities to pass sensitive information to terrorists, the security services have warned...It is understood a number of suspected jihadists working in Government departments and the public services are being monitored by the security services. Details of the threat emerged months after the Daily Mail revealed fears that Scotland Yard has been infiltrated by individuals linked to extremist groups including Al Qaeda. Several police officers and civilian staff are being monitored amid claims they are long-term sleepers trying to gain sensitive information of use to terrorists...Security sources say there is evidence that UK-based terrorists have discussed the possibility of attacking national infrastructure targets with the help of a "sympathetic insider"."

The Mail also reminds us that "A terrorist jailed for his involvement in a bomb attack on the Paris Metro later came to England and got a job as a traffic warden...Mustapha Boutarfa, 32, was arrested by Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist squad in 1996 and extradited from Britain to France two years later.

He stood trial for his auxiliary role in the 1995 attack on the St Michel station by a notorious Islamist militant group, in which eight were killed and 80 wounded, and was given a two-year prison sentence. But after his release, Boutarfa, who held dual French and Algerian nationality, managed to get back into the UK with his wife and children and secured the job as a parking attendant in Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, with NCP Services. Boutarfa's secret would probably never have come to light had he not accused a van driver of assaulting him in a row over a parking ticket in October 2005. It led to the sensational disclosure about his past in open court. That case was then dropped and he was charged with fraud but walked away with a 12-month suspended sentence. He has quit his job. It is still not clear how he was allowed back into Britain."

In answer to that last sentence - because this Labour government got rid of all meaningful border controls and made this country's borders as porous as ... (something really porous!).



The second article is from The Asia Times and is about the whole Sharia law debate, do take a read - it might make you listen to Tariq Ramadan rather more carefully in future. For more on Tariq Ramadan you might also like to read this . Maybe the BBC should read these articles and discuss them with Tariq Ramadan the next time they inflict him upon us.