Officials want to know how he was able to escape from prison, and they should get answers. But no one is asking how he was able to enter the army or stay in it, at least for awhile, as a jihadist. That’s an even more important question, but as it goes to the heart of the British government’s denial of the reality of jihad, it will never be answered.
“UK police arrest escaped terrorism suspect,” Reuters, September 9, 2023:
LONDON: A former British soldier suspected of terrorism offences who escaped from prison earlier this week was recaptured in London on Saturday, police said.
Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, absconded from London’s Wandsworth prison on Wednesday morning after slipping out of the prison kitchen where he was working and strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery truck.
“Officers apprehended him just before 11:00 a.m. (1000 GMT) hrs today … in the Chiswick area (of west London) and he is currently in police custody,” a police statement said….
Khalife, who was discharged from the British army in May, was being held in prison ahead of trial on offences relating to terrorism and the Official Secrets Act.
He is accused of eliciting or trying to elicit information likely to be useful to a person preparing an act of terrorism while he was based at barracks in central England in 2021, and staging a bomb hoax by placing three canisters with wires on a desk.
He is also charged with obtaining information which might be “directly or indirectly useful to an enemy”. The BBC has reported he was accused of gathering intelligence for Iran.
Opposition lawmakers have demanded answers into how Khalife had been able to escape and why he was not being held at a maximum security prison. There are also questions about the jail’s staffing and security procedures….
ElderlyZionist says
‘Abed Khalife’ means literally ‘slave of the Caliph’. It sounds like a nomme de guerre, like Abd-ul Nasser (slave of the victory) or Abd-ul Haqq (slave of the Truth). Daniel is an unusual personal name for a Muslim. I wonder whether Daniel Abed Khalife was born Muslim, or is a ‘revert’ who adopted the name to signal his loyalties and intentions?
Mick says
Good points. Daniel comes over as a sheep in wolf’s clothing, used by the Met and Fleet St to show they are not all woke branleurs.
Revert aka renegade or converso.
Fitna says
“He is also charged with obtaining information which might be “directly or indirectly useful to an enemy.”
On that basis wouldn’t 100% of Muslims also be charged with terrorism?
Many of them directly and indirectly support terrorism, they make plans to attack us, they pass info onto terrorist groups, etc.
Boy won’t they be surprised the day they realize Islam itself is a terrorist group.
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Keith O says
This cretin was able to escape due to his army training.
Escape and evasion techniques are part of normal training for any decent military.
The big question is, why was he not under constant watch?
Mick says
Because he is a patsy, paraded by the Jihadis to show how callow they are and by the Met to show their expert sleuthing /gullibility. Parents, schooling…. ?
OLD GUY says
Their everywhere, Their everywhere, Thanks to our political leaders open borders policy.