Short answer: yes, probably. Long answer: no, but there are a hell of a lot of them. In this episode I look at 7 key figures in the history of Al Muhajiroun since its founding in 1996, all of whom are probably or definitely informants for MI5. From the top of the gang’s hierarchy – Abu Hamza, Abu Qatada and Omar Bakri – to deep cover agents like Reda Hassaine and ‘Omar Nasiri’, the organisation has been riddled with spies since its inception. This show also touches upon the ‘shoe bomber’ and the Woolwich murder and explains the possible reasons for why this mass infiltration has happened.
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Sources:
Nafeez Ahmed – UK pays price for MI5 courting terror
Corbett Report interview 298 on Mohammed Junaid Babar
Reda Hassaine timeline – History Commons
Reda Hassaine interview on Al Jazeera
Omar Nasiri timeline – History Commons
Omar Bakri timeline – History Commons
Abu Qatada – Immigration Tribunal Judgment (contains details of contacts with security services)
Abu Qatada timeline – History Commons
Bisher al-Rawi timeline – History Commons
Jamil al-Banna timeline – History Commons
Abu Hamza timeline – History Commons
Resisting the Terror episode 4 (contains information on Saajid Badat)
CIA Annual Report 2002 (contains information on foreknowledge of the shoe bomb plot)