A 17-year-old from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, is thought to have become Britain’s youngest suicide bomber after leaving home to join Islamic State in March. Talha Asmal, who is believed to have reached Iraq via a holiday flight to Turkey on 31 March, blew himself up in the northern Iraqi town of Baiji.
The Guardian reports that the suicide attacks are understood to have occurred in Iraq’s Salahuddin province, around one of the country’s largest oil refineries, as part of a larger IS offensive.
On Saturday evening social media accounts linked to Islamic State (IS) released pictures related to the bombing. Those photographs are now being investigated by West Yorkshire Police. They showed four suicide bombers, one of whom was named as Abu Yusuf al-Britani.
A smiling Britani is shown standing beside a black Toyota SUV and sitting on the ground while apparently receiving instructions from a commander. West Yorkshire police have not yet publicly confirmed whether Britani is Asmal. The remaining three Islamist extremists are believed to be German, Kuwaiti and Palestinian.
The Mirror reports that Asmal/Britani boarded his flight to Turkey with his 17-year-old friend Hassan Munshi more than two months ago. At the time the pair’s families described them as “two ordinary Yorkshire lads” with promising futures “who enjoyed the things that all young people enjoy at their age.”
Breitbart London previously reported that Hassan is the younger brother of Hammaad Munshi. He became Britain’s youngest convicted terrorist following his 2006 arrest at the age of 15 over his role in a plot to murder non-Muslims. He was found to have been stockpiling terror guides, including files from the internet about making napalm, detonators and grenades.
The Munshis are grandsons of prominent Islamic scholar Yakub Munshi. Thought to be a senior figure at Dewsbury’s Markazi Masjid, Yakub Munshi was reportedly the driving force behind the creation of Dewsbury’s first sharia court.
In 2006, The Daily Mail linked the Markazi Masjid to Tablighi Jamaat, “a radical Islamic movement believed by intelligence agencies to be a fertile source for recruiting young extremists.” At the same time The Times stated that French intelligence labelled the group an “antechamber of fundamentalism” and The Telegraph wrote of it under the headline “Army of Darkness.”
The previous youngest British suicide bomber, Hasib Hussein, was 18 when he exploded a bomb on a London bus in the ‘7/7′ attacks of July 2005. He was also from West Yorkshire.
A 17-year-old from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, is thought to have become Britain’s youngest suicide bomber after leaving home to join Islamic State in March. Talha Asmal, who is believed to have reached Iraq via a holiday flight to Turkey on 31 March
There is a caliphate that wants to convert and kill infidels. We are the infidels.
We have to send troops and crush these bastards. I know a few Muslims that are genuine people but they cannot take over.
Sorry if I sound a bigot but people need to be secular.
My personal opinion as an Atheist.There is a caliphate that wants to convert and kill infidels. We are the infidels.We have to send troops and crush these bastards. I know a few Muslims that are genuine people but they cannot take over.Sorry if I sou
The luvvies spent the 60's, 70's and 80's convincing a mildly religious (births, deaths and marriages) country that we really needed to be a secular society and any fuss about religious satire was childish nonsense. What a complete volte face they undertook when the mussies started wailing. Now the poor luvvies are like rabbits in headlights. They don't know if they need a shiit, shave or haircut.
The luvvies spent the 60's, 70's and 80's convincing a mildly religious (births, deaths and marriages) country that we really needed to be a secular society and any fuss about religious satire was childish nonsense. What a complete volte face they un
Enoch Powell was an Ulster Unionist, he foreseen the problem. His view may have been racist but it was correct.
I'm an Ulster Unionist but I'm a pragmatist. It's hit the fan now how do we deal with it?
Stop giving concessions to any mosque builds or Islams concerns. I'm anti religions but Islam is vile.
Enoch Powell was an Ulster Unionist, he foreseen the problem. His view may have been racist but it was correct.I'm an Ulster Unionist but I'm a pragmatist. It's hit the fan now how do we deal with it?Stop giving concessions to any mosque builds or Is
People do not do this unless they have a committed cause
We need to find out the cause and why young men feel the need to do this
Unless we start some degree of intelligence, nothing will ever be solved
Blowing oneself up..takes some couragePeople do not do this unless they have a committed causeWe need to find out the cause and why young men feel the need to do thisUnless we start some degree of intelligence, nothing will ever be solved
It is all part of islam read the good book - it's all there. The inventor was a bloodthirsty maniac who wanted total control and the love for young people comes directly from him.
It is all part of islam read the good book - it's all there. The inventor was a bloodthirsty maniac who wanted total control and the love for young people comes directly from him.
- er, don't think so. He's been gone for two months.
- aren't you worried about him?
- no, he's a straight a student. Typical Yorkshire lad. He'll be 'reet.
Astonishing that parents can allow their children to disappear for months on end, with apparently not even the slightest concern for where they might be, or who with. I just don't believe the parents could be so detached from their offspring's lives that they can turn into terrorists in their bedrooms without them even asking a few simple questions or raising concerns within their own communities. They are either appalling parents who shouldn't be allowed to have children, or total morons. Or they are complicit.
- where's your son?- er, he's gone on holiday.- where to?- he got a flight to Turkey.- two weeks away with his mates is it?- er, don't think so. He's been gone for two months.- aren't you worried about him?- no, he's a straight a student. Typical Y
The luvvies spent the 60's, 70's and 80's convincing a mildly religious (births, deaths and marriages) country that we really needed to be a secular society and any fuss about religious satire was childish nonsense. What a complete volte face they undertook when the mussies started wailing. Now the poor luvvies are like rabbits in headlights. They don't know if they need a shiit, shave or haircut.
That needed repeating.
And on Saturday we had a Labour MP Ian Austin, leading a crowd of Muslins through Dudley town centre in support of the building of a super mosque and Muslim community centre, that has come in for bitter opposition from the locals.
With the birthrate for these people being so high, is this a case of Labour coming out into the open and openly playing the long game now?
One thing is for sure though - vote Labour get Islam.
The luvvies spent the 60's, 70's and 80's convincing a mildly religious (births, deaths and marriages) country that we really needed to be a secular society and any fuss about religious satire was childish nonsense. What a complete volte face they un
At least we don't have to let him back in. I hope his travelling companion was sat next to him.
Dewsbury is a horrid place now they all look radicalised. Groups of Daleks swanning around the big Asda there.
Had to take the wife for a minor op at Dewsbury Hospital, called in Asda to kill time. Never again.
At least we don't have to let him back in. I hope his travelling companion was sat next to him.Dewsbury is a horrid place now they all look radicalised. Groups of Daleks swanning around the big Asda there.Had to take the wife for a minor op at Dewsbu
Chemistry ,physics ,electronics, mechanical engineering and Religious Studies should be a warning sign imo .
BBC are quick to put his picture up ,wont for any other ethnic criminal but keen here ,should not be given the publicity .
should be returned to his parents in a bin liner
Chemistry ,physics ,electronics, mechanical engineering and Religious Studies should be a warning sign imo .BBC are quick to put his picture up ,wont for any other ethnic criminal but keen here ,should not be given the publicity .should be returned
EbulGerry "We need to find out the cause and why young men feel the need to do this" Sexually repressed.Spend their teenage years fantasising about getting stuck into virgins.
EbulGerry "We need to find out the cause and why young men feel the need to do this"Sexually repressed.Spend their teenage years fantasising about getting stuck into virgins.
No doubt they'll wheel out the community leaders who'll complain that it's the Government's fault.Personally i'd close down all the mosques in the country and if they don't like it they can get out.Religion is the biggest catastrophe the world has to deal with and the sooner we all give up on the mumbo jumbo the better it will be. Until that utopian dream is realised we have to put up with Christianity the national religion of England however all other religions in this country should be banned and anyone who flouts this proposal deported.
No doubt they'll wheel out the community leaders who'll complain that it's the Government's fault.Personally i'd close down all the mosques in the country and if they don't like it they can get out.Religion is the biggest catastrophe the world has to
Malik has already said on sky news something on the lines of 'where was social services etc on this one - under 18 and all that'
can you imagine social workers going into every family with an under 18 to check on their level of radicalisation.
Do they not understand that Islam is radical??
Malik has already said on sky news something on the lines of 'where was social services etc on this one - under 18 and all that'can you imagine social workers going into every family with an under 18 to check on their level of radicalisation.Do they
He was a straight A student, he was intelligent, he made an intelligent decision
People who thinks anyone would blow themselves just for mythical virgins...must have the intelligence of a donut in my opinion Would they?
Yes we need to root out radical preachers who encourage this(deport them)..but these preachers need something to work on
So we need to find the grievance these people have
Just attacking Islam is totally pointless, it will only strengthen Muslim's belief I note Islam has existed since 700 AD, yet we have only had problems with Muslims for about 25 years.... There was no problem with Islam before that
So I suggest Islam cannot be the cause, so think what else it may be?
He was a straight A student, he was intelligent, he made an intelligent decisionPeople who thinks anyone would blow themselves just for mythical virgins...must have the intelligence of a donut in my opinionWould they?Yes we need to root out radical p
In the 7th century you are saying Europe was a land of peace?
In the 7th century everyone did ethnic cleansing!, you cannot judge modern people
by what happened over 1300 hundred years ago
In the 7th century you are saying Europe was a land of peace?In the 7th century everyone did ethnic cleansing!, you cannot judge modern peopleby what happened over 1300 hundred years ago
You are terrified the Muslims are going to destroy us ...how can they you dickhead
Where are there Nuclear weapons, nuclear submarines, satellites, you must be a sad pathetic creature
if you think the Muslims threaten us, go hide in the loo, you worm
You are terrified the Muslims are going to destroy us ...how can they you dickheadWhere are there Nuclear weapons, nuclear submarines, satellites, you must be a sad pathetic creatureif you think the Muslims threaten us, go hide in the loo, you worm
I am not a Muslim I am a communist, we communists support the Arab cause
not that other lot who should not be there it is not their country, the middle east is Arab land
That is long gone too late thereI am not a Muslim I am a communist, we communists support the Arab causenot that other lot who should not be there it is not their country, the middle east is Arab land
Plesheth, was inhabited by Hebrews and some nomad tribes. Long before the one-eyed bald coot decided it was arab land..
I do hope you haven't combusted already, Ebul..Plesheth, was inhabited by Hebrews and some nomad tribes. Long before the one-eyed bald coot decided it was arab land..
You see I know Mohammed rallied the Arab cause and took over the Middle East in the 7th century
But then a lot of other nations have had similar ideas, look at all the Empires around the world, look at us
How we have invaded and exploited other countries all over this planet. Does this make us a threat to all other countries?
And yes the Crusades did attack Palestine an Arab Country, we occupied all the Middle after WW1, and more recently we have attacked Iraq and Libya
You ignore all this and are still harking back to the 7th century, I think you are being very selective.
The Hebrew claim expired a long time ago. It is the fact we tried to reverse history, which is the base cause of all our present problems.
So nothing that happens now is about religion at all, it is about land..Palestine, which has been stolen from the Arabs
Plus all religions want to convert everyone else, including our own Christianity, nothing unusual in that
You see I know Mohammed rallied the Arab cause and took over the Middle East in the 7th centuryBut then a lot of other nations have had similar ideas, look at all the Empires around the world, look at usHow we have invaded and exploited other countri
Neither does the United States belong to the whites, perhaps we should give in to the Native American Indians?
The Arab claim is more recent, and they have been there a long time.
Still I don't expect Israel to be going anywhere now,
The Arabs are also fighting amongst themselves over which version of Islam they should use
I think the rest of the World is safe for a while
Neither does the United States belong to the whites, perhaps we should give in to the Native American Indians?The Arab claim is more recent, and they have been there a long time.Still I don't expect Israel to be going anywhere now,The Arabs are also
I am beginning to lose the will to live.. How can ye debate with an idiot.
As my old long lost great great Grandpappy Mark said.....
Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference
I am beginning to lose the will to live.. How can ye debate with an idiot.As my old long lost great great Grandpappy Mark said.....Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference
Leave it out...how could they use them?..they would be annihilated themselves
And there ye have it, if proof was needed..
Of course a nation of suicide bombers would care about themselves...
Leave it out...how could they use them?..they would be annihilated themselves And there ye have it, if proof was needed..Of course a nation of suicide bombers would care about themselves...
I do not think everybody in Iran are suicide bombers, otherwise there would be nobody left
You are panicking unnecessarily Guiness
Your whole argument with Islam is based around what was said in 700 AD, is that reasonable?
I do not think everybody in Iran are suicide bombers, otherwise there would be nobody leftYou are panicking unnecessarily GuinessYour whole argument with Islam is based around what was said in 700 AD, is that reasonable?
Pork was perhaps not the preferred word on this ere fred, BTF?
I can't even be bothered to answer that nonsensical utterence above your post. The man? is deranged and ribena starved..
Pork was perhaps not the preferred word on this ere fred, BTF?I can't even be bothered to answer that nonsensical utterence above your post. The man? is deranged and ribena starved..
Not only are you obsessed with Islam and what was said in 700 AD, but you also appear to be obsessed
with blackcurrant juice Guiness.
I take it that refers to my postNot only are you obsessed with Islam and what was said in 700 AD, but you also appear to be obsessedwith blackcurrant juice Guiness.
The trouble with Socialists is that they have nothing!, and want to share it with everyone.
"Neither does the United States belong to the whites, perhaps we should give in to the Native American Indians?"
Incidentally ebul, when the so called "Native Americans", IE, the Mongols crossed the Bering Straits, 12,000 - 7,000 B.C. and wiped out the inhabitants there were no bleedin hearts like yourself to protest.
Learn your history before extolling it's presumed accuracy .
Good night gents and good luck tomorrow.
The trouble with Socialists is that they have nothing!, and want to share it with everyone."Neither does the United States belong to the whites, perhaps we should give in to the Native American Indians?"Incidentally ebul, when the so called "Native A
12,000 - 7000 BC come off it, this becoming ridiculous
How far back are we going to go?
I have fair knowledge of History I think, but a bit weak in the 12,000Bc period I admit
12,000 - 7000 BC come off it, this becoming ridiculousHow far back are we going to go?I have fair knowledge of History I think, but a bit weak in the 12,000Bc period I admit
Look if we go back far enough, we will find nobody probably lived where they live now
It is also not how far back we go either, it is also how long people have lived where they live now
Also few countries have ever been created by peaceful negotiation, it has all been done by right of conquest.
Our own country we consider Anglo Saxon( or used to)..but you see the Angles and Saxons were invaders
We were a Celtic country. And even the Celts invaded I think.
So I think we do need to set dates, but I agree not necessarily by me.
ps If we go back even further, we will find our country was occupied by Neanderthal Man...so unless we bring in a date limit Everybody in in this country who is not a bona fida Neanderthal is an illegal immigrant!
Look if we go back far enough, we will find nobody probably lived where they live nowIt is also not how far back we go either, it is also how long people have lived where they live nowAlso few countries have ever been created by peaceful negotiation,
I am not a Muslim I am a communist, we communists support the Arab cause
communists invented the suide bomb, killed over 100 million in the 20th century for political heresy, annialated opposing religions, are mindlessly led by dictators who preach the holy book written by a bearded old dude from the distant past. yep, I can see why Ebul is such an apolgist for islam.
ebulGery I am not a Muslim I am a communist, we communists support the Arab causecommunists invented the suide bomb, killed over 100 million in the 20th century for political heresy, annialated opposing religions, are mindlessly led by dictators who