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Sayyed Ahmed Abdel-Maqssuod

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Sayyed Ahmed Abdel-Maqssuod (سيد أحمد عبدالمقصود) was arrested in September 1998 in the United Kingdom, and accused of membership in al-Jihad.[1]

He was arrested as part of Operation Challenge, which arrested seven men living in Britain through use of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 1989, accusing them of links to al-Jihad.[2][3][4][5][6] One of the men was charged with possession of a weapon.[7][8] Six months after the arrests, British Muslims staged a demonstration in front of 10 Downing Street to protest the continued incarceration of the seven men.[9]

References

  1. ^ Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Summary of the Security Intelligence Report concerning Mahmoud Jaballah, February 22, 2008. Appendix A. [dead link]
  2. ^ Hoge, Warren. New York Times, "Britain arrests 7 suspected of links to Bin Laden", September 24, 1998
  3. ^ The Guardian, Police hold Islam cleric 'in fishing expedition', March 16, 1999
  4. ^ Associated Press, "Police continue questioning of seven arrested in terrorism probe ", September 24, 1998
  5. ^ Al-Sharq al-Awsat, Position of Fundamentalists in Britain, March 23, 1999
  6. ^ UPI, "Egypt Helps Britain Round Up Terrorists", September 25, 1998
  7. ^ Al-Sharq al-Awsat, "British Muslims cited on arrest of fundamentalists", September 29, 1998
  8. ^ Al-Sharq al-Awsat, "Egyptian Information said to have helped in UK arrests", September 28, 1998
  9. ^ al-Sharq al-Awsat, "Islamic fundamentalist groups planning 12th March Downing St. Protest", March 5, 1999