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October 16, 2006

UK: Two Muslim Terror Suspects Are On The Run

News from the BBC, the Press Association of Britain via the Guardian and the Times' Breaking News reports that two terror suspects, who had been on control orders, have escaped.

The first suspect absconded months ago, and the most recent, a 25-year old individual who was held in a mental health unit, escaped two weeks ago. Both are still on the run. The first suspect, an Iraqi national, had appealed against his control order earlier this year. He had won the right to have the restrictions of the order reduced, and as soon as this was done, he promptly disappeared and has not been seen since.

The 25-year old, who is a British national, was subjected to the control order in March. The BBC states that he had been accused of wanting to go to Iraq to fight against coalition forces.

It appears that these individuals may have been those we reported on in June when six people were appealing against control orders. Five were Iraqi nationals, and one British.

The six individuals were not confined for a 24 hour period within their houses. They had six hours in which they could travel. The individuals were obliged to remain indoors only between the hours of 4 pm and 10 am. Their ability to use telephone and internet services were also curtailed.

Visitors to their homes had to provide beforehand name, address and photographic identification. The individuals under a Control Order can be searched at any time of day, or night. The five Iraqis were arguing that they could not be deported to Iraq, as they would be likely to receive torture back home, which would then be affected by Article 3 of the ECHR. At that time, Mr Justice Sullivan was saying that control orders were in breach of the European Convention of Human Rights.

The British national may be the person referred to only as "S", who on April 12 challenged his control order. Described as 22-year-old male student from Yorkshire, he had been stopped at Manchester airport in March 2005 after he had attempted to fly to Syria. Security officials claimed that the man had intended to fly from there to Iraq, to fight against coalition forces.

The available news is that the individual escaped through a window at a London psychiatric unit. he had ben placed there under Britain's mental health laws. A person can be detained under the Mental Health Act for four weeks for observation, or, under a "Section 3" order, can be detained indefinitely, if the person is thought to be a danger to himself or others.

His family are apparently concerned about his safety, and have appealed for him to return. The individual claims he had been arrested on a recent visit to Pakistan, interned for seven months, and tortured by ISI, the intelligence services.

The man's brother said to BBC News: "We don't know what to think. We don't know what sort of mind he might be in."

David Davis, the shadow home secretary, said of the man's escape from a mental health unit that it was "extraordinary". He said it was "hard to understand how this man was allowed to escape, especially while undergoing psychiatric assessment."

Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at October 16, 2006 3:56 PM

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