Cardiff postman suspended over terror arrest

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A Cardiff postman has been suspended from his Royal Mail job following his arrest on suspicion of a terrorism offence, BBC Wales understands.

It is understood Sajid Idris has been suspended on full pay from his job at the Penarth Road sorting office.

He was arrested, along with four other men, by officers from the North East Counter Terrorism Unit and the Wales Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit last December.

The Royal Mail declined to comment.

Officers executed six search warrants at addresses in the Grangetown area of Cardiff and Barry in December.

The arrests were for allegedly supporting proscribed organisations.

One of those arrested, Syed Choudary, 18, from Grangetown, was subsequently charged with supporting a proscribed organisation and assisting in the preparation of an act of terrorism.

He was remanded in custody and is due to stand trial in June.

Mr Idris, and three other men, were granted police bail until a date in March.

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Extremist postman delivers an Islamic State hate sermon

A POSTMAN pictured with a black and white flag for Islamic State on a British street was under investigation yesterday for "supporting a banned organisation".
Royal Mail worker Sajid Idris, 31, waved the Islamist flag as part of a group holding up signs saying: "Islamic State will bring peace to the Middle East".

Idris was seen with the flag in a busy shopping area in Cardiff - where he is employed to drive around the city delivering packages in a red Royal Mail van.

Heavily bearded Idris works at a Royal Mail sorting office and has been given a special prayer room to use at the depot.

Idris, who has links to hate preacher Anjem Choudary and British IS fighters in Syria, is currently being investigated for allegedly handing out extremist leaflets.

He was seized by anti-terrorist police in a dawn raid for allegedly trying to recruit young Muslims to his radical cause.

In the pictures he is seen in long white robes and a large black beard preaching hate through a microphone and waving the flag which states in Arabic: "There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."

The flag is the same design as the one Sydney gunman Man Haron Monis made his hostages hold up to the window during the 16-hour cafe siege.
Idris, who delivers business mail, has posted videos online in which he is seen railing against Western society.

In the video he said: "The false idols of democracy, freedom and the so-called equality does not apply to the Muslim community and we should not have any hope in their false ideals.

"Wider society is falling and crumbling because of the moral values it has adopted. For example drugs, alcohol, fornication, adultery, paedophilia."

Idris - also known as Abu Hajar - has headed up a number of radical groups, repeatedly changing their names to continue operating.

He has also been linked to Reeyad Khan and brothers Nasser and Aseel Muthana - who left Cardiff last year to fight Jihad in Syria. Nasser Muthana and Khan have both appeared in recruitment videos for IS.

The pair were filmed in cardiff allegedly handing out leaflets for Supporters of Tawheed - an extremist group led by Idris - before leaving for the Middle East.

Idris later dropped the name Supporters of Tawheed and started a group called Islamic Dawah Association - who were also banned last year.

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I hope that if this idiot is ever let back into RM then it's colleagues treat it with the contempt it deserves.
We are all in danger from medievals like this.

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Apparently he was saying "death to the infidels and unbelievers, an end to 21st century Western decadence, Allah is good, and is there a chance of any docket on Saturday, as I've to pay for me new Corsa somehow boyo?"

[Cyclopz]

Great thread, worth a read:

http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index ... icseen#new" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[wongpongrog]

look out moya someones after your job

[NWpostie]

Such people upon conviction should be stripped of British citizenship and deported immediately to IS controlled territories, it puzzles me why such people would continue living in the UK with all its values which they despise when there is a country that closely matches their ideology to which they can fly to and live there.

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I hope that if this idiot is ever let back into RM then it's colleagues treat it with the contempt it deserves.
We are all in danger from medievals like this.

If they did then no doubt they would be suspended and sacked for B&H

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Such people upon conviction should be stripped of British citizenship and deported immediately to IS controlled territories, it puzzles me why such people would continue living in the UK with all its values which they despise when there is a country that closely matches their ideology to which they can fly to and live there.

Yes, and have you noticed these are always men?

I have no objection to the UK allowing them to leave and fight with ISIS or whatever they call themselves. Just tear up their passports on the way out. Ensure, one way or t'other that it's a one-way journey. Hopefully most will be eradicated. In fact I respect them more than the idiots that stay here and whinge on about how great islam is and how decadent we are. At least they put their money where their mouths are...

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doing the job he is doing how easy would it be for him to put something nasty in the post . what would be the effect on RM if he did . in light of the current world situation think its time RM stepped up there security both on staff and items sent . no good bolting the stable door after the horse has bolted

[Lounge Lizard]

doing the job he is doing how easy would it be for him to put something nasty in the post . what would be the effect on RM if he did . in light of the current world situation think its time RM stepped up there security both on staff and items sent . no good bolting the stable door after the horse has bolted

Of course he could "put something nasty in the post" but, with 15,000 Post Offices and 150,000 post boxes, so can anybody.

[Cyclopz]

Worth a read:

http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index ... icseen#new" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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doing the job he is doing how easy would it be for him to put something nasty in the post . what would be the effect on RM if he did . in light of the current world situation think its time RM stepped up there security both on staff and items sent . no good bolting the stable door after the horse has bolted

Of course he could "put something nasty in the post" but, with 15,000 Post Offices and 150,000 post boxes, so can anybody.

Come on! You know what he means - he would be in a position to interfere with mail after checks have been done, when it's far less likely to be noticed, like a baggage handler loading the airplane.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

doing the job he is doing how easy would it be for him to put something nasty in the post . what would be the effect on RM if he did . in light of the current world situation think its time RM stepped up there security both on staff and items sent . no good bolting the stable door after the horse has bolted

Of course he could "put something nasty in the post" but, with 15,000 Post Offices and 150,000 post boxes, so can anybody.

Come on! You know what he means - he would be in a position to interfere with mail after checks have been done, when it's far less likely to be noticed, like a baggage handler loading the airplane.

and can't the same be same said for a radicalised member of the EDL or BF.

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doing the job he is doing how easy would it be for him to put something nasty in the post . what would be the effect on RM if he did . in light of the current world situation think its time RM stepped up there security both on staff and items sent . no good bolting the stable door after the horse has bolted

Of course he could "put something nasty in the post" but, with 15,000 Post Offices and 150,000 post boxes, so can anybody.

Come on! You know what he means - he would be in a position to interfere with mail after checks have been done, when it's far less likely to be noticed, like a baggage handler loading the airplane.

and can't the same be same said for a radicalised member of the EDL or BF.

That's a bad tangent to go off on TBT, considering the article is referring to the common issue of radicalized muzzies and the EDL and BF? are not renowned for bomb manufacture, random terrorist murders and travelling overseas to join murderous armed militias.