More nonsense from the Respect party

That mental, attention-seeking woman with terminal Stockholm syndrome has been mouthing off about last week’s anti-terrorism raid in London with some very sensible and constructive advice for Muslims.

The full article as it appeared on the BBC site shortly after publication.

An activist from the Respect Party has urged British Muslims in east London to stop co-operating with police. Yvonne Ridley, who became a Muslim after her kidnap by the Taliban in Afghanistan five years ago, has accused the police of being heavy-handed. She told BBC News British Muslims should "withdraw all support" for the Metropolitan Police. Her comments come in the wake of an anti-terror raid on a house in east London in which one man was shot.

Call to Muslims over police help

Name: Yvonne Ridley
Occupation: Useful Idiot

Robert Thompson Rumour

Laban Tall has an interesting post about a rumour about one of the killers of Jamie Bulger.

A man convicted last month of the attempted murder of his pregnant girlfriend and her three-year-old daughter in Ireland is rumoured to be Robert Thompson.

The crime took place in November 2004.

The news articles (here and here) say he was trying to get full time psychiatric treatment in August of that year, but his attempts were unsuccessful. He has claimed to be Robert Thompson. His claims to actually be Thompson have been written off due to the fact he has been described as a “fantasist”.

Walsh moved to Ireland in 2001. That was the same year that Thompson and Venables were released from prison.

After reading Laban’s post and following the links I came to the conclusion that it was probably just a rumour and nothing more. I’m personally not convinced by the photographic evidence. Others have said Walsh looks like Thompson, but I would say, you could probably find ten young men who could look like a grown up Bulger killer in any High Street. But I will say that, I could certainly believe that the photos could be of the same person.

Later I had an interesting thought about all this. I remembered the story in one of the Sunday papers about a year or two ago about Denise Bulger (now Denise Fergus) tracking down Robert Thompson after receiving an anonymous letter from a “wellwisher”. The date of that article’s publication was 28th November 2004. The same month that the two attempted murders happened. I’ve searched but I’m unable to find the exact date of the crime. I can’t help but wonder, if it is indeed Robert Thompson, could the date of the crime be in the last couple of days of November? He was clearly not in his right mind for a while before then, and this news coverage could well have pushed him over the edge.

Although I can’t believe that it is him. He may have been given a new identity and newspapers would get themselves into a little bit of bother should they reveal his name or location, but I can’t imagine those facts would be withheld in a scenario like this.

Killkenny People 10 May 2006 ~ 15-year sentence for would-be killer

Killkenny People 17 May 2006 ~ Walsh sought help months before attacking girlfriend

Trust me, I'm a copper

Apparently, the local community where the anti-terrorism raid took place last week is angry and is fast losing trust in the police.

"Trust between the Muslim community and police could be damaged in the wake of a terror raid in east London, a leading Muslim has warned."

You have to understand how the local community feels. Dozens of nasty policemen invade their community and walk straight through the door of a home of one of their neighbours without knocking first or even opening the door and then they arrest two people who must be innocent because they haven’t been charged four days later, and in the process of this event one person gets shot - by whomever. (Let’s forget for a moment that the police believed they were planning a chemical attack which could well have killed dozens or many more people) It’s grossly ill-mannered to smash through someone’s door at four o’clock in the morning. Whatever were they thinking of? The occupants may have been asleep. And what about the poor neighbours?

We appear to be living in odd times.
Were the police meant to send a letter to the house to announce their intention to pay a low-key visit next week?

Dear Sirs, I am writing to you to declare our intention to pay a friendly visit to your property early next month. We would like to visit your home a week next Friday to do a routine search which I regret to inform you may take a week or more. As this search may be rather disruptive to your daily lifestyle we would like to offer you living accommodation which will be free of charge for the duration of this routine and friendly search. If the 02nd of June isn’t a convenient date for you please contact our customer service helpline on the number printed above and our helpful staff will be more than happy to arrange for the search to take place on another date which will be more convenient for you” P.S. If your home should contain an item which resembles a vest or waistcoat; please can you leave it prominently displayed on the day of our friendly visit. Thank you for your assistance. Your’s sincerely Sir Ian Blair Your friendly local Metropolitan Police Chief

Even after 7/7 it appears that some people still think that community relations are more important than preventing terrorist attacks which could kill or main hundreds of innocent people.

It is only a matter of time until the next 7/7 attack.

Why are we appearing to make this event more likely to happen by giving a prominent platform for those who seem to want to bury their heads in the sand and pretend nothing is wrong? This is not the time for the police to be battered into being even more politically correct. We aren’t dealing with petty thieves, joyriders, or people who park on double yellow lines. We are faced with the threat of an enemy willing to kill and injure scores of people and in the process, kill themselves.

This is not a game. In games opponents play by the same set of rules.

BBC News: Terror raid could ‘damage trust’

And so could 52 dead commuters.