Abu Anas Al-Liby, a man named by U.S. President George W. Bush as one of the 22 most dangerous in the world, was living in Manchester for several year

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Manchester, the city where one of the world's most wanted jihadis and his hate-filled extremism hid away for years - and his wife even shared a flat with Manchester bomber's mother, writes SUE REID

SUE REID: The father of the Manchester bomber, Ramadan Abedi, had a picture of friend Abu Anas on his Facebook, a Libyan ex-Al Qaeda commander who lived in the city for five years after getting asylum. The families were so close that Ramadan Abedi's wife - a 50-year-old nuclear engineer called Samia Tabbal - was best pals with Abu Anas's wife, whom she had met while at Tripoli University. For a time, the two women even shared a flat. Named by President George W Bush as one of the 22 most dangerous people in the world, Anas fled Manchester in May 2000 just before an MI5 raid of his flat following a tip-off from the FBI.

 

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[h=1]Manchester, the city where one of the world's most wanted jihadis and his hate-filled extremism hid away for years - and his wife even shared a flat with Manchester bomber's mother[/h]

• Facebook account of Ramadan Abedi, the father of the Manchester bomber, featured a most wanted terrorist
• Abu Anas lived in Manchester for several years and socialised with the Abedis. George W Bush called him one of the most dangerous wanted men in the world
• He was granted political asylum by the UK in 1995 and was finally caught in 2013 by US Commandos

 

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The Facebook account of Ramadan Abedi, father of the Manchester bomber, featured an image of a bearded man, with 'A Lion' written underneath.


It was a photograph of his friend Abu Anas, who lived near his family in Manchester, socialised with them, and had emerged from the same extremist circles in Libya years before.


The families were so close that Ramadan Abedi's wife – a 50-year-old nuclear engineer called Samia Tabbal – was best pals with Abu Anas's wife, whom she had met while at Tripoli University. For a time, the two women even shared a flat.

 

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Yet the man lauded by bomber Salman Abedi's father on his Facebook page was no innocent friend. Anas had a sinister past, with links into the heart of Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda terror group.



Named by President George W Bush as one of the 22 most dangerous people in the world, Anas fled Manchester in May 2000 just before an MI5 raid of his flat following a tip-off from the FBI.

 

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Abu Anas Al-Liby, a man named by U.S. President George W. Bush as one of the 22 most dangerous in the world, was living in Manchester for several years

 

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Left, Manchester bomber Salman Abedi and right, Ramadan, his father, who was friends with a man dubbed as one of the 22 most dangerous people in the world

 

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Anas made first for Afghanistan, then disappeared off the map. He had been given political asylum in the UK in 1995 after being implicated in a failed Al Qaeda plot to assassinate Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.


He had been arrested as a terror suspect by UK police in 1999 but had been able to clear his computer hard drive of all damning evidence.
A 2002 book by two French intelligence experts alleged that Anas had been told by MI6 he could stay – on condition that he helped with another assassination plot, this time with Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi as the target.


It was not until 2013 – two years after Gaddafi was deposed – that Anas was finally caught by US commandos, having slipped back to his family in Libya.

 

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Video footage showing the Manchester bomber taking out the recycling outside his home while wearing a brown robe emerged a few days after the attack

 

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He was taken to America, where he was weeks away from standing trial for terrorism offences when he died of liver failure in 2015.


After Anas was seized, his wife admitted he had been an Al Qaeda member but said he was never a senior leader and broke with Bin Laden when he got to know men affiliated with the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), who had a common vision to overthrow the Gaddafi regime.


That was a vision shared by Ramadan Abedi. The 51-year-old was arrested for questioning on Wednesday in Libya after his son's murderous attack.
Abedi was listed in the files of Libyan secret police as belonging to the LIFG, which fought for years to get rid of Gaddafi and create an Islamic government.


A source with knowledge of the LIFG said yesterday that Abedi – like his friend Anas – was an important member.

 

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Security has been increased in London, with hundreds of troops on the streets, after the terror threat was increased to critical

 

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Both men are remembered in Manchester as being deeply religious, encouraging their children to go to the mosque regularly and not to fill their heads with Western distractions.
Anas's son Abdullah al-Ruqai, 25, said: 'My father was a good Muslim. In Manchester, he did not encourage us to follow football, he wanted us to learn the Koran.'
He also remembers the MI5 raid on the family's flat in 2000, when he was only nine.


The links between the Abedis and Anas are chilling, given the Manchester Arena attack.


And they again raise the question of why Salman Abedi was able to hide his hate-filled extremism in plain sight for so long.

 

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atholl, brighton, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago
Why do we allow these people in our country ? Who is making these gross errors of judgement ? We need to start reversing them fast !



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Video footage showing the Manchester bomber taking out the recycling outside his home while wearing a brown robe emerged a few days after the attack

Footage has emerged of Mancester bomber Salman Abedi dressed in a long robe putting his recycling out months before he carried out his devastating terror attack.
The clip, which was shot by a neighbour, shows him in a dark brown Djellaba that stretches all the way down his body - this colour of the garment is believed to indicate that he is single.
It is not clear why Abedi's neighbour chose to point their camera at him, but it shows him taking out the green bins outside the home that would later be raided by police.


.[h=3]THE DJELLABA[/h]From the Arabic word jallabah, the djellaba is a loose-fitting hooded gown or robe traditionally worn by men in North Africa and the Middle East.
Traditional djellabas are made from two types of material, cotton for summer and coarse wool for the winter.
The garments come in different shapes and colours for both men and women.
The colour of a djellaba is said to indicate the marital status of the wearer - with dark brown worn by a single man.
Men often wear a light-coloured djellaba for religious celebrations and weddings.




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[Willie99]

Some in the media sell stories like this as being "home grown" terrorism, as if their religion and their parents have nothing to do with it

They are that fucking stupid

 

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atholl, brighton, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago
Why do we allow these people in our country ? Who is making these gross errors of judgement ? We need to start reversing them fast !



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you are absolutely correct and that should hold true for the entire civilized world. obozo's "JV" team and their brethren are destroying the world.

 

[ScottL]

Some in the media sell stories like this as being "home grown" terrorism, as if their religion and their parents have nothing to do with it

They are that fucking stupid

It can go many ways. You can be radicalized by family, in prison, online, heck, even on vacation. You just need one of 2 personality traits to be recruited, anger and/or stupidity.

 

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[h=2]Were a 'band of sons' behind Manchester terror attack? Bomber was part of gang of disaffected young men who fought alongside their fathers in Libya 'before switching their allegiance to ISIS'[/h]

The Manchester suicide bomber was linked to a group of disaffected young men who went to fight in Libya with their fathers before switching allegiance to ISIS , it has been revealed. Salaman Abedi is understood to have been in Libya at the same time as some of the youths, all around the same age, who later faced terrorism charges. The bomber travelled to fight on the frontline during the 2011 Arab Spring to topple dictator Muammar Gaddafi alongside his father Ramadan Abedi, a 51-year-old airport security guard with links to Al Qaeda. A family tree, pictured, shows the bomber's links to Abdalla Forjani, his cousin, who was arrested on Wednesday.

 

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[h=2]Bank Holiday ring of steel: Security is ramped up at 1,300 weekend events as MI5 reveals there are 23,000 terror suspects while police hold nine in the Manchester bomber's network [/h]

NEW Amid fears that members of the Manchester bomb cell are on the loose, hundreds of armed officers will patrol major sporting, cultural and even community occasions. Security at more than 1,300 events this weekend - including the FA cup final, premiership rugby final and Hay literary festival - has been dramatically reviewed. There is concern that another terror network or 'lone wolf' could mount an attack to capitalise on the situation. In 2005, London was saved from a second wave of attacks on July 21 when rucksack devices failed to go off.