Friday, April 21, 2006

Iranian group seeks British suicide bombers / The Guardian, 19 Apr 2006

http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1756461,00.html
Robert Tait in Tehran and Ewen MacAskill
”Relations between the west and the hardline Iranian regime are set to worsen after a Tehran-based group claimed yesterday it was trying to recruit Iranians and other Muslims in Britain to carry out suicide bombings against Israel. The Committee for the Commemoration of Martyrs of the Global Islamic Campaign, which claims to be independent but has the backing of the regime, said it is targeting potential recruits in Britain because of the relative ease with which UK passport-holders can enter Israel. 'That shows that it has not been difficult getting into Israel,' he said. 'Do you think getting hold of a British passport for an Iranian citizen is hard? Tens of passports are issued for Iranian asylum seekers in Britain every day. There are hundreds of other ways available to us, such as illegal entry [into Britain], fake passports, etc.”