Hmm. Group suspected of promoting extreme views and radicalising community members raided.

Gee. Who on earth do you think that could be??? Well, you can hazard a guess, can't you? Good thing because you'd never know by reading the UK news reports...

Homes raided in terror gang probe.

Five houses were raided by police today as part of an inquiry into a gang suspected of promoting extremist views and radicalising vulnerable people.

The properties were all in Stoke-on-Trent, including three in Cobridge, one in the High Lane area of Burslem and one in Tunstall, Staffordshire Police said.

A spokesman said the raids were part of an "ongoing investigation into the activities of a small group of people suspected of being involved in promoting violent extremist views and radicalising vulnerable community members". Here is the beginning of my post. And here is the rest of it.

According to this BBC report, no arrests have been made and the "local leaders" were tipped off prior to the raid. You'll also be happy to know that neighborhood officers are out in force to 'reassure the community'. Oh yes, by all means reassure the community that clutch these vipers to their bosom and provide them aid and comfort. Feh.

Here's a radical convert for you - one Nicholas Roddis. He donned a fake beard and planted a hoax bomb on an English bus. Although, it doesn't sound like the bomb was that much of a hoax - just that it was discovered before it went off.

Nicholas Roddis, 22, is alleged to have worn a false black beard to board a packed bus before leaving behind a carrier bag packed with nails, wire and a working clock. Inside the bag was a message, purporting to be from the al-Qaeda leadership in Iraq, that proclaimed that there was “no god but Allahu”, adding: “Britain must be punished.”

When police raided Mr Roddis’s flat in Bramley, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, they found bombmaking ingredients, including chemicals, nails and detonators, Edward Brown, QC, for the prosecution told the jury at Leeds Crown Court. A search of his telephone and computer uncovered videos and messages “celebrating terrible atrocities” carried out by jihadist extremists.

Of course, Islamowannabe (and weenie who can't even grow a decent beard) Nick, denies everything now. There has been no explanation forthcoming for how all that bombmaking stuff got in his apartment. His trial continues.

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