London police make 10th arrest in probe of jihad murder of soldier.

"The government vowed to review its powers to counter extremist groups." But they will never get anywhere until they're prepared to speak honestly about what exactly those "extremist groups" believe, and where they operate, and what their motives and goals are.

"London Police Make 10th Arrest in Probe of Murdered Soldier," by Ben Moshinsky, Lindsay Fortado and Stephanie Bodoni for Bloomberg, May 27:
London police probing British soldier Lee Rigby’s murder last week in broad daylight made their 10th arrest as the government vowed to review its powers to counter extremist groups. A 50-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, the Metropolitan Police Service said in a statement yesterday. A task force on terrorism will consider whether the state needs wider authority to ban such organizations and prevent the messages of extremist preachers from reaching the public, U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May said May 26 on the BBC’s “Andrew Marr Show.”

“We need to look at whether we need banning orders” for organizations that don’t meet the current criteria, May said. “When things like this happen, we do need to look at whether things need to be learned.” She cited Anjem Choudary, former leader of the banned Islamist organization Al Muhajiroun, as someone whose public comments should be scrutinized.
The main suspects in Rigby’s death, a 22-year-old man and 28-year-old man, remain hospitalized in stable condition after being shot during their arrest. A similar attack was carried out in Paris May 25 when a 23-year-old French soldier was stabbed while patrolling near the Metro station in La Defense, a business district on the western edge of France’s capital.
Eight other suspects have been arrested in the London case, six of whom were released. Of the six, four have been bailed, pending further enquiries.

Knives, Cleavers
As part of the arrest yesterday, an address in south east London was also being searched, police said. Rigby was stabbed with knives and cleavers in the neighborhood of Woolwich, across the street from an army barracks.

The U.K. government will review whether the country’s intelligence services missed clues leading up to the May 22 attack in which Lee Rigby died.

The Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command on May 24 arrested a 31-year-old man at the BBC’s premises “on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.” He remains in custody at a south London police station after police were granted a warrant of further detention of the man until May 31. The arrest is not connected to the murder of the British soldier, police said....

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/05/london-police-make-10th-arrest-in-probe-of-jihad-murder-of-soldier.html

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