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Jamaican-born cleric allegedly operating “suicide bomber camp”
Monday, 18 January 2010
Reports are emerging in Botswana, that radical Jamaican-born cleric, Abdullah al-Faisal, who is awaiting deportation from Mombasa, was operating a "suicide bomber camp".
Two young Botswana nationals are said to be under surveillance by law enforcement agencies after evidence emerged that they were at some point under the tutelage of al-Faisal.
Botswana's Sunday Standard newspaper claims that Abdullah al-Faisal was thrown out of Botswana on suspicions that he was recruiting two young nations to become suicide bombers.
According to allegations, the cleric had links with a Nigerian man who tried to bomb an American airline over the Christmas holidays.
During his stay in Bostwana, al-Faisal is believed to have conscripted young school drop outs to become terrorists, targeting the FIFA World Cup scheduled to be held in neighboring South Africa by June this year" the paper claimed.
According to the paper, al-Faisal wanted to establish a youth development facility, which he would employ as a pretext to train Botswana to become suicide bombers.
Sunday Standard said that prior to his deportation from Botswana, al-Faisal was in the process of acquiring a work and residence permit, which he was denied as he was already under security surveillance.
Al-Faisal is said to have been operating a training camp in a thicket of bushes at a town called Lobatse.
The camp has since been destroyed by security agents.
Born in St. James, Jamaica, in 1963 under the name of Trevor William Forrest, he is believed to have left for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at the age of 16, where he obtained a degree in Islamic studies, after eight years, before returning to the United Kingdom.
He is awaiting deportation to Jamaica, however several countries have refused to grant him visas to travel through their territories. Airlines have also refused to carry him.
Jamaican officials have said he is welcome to return home.
Monday, 18 January 2010
Reports are emerging in Botswana, that radical Jamaican-born cleric, Abdullah al-Faisal, who is awaiting deportation from Mombasa, was operating a "suicide bomber camp".
Two young Botswana nationals are said to be under surveillance by law enforcement agencies after evidence emerged that they were at some point under the tutelage of al-Faisal.
Botswana's Sunday Standard newspaper claims that Abdullah al-Faisal was thrown out of Botswana on suspicions that he was recruiting two young nations to become suicide bombers.
According to allegations, the cleric had links with a Nigerian man who tried to bomb an American airline over the Christmas holidays.
During his stay in Bostwana, al-Faisal is believed to have conscripted young school drop outs to become terrorists, targeting the FIFA World Cup scheduled to be held in neighboring South Africa by June this year" the paper claimed.
According to the paper, al-Faisal wanted to establish a youth development facility, which he would employ as a pretext to train Botswana to become suicide bombers.
Sunday Standard said that prior to his deportation from Botswana, al-Faisal was in the process of acquiring a work and residence permit, which he was denied as he was already under security surveillance.
Al-Faisal is said to have been operating a training camp in a thicket of bushes at a town called Lobatse.
The camp has since been destroyed by security agents.
Born in St. James, Jamaica, in 1963 under the name of Trevor William Forrest, he is believed to have left for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at the age of 16, where he obtained a degree in Islamic studies, after eight years, before returning to the United Kingdom.
He is awaiting deportation to Jamaica, however several countries have refused to grant him visas to travel through their territories. Airlines have also refused to carry him.
Jamaican officials have said he is welcome to return home.
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