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Al QAEDA: Suspicions of the UK attack. Bill Roggio, FDD

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🗓️ 1 November 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Al QAEDA: Suspicions of the UK attack. Bill Roggio, FDD

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0:00.0

This is CBS Eye on the World.

0:08.5

Here's John Batchelor.

0:12.2

Al-Qaeda, ISIS, names from the early part of this century.

0:17.7

And now I welcome Bill Rajah, a senior fellow for the Foundation for the

0:21.7

Defense of Democracy, who's my guide on these matters because al-Qaeda is as dangerous and more

0:28.7

so than ever we recall from the battle of the early decades of the 21st century. We point to its

0:37.4

sophistication, its location outside of the reach

0:40.4

of the U.S. and its methodology online. I welcome Bill to help me a story that is in London now,

0:49.8

but could easily be and will be eventually in all parts of the world.

0:55.2

BBC reporting, the teenager accused of murdering three young girls in Southport, that's

1:00.4

north of England, has been charged with producing the poison ricin and possessing a military

1:06.4

study of an al-Qaeda training manual.

1:10.1

Axel Ruta Kubana, 18, has been charged with production

1:14.5

of biological toxin contrary to Section 1 of the Biological Weapons Act, 1974, writes the BBC,

1:23.8

this is British law. He has also been charged with possessing a PDF document of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing to or preparing an act of terrorism, contrary to Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

1:39.4

Bill, a very good day to you. Axel Rudacabana is the son, not the only son, of Rwandan parents who immigrated to Britain legally and have worked there comfortably ever since.

1:57.4

They raised their son to be his success, and now he's detained and charged with murder

2:02.2

and terrorism. How did this happen? What does Al-Qaeda have to offer a teenager such as the 18-year-old

2:11.0

Axel Ruta Cabana that turns him into a monster that led to a nationwide turmoil in the summer of 2024. Good evening to you, Bill.

2:22.0

Good evening, John. Yes. So, now, to be clear, he's been charged with being in possession with an al-Qaeda

2:28.2

manual, but we haven't seen any evidence, and I haven't heard any direct links to al-Qaeda. Was he in communications? Did he travel

2:36.7

to receive training? Very unlikely, given his age, but not impossible. But the fact that he's in

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