Yesterday, in "UK cops arrest two in terrorist bombing, won't name names", Walt called attention to the British government's policy of not identifying terrorism suspects for fear of provoking -- or confirming -- Islamophobia. This refusal has been maintained in every one of the five terrorist "incidents" which have hit the UK this year, even though scores have been killed and hundreds injured. Yet the "authorities", from Prime Minister Theresa May on down, won't call out the Mohammeds by name until friends and neighbours give the game away.
Since the identities of the two suspects being held by Inspector Knacker have leaked out, the BBC (the Voice of the British state) now has little choice but to publish what has become general knowledge. They tell us, so quietly that they're almost whispering, the 21-year-old, arrested on Saturday in Hounslow (in west London) is "believed" to be Syrian-born Yahyah Farroukh. And, they say, the 18-year-old detained at Dover port is an Iraqi orphan who moved to the UK when he was 15, this according to local council leader Ian Harvey.
Both of the suspects are Arabs, asylum-seekers, and followers of the Prophet. Of course neither has been charged, let alone convicted, so Walt won't adjust his lifetime pct average yet. But anyone wishing to bet the other way is welcome to send a cheque to the usual address. Walt will pay 100 to 1 if my suspicions turn out to be unfounded.
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