Osama Hassan Ahmed

Osama Hassan Ahmed (اسامة حسان أحمد) was arrested in September 1998 in the United Kingdom, and accused of membership in al-Jihad.^[1]

He was arrested as part of Operation Challenge, which arrested seven men living in Britain through use of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 1989, accusing them of links to al-Jihad.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} One of the men was charged with possession of a weapon.^[7][8] Six months after the arrests, British Muslims staged a demonstration in front of 10 Downing Street to protest the continued incarceration of the seven men.^[9]

References

1. Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Summary of the Security Intelligence Report concerning Mahmoud Jaballah, February 22, 2008. Appendix A.
2. Hoge, Warren. New York Times, "Britain arrests 7 suspected of links to Bin Laden", September 24, 1998
3. The Guardian, Police hold Islam cleric 'in fishing expedition', March 16, 1999
4. Associated Press, "Police continue questioning of seven arrested in terrorism probe ", September 24, 1998
5. Al-Sharq al-Awsat, Position of Fundamentalists in Britain, March 23, 1999
6. UPI, "Egypt Helps Britain Round Up Terrorists", September 25, 1998
7. Al-Sharq al-Awsat, "British Muslims cited on arrest of fundamentalists", September 29, 1998
8. Al-Sharq al-Awsat, "Egyptian Information said to have helped in UK arrests", September 28, 1998
9. al-Sharq al-Awsat, "Islamic fundamentalist groups planning 12th March Downing St. Protest", March 5, 1999