Neo-Nazi jailed in U.K. for planning chemical attacks on Jews, Muslims
Ian Davison, 42, was convicted of manufacturing a deadly chemical weapon, which he kept in a jar in his kitchen.
By Reuters Tags: Israel news Israel UK neo-NaziA white supremacist was jailed for 10 years Friday after he became the first person in Britain to be convicted of manufacturing a deadly chemical weapon, which he kept in a jar in his kitchen.
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A neo-Nazi pictured at a rally in October 2009. |
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Ian Davison, 42, belonged to the "Aryan Strike Force" (ASF), a group that planned assaults on Muslims and Jews among others.
"He was a leading member of the ASF which was a neo-Nazi organization dedicated to using violence," prosecutor Andrew Edis told Newcastle Crown Court.
"The purpose of the violence was the creation of an international Aryan group who would establish white supremacy in white countries.
"They were followers of the ideology of Adolf Hitler, who they revered, and whose work Mein Kampf was among many available on their website."
Davison, from County Durham in northern England, made the ricin at his home in 2006 or early 2007, after researching how to make the killer chemical and then buying its easily sourced ingredients, the Press Association news agency reported.
The poison - enough to kill nine people - was found when police raided the property last June and is now stored at Britain's Porton Down chemical weapons center.
Ricin can cause death from exposure to as little as a pinhead amount. Most victims die between 36 hours and 72 hours after exposure and there is no known antidote.
The most famous case of ricin poisoning was in 1978 when dissident Bulgarian writer Georgi Markov was killed when an assasin in London jabbed him with an umbrella that injected a tiny ricin-filled pellet.
At an earlier hearing, Davison admitted producing a chemical weapon, preparing acts of terrorism, possessing material useful to commit acts of terrorism and possessing a prohibited weapon.
Edis said the ASF had about 350 members recruited via the Internet, though not all were active. Others accused of being members will face trial later this year.
The court heard the ASF had not picked out particular targets, but had run a training camp and made promotional films.
Members had discussed posting cockroaches through letterboxes of restaurants and shops owned by Asians with the aim of encouraging infestations and getting them closed down.
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in the U.K thought they'd lived only in Germany?! How come there?
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You do not get people with openly visible Nazi tattoos in the UK. Hence this guy (davison) went to secluded moorland areas to raise the Nazi flag (look for detailed rep[orts of the court case in UK papers). To use this picture without mentioning it is not from UK is very sloppy and misleading reporting
Hebrew meaning of the boy´s name Ian: •gift from God Irish meaning of the boy´s name Ian: •God is gracious Scottish meaning of the boy´s name Ian: •gift from God, variation of John, the grace and mercy of our Lord
Davison? Son of David!!!!!
Muslims and Jews have always faired very well with each other through out the history. They lived with each other in peace and harmony in the whole Mid East and in Andalucia ( Spain ) and when Muslims had to leave Spain, Jews accompanied them to North Africa despite the fact that they could,ve stayed in Spain.Jews knew that Muslims will treat them well and that,s why they opted to leave with them rather than staying in Spain..Islam has nothing against Judaism or Christianity for that matter and what some extremists have done does not in any way represent Islam and good Muslims.
Sorry, but fearing someone who wears his beliefs on his sleeve is nobody to fear. The person who looks,and talks like you is the person to fear, history has proven this time and time again. A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague. Circero
I am grateful to Haaretz for the picture of an A.S.F.thug,It clearly shows a tattoo on the back of his head,with the Schuzstaffel (SS) symbol.No one believed me when I said they are here today.I can now wake them up ,and start fighting them.
The picture was published by Der Spiegel.de in connection with the Hungarian election where the radical Right gained 17% of the votes. It has nothing to do with Britain. The Hungarian flags where cropped out. This is Haaretz yellow journalism. This is Haaretz yellow journalism it is known for.
I am a Muslim and as horrible and shocking as this article is, I really really hope that it shows all the Jews and Muslims that they dont have to be enemies, they have similar history, similarities in their religions that they dont even know about. I am a Muslim, and after Islam the most respected religion to me is Judaism, I cannot support Zionism though, I am sorry if that offends some of you.
Agreed. What exactly do you mean when you say you can't support Zionism? You don't recognize Israel's right to continue to exist?
Yes similar, the Nazis persecuted the Jews and the Muslims helpped
The people in that organization hate anyone that doesn't fit into their idea of an aryan paradise. Their ideas should be disturbing to all normal people, regardless of their creed or heritage.
Do you support the fact that there are 57 Muslim countries in the world and if so, why not a single Jewish one? All religions afre free to practice in Israel, but Jews not in most Muslim ones. Given the similarities between Islam and Judiasm, as you correctly point out, why is that?
moslems and jews are more equal as seems
Examine Examine his marked head. WHAT WILL YOU FIND?? ...
its a pic of a nazi and is used for display only. how dumb are you?>?
Another example of mentally-ill people.
Will come a time jews will fin no support in the world but within moslems. As amazing as it seems.
He wants to create a balance, not only attacks jews, but muslins too.
How many more cranks like him are lurking in nooks & crannies !? In England ?