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UK: SENIOR JUDGE ASKS WHY DON’T WE LET JIHADIS GO TO SYRIA, WHY IS TAXPAYERS’ MONEY USED TO STOP THEM…..?

Excellent question, readers of this blog know very well that I have been advocating this for some time now.

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Why don’t we let UK jihadis go to Syria? Senior judge questions why taxpayers’ money is being used to stop people travelling there

A senior judge has questioned whether taxpayers' money should be used to stop young people travelling to Syria to become a jihadist. File picture

A senior judge has questioned whether taxpayers’ money should be used to stop young people travelling to Syria to become a jihadist. File picture

  • Mr Justice Hayden: ‘Extraordinary level’ of state intervention to stop boy, 17, fleeing UK amid fears he would join terror group
  • People often asked why ‘time, money and effort’ were spent preventing young extremists from joining likes of ISIS, judge told High Court
  • Unnamed teenager’s uncle had been held at Guantanamo Bay 
  • Judge concluded a council’s action had saved the young man’s life 

A senior judge has questioned whether taxpayers’ money should be used to stop young people travelling to Syria to become a jihadist.

Mr Justice Hayden said there had been an ‘extraordinary level’ of state intervention to stop a 17-year-old boy fleeing the UK amid fears he would join a terror group.

He said that huge resources had been deployed in the case and revealed that he had wondered whether the measures were justifiable.

He told the High Court in London that people often asked why ‘time, money and effort’ were spent preventing young extremists from joining terror groups in the Middle East such as Islamic State.

Members of the public often said ‘Why not just let them go?’ to face the risks of waging jihad, said the judge.

But he concluded that in the case of the teenager, who had already had two older brothers killed in Syria, a council’s action had saved the young man’s life.

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