Keep jihadis locked away
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OVER the next few months a small, but potentially deadly, group of jihadists jailed for a range of terror offences will be freed.
Their crimes cover a broad spectrum from possession of documents “useful for the acts of terrorism” to “preparation of terrorist acts” or attempting to travel to Syria to join Islamic State.
Most, like Sudesh Amman, top left – shot dead in Streatham a week ago by undercover police – have lived desolate, warped lives and achieved nothing.
But how many will view their release as a chance fulfil their jihad?
As more than 350 are already out and further releases are due at the rate of around one a week, this is something that urgently needs to be addressed.
The Government is spot-on in its desire to halt early release for anyone jailed for a terror-related offence.
But it is in a race against time as Mohammed Zahir Khan, bottom left, is due to be freed this month after serving half of the four-and-a-half year sentence he got for supporting Isis and calling for Shia Muslims to be burned alive.
Ministers hope to have the law in place the day before his planned release.
Next month he could be joined by Mohammed Khilji, who got five years for offences including the sharing of graphic videos showing soldiers being beheaded.
In the same month, Jamshed Javeed could be a free man. The former teacher got six years for terror plotting and planned to join up with Isis in Syria. Do you want any of them living near you?
We need to quickly bring back the IPP orders that were stopped in 2012.
Brought in by the then Labour Home Secretary David Blunkett, they allowed the authorities to detain anyone convicted of a violent or sexual offence who they thought had a real chance of re-offending.
They could, and should, be immediately reintroduced for terror offences.
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He has a higher approval rating than George Bush or Barack Obama at similar times in office. Seeing as the dismal Democrats have struggled to work out who won their vote in Iowa, Trump won’t be needing to order the removal vans from the White House any time soon.