In a strange twist UK police used Islamic site for diversity training

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http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/04/news/britain.php

Police used Islamic site for training

By Alan Cowell The New York Times

Published: September 4, 2006


LONDON In a strange twist to Britain's newest terrorism scare, a regional police force admitted Monday that it had sent officers for diversity training at an Islamic school in the British countryside that is at the center of a search for facilities nurturing Islamic radicals.

In a statement, the Sussex police said the Jameah Islameah school south of London "has been used by officers and staff undergoing advanced training for their role as diversity trainers to the rest of the work force," adding, "This has involved a series of one-day visits to the schools by groups of two or three trainers on up to 15 occasions over more than a year."

The statement cast an ambiguous light on other police actions since 14 people were arrested overnight Friday in what the police described as a hunt for terrorist recruiters and trainers. Within hours of the arrests, the police sealed off the Jameah Islameah school, located in a former convent and ballet school in rural East Sussex, and began to search its grounds.

On Sunday, a court gave the police permission to continue holding 3 of the 14 people until Wednesday. It said the other 11 could be held until Friday.

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1. Does anyone smell something fishy like? nt

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2. Here in the UK

The whole group of recent Terra arrests smells like a huge kipper