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Khan volunteered in community to brainwash children Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=39&ArticleID=1094930 http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=39&ArticleID=1094930 Khan 'would try to brainwash' children Parents had fears over bomber's behaviour EXCLUSIVE By Louise Male MOHAMMAD Sidique Khan was desperate to control the minds of youngsters in Beeston by involving himself in as many 'community' projects as possible. Parents and religious leaders in the area were concerned about the way he was "brainwashing" young boys into believing his extreme views. It has also been revealed Khan had links to a British man who planned a suicide attack on Tel Aviv two years ago, raising fears that the network of Islamist hardliners is wider than first thought. Khan, 30, who carried out the Edgware Road bombing was friendly with Omar Sharif, who plotted a joint suicide attack in Israel in April 2003. The disclosure comes as police continue their investigation into the links between the suicide bomb attacks on July 7 and the devices used in the botched attacks last Thursday. One Muslim father who has lived in Beeston for 35 years said: "There were concerns about what was being said when adults were not around. "He was very clever in the way he would try to brainwash the youngsters. He wanted to be involved in bookshop teachings, sports events, fitness training and cricket matches. He tried to be the father figure and friend to everyone. "Nobody suspected for one minute that he was about to kill people with bombs, but there was concern about what was being said to youngsters." Khan set up gyms and community centres in Beeston to work with young Asian boys. He was seen as a respectable figure but as time went on, some parents were unhappy about things their children repeated to them at home which had been said by Khan. "Khan and his friends wanted to speak to the youngsters around here as much as they could," said the father. "They even tried to set up an official gym on top of South Leeds Fisheries on Tempest Road. But Asian people in the community were not happy. They didn't want more of these places opening up. "Khan and his friends had already been asked to remove their gym equipment from the basement of the Hardy Street Mosque." The brother-in-law of Iqra bookshop boss Mohammed Tafazil said Mohammed Khan was known to be a ring leader amongst the group of men in the Beeston community who were keen to force their opinions on to unsuspecting young Asian boys and teenagers. He added: "He was the leader who wanted to steer youngsters his way." The family of Shehzad Tanweer have also said it was Khan who brainwashed the 22-year-old into carrying out the attacks. Tanweer's uncle, Bashir Ahmed said: "We consider Shehzad to have been a victim of Khan because of a grooming process in the gym. "It was below the mosque and the only adult allowed inside was Khan. We had no problem with this because he was a respected teacher." Khan lived in Beeston before moving to Dewsbury a few months before the July 7 attacks. He was a dominant influence over Tanweer, 22, of Colwyn Terrace, Beeston, who carried out the Aldgate Tube attack and Hasib Hussain, 18, who lived in Colenso Mount, Holbeck, and carried out the No 30 bus bombing in Tavistock Square. The fourth July 7 bomber, Germaine Lindsay, carried out the King's Cross/ Russell Square Tube attacks. The 19-year-old from Huddersfied had been living in Aylesbury with his wife and child. louise.male@ypn.co.uk 25 July 2005

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