5 'children' Arrested On Terrorist Charges.

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/24/five-teenagers-from-london-charged-terror-offences

I wonder if they are five of our own or have recently been rescued from Calais?

[Islay]

Well as they mentioned Lambeth and Hounslow and several other places it would appear that they are British.
Also why is children in the title being singled out?

[douglas9401]

If I was arrested in Barcelona would that make me Spanish?

[anotheoldgit]

Islay

/// Well as they mentioned Lambeth and Hounslow and several other places it would appear that they are British. ///

That does not necessarily follow, they can come from anywhere in the world but choose to settle in parts of London, that does not make them 'British'.

/// Also why is children in the title being singled out? ///

That is what the media choose to call them, when it is convenient for them to do so.

[anotheoldgit]

douglas9401

/// If I was arrested in Barcelona would that make me Spanish? ///

Now, you are just being sensible Douglas.

[Islay]

Well as the Police or media have not given out the information you require I think I will back away from this before it goes the usual direction. Thank you

[anotheoldgit]

Islay

/// I think I will back away from this before it goes the usual direction. ///

That can only be more hurtful for you than it could ever be for us.

[mikey4444]

Good idea Islay......me too !

[naomi24]

They may well be ‘British’, but possessing British nationality doesn’t necessarily make them ‘British’. Wherever they come from they are enemies.

[Khandro]

I actually was once arrested in Barcelona!

[naomi24]

Khandro, do tell.

[Samjenko]

Was it during the civil war, khandro?

[fiction-factory]

Maybe we should wait and see. Seems pointless speculating.

[mushroom25]

//or have recently been rescued from Calais? //

nah - Calais children are in the age range 29-37, so this 5 are tooooo young.

[Khandro]

n. //Khandro, do tell.//
It's a long story, but briefly; I was robbed at gun-point (by credit card!) and the cops arrested ME.

[naomi24]

Oh my! Did they hold you for long, Khandro?

[Khandro]

n. I knew one of the cops was in on the scam, after a long altercation with him and two others he called, I figured the best way to insult him (and, as it happens, the best way to get arrested!) was to insult his Latin manhood, No eres un hombre de verdad or something like that.

[Togo]

The only one so far to be identified is Ahmedeltigani Alsyed, 19, from Hounslow. Not John Smith then.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/24/five-teenagers-from-london-charged-terror-offences

[THECORBYLOON]

"They may well be ‘British’, but possessing British nationality doesn’t necessarily make them ‘British’." What are they then, are there percentages in brackets after the nationality now?

[Khandro]

I think you're British if you feel British. Do you think that's how they felt?

[douglas9401]

Ah, Hounslow. That's a relief, I had worried that one of the Buckinghamshire Ahmedeltiganis had acted out of character. :)