Al-Qaida fantasist tells court: I'm a professional liar

Al-Qaida fantasist tells court: I'm a professional liar

A British man who fooled the media into believing he was an al-Qaida insider has admitted in court that he made up the claims.

Hassan Butt received significant media attention for his claims to have helped send scores of Britons to terrorist training camps overseas and to have met Mohammad Sidique Khan, the ringleader of the 7 July 2005 attacks on London.

Butt was the former spokesman for the extremist group al-Muhajiroun and was invited to meet a government minister to discuss ways to combat terrorism, as well as featuring heavily in BBC News, national newspaper and US television reports on al-Qaida.

However at a trial of another man accused of terrorist offences, Butt said he had told journalists stories "the media wanted to hear", admitting that he was "a professional liar". He also admitted faking his own injuries to make it appear that he had been attacked by extremist Muslims...

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So... which bit is the lie and which bit the truth?

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

This statement doesn't make sense:

"I always lie."

Don't just do something! Stand there.

But in court Butt agreed he had taken Malik for a "right patsy".

Gentleness and kindness were never a part of anything except that it made it beautiful, and harshness was never a part of anything except that it made it ugly.

Through cheating, stealing, and lying, one may get required results but finally one becomes

Bit of a paradox, don't you think?

“Before death takes away what you are given, give away whatever there is to give.”

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