BBC Avoids Niqab Getaway Story

[Teddy Bear]

There has been quite a bit of media attention this week regarding Mustaf Jama, one of the men being sought in connection with the PC Sharon Beshenivsky murder, who is believed to have fled Britain back to Somalia in a niqab, the full length Muslim covering which obscures everything but the eyes.

So what does the BBC have to say about it?
Absolutely nothing.

In the most recent article on the subject it starts off with promise:

Sharon Beshenivsky case examined
By Mark Simpson
BBC North of England correspondent

Teresa Milburn said Pc Beshenivsky was 'a great friend'
As the 11-week Sharon Beshenivsky murder trial comes to an end, BBC News takes a look at the full details of the case.

Full details uh huh - So what do they say about Mustaf?

Inside the travel agents, he was in charge of the gang. With him was Yusuf Jama, and, according to evidence given in the trial, a third man - Jama's older brother Mustaf, 25.

A year on, his exact whereabouts are unknown. In fact, he is believed to be back in his native Somalia.
The Jama brothers came to England from their war-torn homeland in 1993. Eight years later, Mustaf was jailed for burglary and robbery offences, and had only been out of prison six months when the Bradford robbery took place.

So why was he not sent back to Somalia after being released from jail?

It emerged earlier this year that he was considered for deportation but allowed to stay in the UK because Somalia was thought too dangerous.

"In fact, he is believed to be back in his native Somalia."

It's also believed that he made his escape in a Niqab, so why no mention of that? Could it be that the PC BBC doesn't want to stir things up for their extremist Muslim audience? So now they will decide what news should and shouldn't be told in the interests of........... I believe moderate integrated Muslims in this country should be incensed as well if this is the case. The Big Brother Corporation will decide what news should be reported.

The only mention the BBC gives to this event is on their
A review of the newspapers quoting other media organisations who just give the news.

Now a look at the papers - and THE TIMES and THE DAILY EXPRESS lead with reports that a Somali man wanted in connection with the shooting of PC Sharon Beshenivsky last year escaped from Britain by disguising himself as a Muslim woman. It's reported Mustaf Jama evaded security checks at Heathrow airport by using his sister's passport and wearing a full-length niqab - which left him totally covered bar a narrow slit for the eyes. THE TIMES says immigration officers rarely check whether a passport photo matches a departing female passenger's veiled face. In its comment column, THE TIMES says the case reveals fundamental lapses in elementary security and it calls for the inspection rules to be overhauled.

THE DAILY MAIL has a different angle to the story - focussing on the grief of PC Beshenivsky's family - and also has an interview with her widower. In its editorial it questions why Jama - an asylum seeker -- was allowed to stay in the UK despite a string of convictions.

Big Brother Coverage

[indikit]

Any chance of posting the hacks name who filed this report. Probably not listed I'll bet. I occasionally see a hacks name beneath the articles written by the BBC's ministry of disinformation but rarely against articles where they KNOW people will e-mail them.

But SOMEBODY writes these articles. Who? Somebody sits there with a rock solid mind to intentionally and deliberately avoiding such obvious facts. Who?

Anyone who can post the names of the hacks that make up the BBC ministry of disinformation newsdesk please post their e-mail addresses, as I would so enjoy asking them directly what the fu** they think they are doing?

[Teddy Bear]

In the case of the BBC article above, the writers' name is actually given - Mark Simpson. He would probably justify his omission by claiming there was no proof that Jama left in a Niqab. But there was no proof that he was in Somalia either, yet he chose to include that.