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Khalid Masood - Criminal Terrorist

The perpetrator of the deadliest London terror attack in 12 years has been identified as a 52-year-old British man, Khalid Masood, police said.

"Masood was not the subject of any current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack," a Metropolitan Police statement said.

Masood, who was born in Kent and is thought to have been living in the West Midlands, had previous convictions for violence.

Police arrested eight people in raids around Britain, as an ISIS-affiliated news agency claimed that the extremist group was behind the outrage.

Prime Minister Theresa May earlier revealed that Masood was once linked to violent extremism. Her statement to Parliament came a day after it was locked down as the knife-wielding assailant breached its perimeter. Ref. CNN.

Image from Khalid Masood (Metropolitan Police).

Terrorist Criminal Masood Khalid

We have to do a better job identifying these people that are being radicalized. We have to find a way to counter this radicalization. This is the only way to win this… at least the only way to win it for a Western nation committed to justice.

Khalid Masood - Criminal Terrorist Islam Studies

Using a vehicle and then knives to attack people for no reason than to cause terror. Like I said earlier in another thread is that these terrorist who are not on the watch list and not in trouble in any way can fly below a radar and attack soft targets. Someone may have seen something or heard something prior to the attack and that tip could have prevented or lessened the impact of this attack.

Terrorist Criminal Masood Khalid

Yes, but to really defeat these terrorists we have to get inside of their decision cycle and we have to find their center of gravity. I believe their center of gravity is radicalization. If we could prevent this, or at least greatly lessen it we could all but end this threat. Until we do that this threat will not only continue, it will grow.

As far as getting inside of their decision cycle goes, that is where the local Islamic community must come in. They have to identify those at risk of radicalization and those already started down that path. That gives us a chance to save them before they do something stupid where we can no longer save them, we have to either prosecute them or kill them. To do this we have to make it clear that we aren't going to send these people they identify to Guantanamo, we are going to work with them so they don't radicalize. This won't be easy for them to believe at first or for us to adhere to. But we must.

Next, they have to identify those that have already radicalized so we can immediately intervene to help these people. Again, it's going to come down to trust, and that is often the hardest thing to build… on both sides of this equation.

Terrorist Criminal Masood Khalid

Terrorist was a 'fitness freak'

THE man behind the attack has been named as a "Fitness freak" and father of three who had been investigated by MI5. Ref. Source 7c.

Khalid Masood - Criminal Terrorist

Police release new picture of London terror attacker:

Police raids see 11 people arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts in London, Birmingham and Manchester Ref. Source 3f.

Khalid Masood Criminal Terrorist

Eleven people and that's just the tip of the iceberg. If they found eleven you know there ten or hundred times that number still hidden.

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London terror attacker used WhatsApp, the encrypted messaging app, before rampage

British authorities said Khalid Masood's message can't be accessed by police. Ref. Source 8s.