Radical preacher: Anjem Choudary was one of nine men arrested by officers in London this morning Britain's most notorious Islamist hate preacher was arrested yesterday in a huge police operation. Anjem Choudary, 47, was one of nine men held in a series of co-ordinated dawn raids by counter-terrorist police. The show of force targeted the leadership of radical organisation Al-Muhajiroun, which he founded almost 20 years ago, and was later banned. The arrests came on the eve of the first British air strikes on Islamic extremists waging war in Iraq and Syria. Many of those held across London yesterday have been vocal cheerleaders of the bloodshed in the Middle East.
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Choudary arrested along with eight other men in London this morning
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The 47-year-old had just moved out of Walthamstow home a week ago
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Neighbours say he 'totally gutted the house' and moved out his items
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Muslim activist Abu Izzadeen, born Trevor Brooks, also among arrests
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Premises in London and Stoke-on-Trent are being searched by police
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Officers: 'Part of ongoing investigation into Islamist-related terrorism'
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Men arrested for 'supporting banned group' said to be al-Muhajiroun
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Group, which has changed names in past, was banned in UK in 2010
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