"Three British Muslims have been killed in action while fighting with the Taliban.
The men, two from Luton and one from Crawley, were killed during US-led bombing raids on the Afghan capital Kabul.
The deaths of Aftab Manzoor, 25, and Afzal Munir, in his early 20s, both from Luton, and Yasir Khan, from Crawley, were confirmed by Hasan Butt, leader of the al-Muhajiroun in Lahore, Pakistan.
He told the Associated Press: "All of them had gone to Afghanistan in early October to wage jihad, (holy war) against the unjust policies of America.
"We have learned from our contacts that they were martyred by the American bombing on Wednesday."
Muslims in Luton are in shock at the news but fears are growing among the 20,000 Muslims of a racist backlash after pictures of Manzoor's address were published in the local newspaper.
Some friends of Manzoor, a courier, insisted he must have died in a car accident while visiting his wife and baby daughter in Pakistan, rather than during a US bombing raid."
- AP
There must be many more of these 'British' muslims over there right now. The Foreign Office was powerless to stop suspected Taliban-fighter-wannabes from leaving the country due to human rights issues (they were travelling to Pakistan).
In a few weeks or months time they'll be shooting at British forces. I only hope they are captured and tried for treason (even though we abolished the death penalty for treason 3 years ago).