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[url="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/uk-muslim-problem-kids-sent-to-pok-schools/746609/0"]UK Muslim problem kids sent to PoK schools[/url]

British Muslims are sending their “problem children” to Islamic schools in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) where they are at risk of being recruited by terror outfit al-Qaeda, according to secret US diplomatic cables leaked by WikiLeaks.



In a communique dated July 18, 2008, Laura Hickey, a senior British official, told the Americans that “stabilising Kashmir is also important for UK domestic security reasons,” the whistle-blower website said.



According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, Hickey, the Foreign Office’s Pakistan team leader, said there was “a growing trend of UK-based parents who send their ‘problem children’ to madrassas in PoK, and these students are at high risk of radicalisation.”