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A Birmingham man who once posted former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s personal details online has fled to Syria to join the fighting.

Computer hacker Junaid Hussain has skipped bail pending investigations into violent disorder allegations and it is understood he has travelled to the Middle East troublespot.

Hussain, 20, was jailed for six months in 2012 for stealing personal information relating to the former prime minister and his family.

He hacked into the personal Gmail account of the former Prime Minister’s special adviser Katy Kay using an ID ‘trick’ and took email addressees and private phone numbers of Mr Blair, his wife Cherie, and sister-in-law, as well as contacts in the House of Lords and Parliament.

The former student from Kings Heath, who once led a group of teenage hackers called Team Poison, also blocked a police anti-terrorist hotline after bombarding it with more than 100 prank calls.

It is believed he travelled to Syria last year while on police bail.

He recently boasted on social media that he was accompanied by another British jihadist who was also being monitored by the authorities at the time.

On Twitter he uses the alias Abu Hussain al-Britani and has posted photos of himself brand­ishing an assault rifle and wearing a scarf to hide his identity.



On June 4, Hussain tweeted a reference to the black flag associated with Islamists: “One day the flag of tawheed will fly over 10 Downing Street and the White House.”

Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that jihadists were plotting terror attacks on the UK and that militants returning from fighting in Iraq and neighbouring Syria now represent a greater threat than those from Afghanistan.

He said it was estimated that up to 450 Britons were fighting in the conflicts in Syria and Iraq.





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