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Corbyn pal: 9/11 so sweet

Labour hopeful invited extremist Dyab Abou Jahjah to the Commons in 2009

AN anti-Semitic Arab extremist who dubbed the 9/11 attacks “sweet revenge” is a “friend” of Jeremy Corbyn.

Labour’s leadership front runner invited Belgian Dyab Abou Jahjah to a meeting at the Commons in 2009.

Mr Corbyn also spoke at an anti-war rally with Abou Jahjah in London.

Previous meeting ... Jahjah with Corbyn in the Commons in 2009

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It came after the Lebanese-born Muslim activist, now banned from the UK, spent a decade stirring up hate.

During the Iraq war in 2004, he said he “considers every dead Dutch, British and US soldier a victory”.

He referred to gay people as “Aids spreading f****ts”, and has also caused uproar by publishing anti-Jewish cartoons.

Message ... Dyab's tweet posted two weeks ago

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Two weeks ago he tweeted: “My friend Jeremy Corbyn is making them nervous already. They are trying to ridicule his ideas.”

Sun columnist and ex-Tory MP Louise Mensch, who exposed Jahjah’s links with Mr Corbyn, said: “The vicious, racist statements Abou Jahjah wrote were public knowledge when Corbyn invited him into our Parliament.”

Mr Corbyn’s spokeswoman said: “This is an attempt to smear Jeremy by association.”