Two Birmingham Men Admit to Planning Terror Attack

10 April 2013   Mohammad Rizwan and Bahader Ali, two Birmingham gang members, pleaded guilty to plotting and preparing for acts of terrorism at Woolwich Crown Court on 10 April. Both men are from Sparkbrook, Birmingham, and planned to carry out an attack in Birmingham, the second most populated city in Britain. Police say that…

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Co-conspirators looked down on ‘Swot’ doctor

A Staffordshire doctor accused of helping finance a terrorist plot would not have been wanted in the gang behind the plan because he was a “swot”, a court has heard. Mohammed Asha, 28, was treated as an “outsider” and with a certain amount of disdain by two alleged co-conspirators, Woolwich Crown Court was told. Summing…

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    ‘Bomb plot’ wife gave false name

    A suspected airline bomb plotter’s wife has told a jury she gave police a false name and lied to protect her fugitive husband’s identity. Zora Siddique said she had initially given her cousin’s name to officers and had failed to reveal Mohammed Gulzar’s identity because he was a wanted man. Prosecutors allege that Mr Gulzar…

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      Jury hears ‘suicide recordings’

      A jury has heard recordings in which one of eight men accused of an aircraft bomb plot is alleged to be showing another how to present a suicide video. Woolwich Crown Court heard the bugged conversations took place at an east London flat the prosecution claims the men used as their bomb factory in 2006….

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        Suspect ‘vowed lesson for West’

        The suspected leader of an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic planes mid-air promised to teach the West a “lesson they will never forget”, a court heard. Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 27, made the vow during the 16-minute “martyrdom” video played at Woolwich Crown Court. Prosecutors say eight men planned to kill thousands by detonating home-made…

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