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| Somalian jihad course attendee tells court group was in Scotland to hunt the Loch Ness monster | |
| 2007-12-27 | |
| AN ELECTRICIAN accused of being a Muslim Somali-born Kader Ahmed, 20, told a court he went on a trip arranged by preacher Mohammed Hamid, 50, to Scotland at Christmas 2004. He said they visited Inverness and Loch Ness and added: "I'd never been to Scotland before. It was very cold when we went up. It was snowing. OK... Ahmed, from east London, admits going on camping trips and paintballing sessions with Hamid's group, who included four of the men later convicted of the plot to bomb London on July 21, 2005. But the trainee electrician, who was 17 when he met Hamid, told Woolwich Crown Court he assumed it was harmless fun "like Scouts or Cadets". And Islam is Peaceful His barrister, Hugh Mullan, asked him: "Was the atmosphere solemn and militaristic?" It was fairly busy - a lot of tourists. They were kind of shocked at the big beards but we spoke to them just to break the ice." Ya we just came to blow up Nessie. Allan should be please, what'ya thing bout that? He said: "When I first went (to Hamid's house),it was all open. There were a lot of people my age saying, 'We're gonna do this, we're gonna do that'. "It was friendly and warm. It was just relaxed, just people talking." Don't you just love the sweet smell of C-4, reminds me of the Hajj Mr Mullan asked him: "Did you think you were being trained to go and fight in a foreign country?" Ahmed replied: "Never, no." We thought staying here for jihad would save on air miles He accepted the terrorists convicted of the July 21 plot were part of the extended group that used to attend Hamid's events in 2004 and 2005. But he said he was with Hamid on a camping trip in France in the immediate aftermath of the failed bomb attack and did not know his acquaintances Ramzi Mohammed, Hussain Osman and Muktar Ibrahim had been arrested until he returned. He said: "We thought it was like a frame-up."
Think he's guilty? The trial continues. | |
| Posted by:Icerigger |
| #8 Sounds like a guy that needs to go swimming in Loch Ness, in his undies, in January, holding a very large and heavy anchor. Maybe Nessie will rescue him (or eat him for lunch). |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-12-27 20:30 |
| #7 Unless, of course, he was going to try to take control of Nessie, the same way Rudolph Hess tried to, and failed... (Has that been declassified yet? I have to go check). |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2007-12-27 16:12 |
| #6 I was unaware that hunting the loch ness monster constituted an islamic form of a mitzvah. I'm also unsure about whether the loch ness monster (well, monsters) is tref. Or halal. Or whatever. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2007-12-27 16:10 |
| #5 I'm leaving out a 1962 Pyrex casserole dish for bait 5089, difficult for a primtive baggage-handler to resist. |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2007-12-27 15:38 |
| #4 Could have been worse. They could have been after Abdominal Snowman instead. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-12-27 13:51 |
| #3 Lamest. Excuse. Ever. Don't bother with prison: just feed him to the Loch Ness Monster. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-12-27 13:38 |
| #2 Waiting for the electrician, or someone like him.... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-12-27 11:42 |
| #1 Muslims don't even pretend to hide their contempt for the Brits anymore. How the tables have turned from the days of Kitchener. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-12-27 09:10 |