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| UK al-Qaeda member boasted of being in a video with Binny |
| 2006-04-04 |
| The alleged leader of a plot to bomb Britain boasted he was in a video with Osama Bin Laden, a jury has heard. Omar Khyam, 24, of Crawley, West Sussex, said his masked face was seen in the video, the Old Bailey was told. But the main prosecution witness, American supergrass Mohammed Babar, 31, added he did not believe the claim. Seven men, who all come from London and the south-east of England, deny conspiracy to cause explosions between January 2003 and March 2004. Babar told the jury he had also discussed plots to attack Big Ben and New York's Times Square on New Year's Eve with a British man not on trial, Ansar Butt. The defence says any discussions of plots were "all talk" and there had been no intention of going through with them. But Babar told the jury Mr Khyam "was saying he wanted to do multiple bombs in Europe". The trial has heard that the men were planning to bomb nightclubs, pubs, trains and shopping centres including Bluewater in Kent. Babar has been flown from prison in the US to give evidence against the Britons. Waheed Mahmood, 34, Jawad Akbar, 22, Mr Khyam and his brother Shujah Mahmood, 19, all of Crawley, West Sussex, each deny a charge of conspiracy to cause explosives. Denying the same charge are Salahuddin Amin, 31, from Luton, 23-year-old Anthony Garcia - also known as Rahman Adam - of Ilford, east London, and Nabeel Hussain, 20, of Horley, Surrey. Mr Khyam, Mr Garcia and Mr Hussain each deny possessing ammonium nitrate fertiliser - a chemical that can be used in bomb-making. Mr Khyam and Shujah Mahmood deny possessing aluminium powder, also used in bomb-making. The trial continues. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #8 where's the 'waitin for the btw Ogeretla is peerless :) |
| Posted by: RD 2006-04-04 19:20 |
| #7 Bravo... but... choked as my schmock.? |
| Posted by: 6 2006-04-04 18:46 |
| #6 Bravo, Ogeretla! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-04-04 18:19 |
| #5 aluminium? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-04-04 16:27 |
| #4 Did anyone notice this guy is "Omar Khyam" Omar K Omar : The palace where Arthur sought the Grail Is the resting home of the weak and frail And the knight who challenged death on its trail On the ocean of death forward must sail Chasing the temporal is to no avail As soon as you go through deathÂ’s dark veil. Hmmm... Where Arthur sought the grail?... Weak and frail?... They are delusional!... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2006-04-04 16:13 |
| #3 Sung to "Bobby McGee" Hiding deep in Tora Bor, wait for the next bomb And I'm feeling nearly as choked as my schmock. Binny thumbed rose water down just before bombs did come, It rode us all the way to Kabul Town. I pulled my Uzzy gun out of my dirty black turban, I was playing soft while Binny sang of Jihad. Dust clouds swirlin' slapping time, Loadin' BinnyÂ’s pipe with Hash, We sang praises for that seventy-two. Freedom is just another word for martyrdom this way, Nothing means blow-ups for Jihad, or else you're gonna lose, now now. And feeling good was easy, Allah, when Jihad blues were sung, You know feeling good was good enough for me, Good enough for me and my man, Sheikh Binny. |
| Posted by: Ogeretla 2006 2006-04-04 16:07 |
| #2 Yeah, but has he been in a video with Madonna? |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-04-04 15:28 |
| #1 Pure fantasy - give em all 30 years tho... |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2006-04-04 06:58 |