[AlAhram] A man tossed in the clinkKeep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
near the British parliament last month was involved in bomb-making in Afghanistan in 2012, it was alleged Wednesday as he appeared in court on terrorism charges.
Khalid Mohammed Omar Ali,
| ...the known wolf who was born abroad but reared in Tottenham. He first became known to the world when he participated in George Galloway's 2010 Viva Palestina road trip to Gaza, during which he became friends with the future notorious Al Shabaab jihadi Thomas Evans... |
He is charged with preparing terrorist acts relating to that incident, and faces two other charges of having or making explosives related to activity in Afghanistan in 2012.
The court heard that his fingerprints were alleged to have been found on parts for improvised bombs (IEDs) recovered in Afghanistan that year by US intelligence.
Ali, from north London, told the magistrate: "I don't recognise the charges."
He remains in jug and will appear at the Old Bailey court in London on May 19.