Monday, October 22, 2012

British Al-Qaeda Gang Plotted A Massive 9/11 Scale Attack In Britain



'Terror Suspect Trio Plotted To Massacre Crowds Using A Car Fitted With Knives And Detonating Eight Suicide Bombs In Attack Bigger Than July 7' -- Daily Mail

* Three men are accused of masterminding a terror plot to detonate eight suicide bombs
* They are part of a group of 11 men and one woman who were arrested last year. Six await sentencing and two face trial next year
* 'Suspects posed as bogus charity collectors to raise money for training in Pakistan terror camps'
* 'Jihadists' spoke about blowing up their rucksacks, shooting people and blasting them with a rocket launcher, jurors were told today
* Plotters 'took their inspiration from Osama Bin Laden' and were influenced by the lectures of Anwar al-Awlaki, a US born extremist of Yemeni

Three terror suspects planned to attach knives to a car then drive into a heavily crowded area as part of an terrorist plot that could have wreaked more devastation than the July 7 attacks, a court has heard.

Irfan Naseer, 31, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali, both 27, are accused of masterminding a plot to detonate eight suicide bombs after one of the extremists claimed 7/7 attackers should have used nail bombs to inflict more damage.

The trio, said to be 'central figures' in a home-grown terror cell, posed as bogus charity collectors to raise money for training in terrorism in Pakistan, where they learned how to use weapons and make improvised explosive devices, it is alleged.

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More News On Al-Qaeda`s Plot To Wage A 9/11 Scale Attack In Britain

British al-Qaeda gang from Birmingham planned 'another 9/11' in UK -- The Telegraph
Three men 'planned terror attacks bigger than 7/7' -- The Guardian
Three militants planned major suicide attack in UK - court -- Reuters
Three British Muslims accused of rucksack bomb plot -- AFP
Men 'planned mass suicide attack' -- BBC
'Another 9/11': Islamic jihadists accused of planning huge coordinated suicide bomb campaign in London -- The Independent

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