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| Three deny July 7 terror plot PA, 3 hours ago Three Leeds men accused of conspiring with four bombers during the July 7 2005 terrorist attacks on London have appeared in court via video-links. Mohammed Shakil, who is in his early 30s, and Sadeer Saleem and Waheed Ali, both in their 20s, will stand trial at Kingston Crown Court on April 2. All three men, from the city's Beeston area, deny the charges. |
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| Published Date: 09 February 2008 Source: Press Association Location: The Press Association Newsdesk Premium Article ! Three men accused of conspiring with four bombers during the July 7 terrorist attacks on London have appeared in court via video-links. Mohammed Shakil, who is in his early 30s, and Sadeer Saleem and Waheed Ali, both in their 20s, are due to stand trial at Kingston Crown Court on April 2. All three men, from Beeston, Leeds, are in custody pending their trial. They watched via prison video-links on Friday as lawyers discussed the case during a hearing before trial judge Mr Justice Gross at Ipswich Crown Court. The attack on the capital's transport network in 2005 left 56 people dead - including the bombers - and more than 700 injured. Explosions destroyed three underground trains and a bus. In August, during a hearing at the Old Bailey in London, Shakil, Saleem and Ali all denied conspiring with bombers Mohammed Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain to cause explosions. The conspiracy is alleged to have taken place between January 1 2004 and July 8 2005. Source |
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Wednesday 02 April 2008 13:33 Kingston Upon Thames Court Number Case Number Name Current Status Court 9 T20087141 MOHAMMED SHAKIL SADEER AHMED SALEEM WAHID ALI For Trial - Case adjourned until 10:30 - 13:21 |
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| Published Date: 08 April 2008 Source: EP Leeds First & County Location: Leeds Jury selection starts for trial of '7/7 helpers' By Paul Robinson JURY selection has begun at the trial of three men accused of helping the July 7 bombers pinpoint possible targets. Waheed Ali, 24, [B]Sadeer Saleem[/B], 27, and 31-year-old Mohammed Shakil all deny one charge of conspiring to cause explosions between January 1 2004 and July 8 2005. They are alleged to have worked with Mohammed Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain in the run-up to the quartet's suicide attack on London. The four bombers, all from West Yorkshire, murdered 52 innocent people when they triggered explosions on the capital's transport network on July 7 2005. Mr Justice Gross yesterday told 150 potential jurors that they would be asked to complete a 16-point questionnaire to help him select a 12-member jury for the trial at Kingston Crown Court. He said: "As you know, Mohammed Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain were responsible for causing a series of explosions on the London Underground and public transport systemon July 7, 2005, that killed 52 people and injured hundreds of others. "It is alleged that Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil assisted these men by, in particular, conducting reconnaissance of possible targets in December 2004." Mr Justice Gross was expected to select the final 12 from a panel of 30 today. The prosecution, led by Neil Flewitt QC, is expected to open its case tomorrow. Ali, Saleem and Shakil deny conspiring to cause by explosive substance an explosion to endanger the lives or likely to cause serious injury to persons or damage property in the UK. Sidique Khan, a 30-year-old father-of-one who grew up in Beeston before moving to Dewsbury, is regarded as the ringleader of the attack on London. Tanweer, 22, came from Beeston, while Hussain, 18, was from Holbeck. Lindsay, 19, originally came from Huddersfield but later moved to Luton. paul.robinsons@ypn.co.uk The full article contains 328 words and appears in EP Leeds First & County newspaper.Last Updated: 08 April 2008 9:50 AM http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news...-for.3957378.jp |
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| 'July 7 plot' prosecution to open MSN News pa.press.net - 09.04.2008 11:25 The prosecution in the trial of three men accused of helping the July 7 bombers to reconnoitre possible targets is expected to open its case. Waheed Ali, 24, Sadeer Saleem, 27 and Mohammed Shakil, 31, all deny one charge of conspiring with Mohammed Saddique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermain Lindsay, Hasib Hussain and others unknown to cause explosions between November 17 2004 and July 8 2005 . The four suicide bombers murdered 52 innocent people when they set off bombs on the capital's transport network in 2005. The defendants in this case are accused of helping them check out potential locations to attack. Neil Flewitt QC is expected to open the Crown's case against the defendants to the jury at Kingston Crown Court. All three men deny conspiring unlawfully and maliciously to cause by explosive substance an explosion likely to endanger lives or cause serious injury to persons or damage property in the UK. |
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| July 7 plot trial to open 2 hours ago The prosecution in the trial of three men accused of helping the London July 7 bombers to reconnoitre possible targets is expected to open its case. Waheed Ali, 24, Sadeer Saleem, 27, and Mohammed Shakil, 31, all deny one charge of conspiring with the known bombers and others to cause explosions. The Crown's case against the defendants is due to open at Kingston Crown Court. |
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| Men accused of aiding bombers to start trial By Kate O'Hara  THESE are the first images of three British Muslims accused of plotting with the July 7 bombers to bring carnage to the London transport system. Waheed Ali, 24; Sadeer Saleem, 27; and Mohammed Shakil, 31, are alleged to have carried out reconnaissance missions for the suicide bombers – who all had links to West Yorkshire – seven months before the attacks which left 52 innocent commuters dead and hundreds more injured. The three men deny a single count of conspiring to cause explosions with Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30; Shehzad Tanweer, 22; Jermaine Lindsay, 19; and Hasib Hussain, 18. Yesterday a jury was selected from a panel of 30 at Kingston Crown Court in west London. Mr Justice Gross told them: "This will be your case to decide on and only on the evidence you will hear. The evidence is what you hear in court and nowhere else. "You may well have seen or heard media reports of this matter and you may well see or hear more. That is only to be expected in the light of current debates." He warned them to ignore such coverage. The prosecution led by Neil Flewitt QC is expected to open the trial today. The full article contains 206 words and appears in n/a newspaper. Last Updated: 09 April 2008 8:39 AM |
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| 'July 7 plot' trial delayed 59 minutes ago The trial of three men accused of helping the July 7 bombers to reconnoitre possible targets has failed to start after a series of technical hitches. Waheed Ali, 24, Sadeer Saleem, 27, Mohammed Shakil, 31, all deny one charge of conspiring with Mohammed Saddique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermain Lindsay, Hasib Hussain and others unknown to cause explosions between November 17 2004 and July 8 2005 . The four suicide bombers murdered 52 people when they set off bombs on the capital's transport network in 2005. The trial at Kingston Crown Court will begin on Thursday. TPA |
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| Delay to July 7 plot trial The trial of three men accused of helping the July 7 bombers to check out possible targets has failed to start after a series of technical hitches. Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil deny conspiring with the known bombers and others to cause explosions between November 2004 and July 2005. A live link with a room holding members of public broke down shortly before the case started at Kingston Crown Court Teletext News |
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| Three men 'helped 7 July bombers' Page last updated at 10:48 GMT, Thursday, 10 April 2008 11:48 UK Three men helped the 7 July suicide bombers to find potential targets in London, a court has heard. Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil scouted for possible locations, including the Natural History Museum and the London Eye, jurors were told. Although the men were not directly responsible for the 2005 attacks, they shared the bombers' "objectives", said prosecutors at Kingston Crown Court. All three men deny conspiracy to cause an explosion between 2004 and 2005. The trio are accused of assisting Mohammed Saddique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermain Lindsay and Hasib Hussain in what prosecutors say was a "reconnaissance" mission for the 2005 attacks. Khan, Tanweer, Lindsay and Hussain killed 52 people in four separate suicide bombings on London's transport network on 7 July that year. Neil Flewitt QC, prosecuting, said: "It is not the prosecution's case that the defendants were directly involved in the London bombings in the sense that they were responsible for making or transporting the bombs that were detonated with such catastrophic consequences. "However, it is the case that the defendants associated with and shared the beliefs and objectives of the London bombers - and so were willing to assist them in one particular and important aspect of their preparation for the London bombings." Mr Flewitt said that between 16 and 17 December 2004, the defendants travelled from Leeds to London along with Hussain, one of the four bombers. Over the course of two days the men "conducted a reconnaissance of potential targets" and met another of the bombers, Lindsay, the court was told. The two other bombers, Khan and Tanweer were not on the trip, jurors heard. Targets The alleged December reconnaissance included various locations on the London Underground, the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium. Mr Flewitt told the court that in all the locations scouted "bore a striking similarity" to the final targets chosen by the bombers. The men admit visiting London - but say the trip was purely social, including a visit to Mr Ali's sister. Mr Flewitt said that both Mr Saleem and Mr Shakil would admit visiting the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium - but would say their intentions were entirely innocent. "Although the defendants all accept that they knew the London bombers, it is their case that their friendship was entirely innocent and that they know nothing of and took no part in their plan to cause explosions in the UK," said Mr Flewitt. The trial is expected to last between three and four months. |
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Men "scouted targets" for 7/7 bombing conspiracy Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:57am BST By Andrew Hough LONDON (Reuters) - The first three men to be charged in connection with the July 7, 2005 London suicide bombings appeared in court on Thursday, accused of scouting for targets. Seven months before the bombings, two of them visited the London Eye, the Natural History Museum and the London Aquarium, prosecutors alleged. Mohammed Shakil, 31, Sadeer Saleem, 27, and Waheed Ali, 24, all shared common beliefs with the bombers, who committed "appalling acts of terrorism" on the British capital, Kingston Crown Court in Surrey was told. The bombers, Mohammad Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain, killed 52 people in co-ordinated morning rush hour attacks on three underground trains and a bus. Prosecutors allege that between November 17, 2004 and July 8, 2005, they "unlawfully and maliciously" conspired with the four suicide bombers and others unknown to cause explosions likely to endanger life or cause serious harm and injury in the UK. The group, all from Beeston, Leeds, have pleaded not guilty to the single charge under the Explosive Substances Act 1883. Dressed casually they sat in the dock passively listening. Prosecutor Neil Flewitt told the jury it was not the prosecution case that the three defendants were directly involved in the London bombings in the sense that they were responsible for making or transporting the bombs. "However," he said, "it is the prosecution case that the defendants associated with and shared the beliefs and objectives of the London bombers and so were willing to assist them in one particular and important aspect of their preparation for the London bombings." He said that in December 2004 the group travelled to London where they undertook a reconnaissance of potential targets over two days. They travelled with the bomber Hussain and later met up with another, Lindsay, but later denied it was a sinister trip. "Rather it is their case that the purpose of their journey was to enable Waheed Ali to visit his sister in east London," he told the court. "Further, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil accept that they visited the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium but maintain that they did so for purely social reasons." Flewitt said the locations the group visited "bore a striking similarity" to the targets three of the bombers later identified during a hostile reconnaissance two weeks before the bombings. The group, Flewitt said, admitted they knew the bombers but maintained their friendship was innocent and that they did not know about the plans to bomb the capital. The trial, before Mr Justice Peter Gross, continues. (Editing by Stephen Addison) source:Reuters |
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From Times Online April 10, 2008 7/7 'conspirators' visited London landmarks By David Brown  (Metropolitan Police/PA ) Sadeer Saleem, Mohammed Shakil, and Waheed Ali deny conspiring to create explosions Three British Muslims who allegedly helped plan the July 7 terrorist attacks visited the London Eye and Natural History Museum during a “reconnaissance” mission to the capital, a court heard today. Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil visited London with two of the bombers who went on to kill 52 people and injure more than 800 others, Kingston Crown Court was told. During a two-day visit in December 2004 they visited some of the eventual targets and also the Natural History Museum, London Eye and the London Aquarium, it is claimed. Seven months later four suicide bombers returned to the capital two detonate bombs on three Tube trains and a bus. Mr Ali, 24, Mr Saleem, 27, and Mr Shakil, 31, all from Beeston, Leeds, are alleged to have been in London with July 7 bombers Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain. Lindsay killed 26 people on a Piccadilly Line train at Russell Square and Hussain killed 13 passengers on a bus in Tavistock Place. Neil Flewitt, QC, prosecuting, said: “It is not the prosecution case that the defendants were directly involved in the London bombings in the sense that they were responsible for making or transporting the bombs that were detonated with such catastrophic consequences. “However, it is the prosecution case that the defendants associated with and shared the beliefs and objectives of the London bombers and so were willing to assist them in one particular and important aspect of their preparation for the London bombings. “On the 16th of December 2004 the defendants travelled from Leeds with one of the London bombers, Hasib Hussain, to London where, over a period of two days, they conducted a reconnaissance of potential targets. “While they were in London they met and spent time with another of the London bombers, Jermain Lindsay.” There were “striking similarities” between the sites visited by the group and the locations of the July 7 explosions, said Mr Flewitt. All the defendants admitted travelling to London but said it was to enable Mr Ali to meet his sister, he said. Mr Saleem and Mr Shakil said they visited the Natural History Museum, London Eye and London Aquarium “for purely social reasons”. “Although the defendants all accept that they knew the London bombers, it is their case that their friendship was entirely innocent and that they knew nothing of and took no part in the plan to cause explosions in the UK,” said Mr Flewitt. He told the jury: “It is of the utmost importance that you do not allow your understandable disgust towards the London bombers to cloud your judgment when you consider the position of the three defendants on trial in this case.” He added that the jury would have to consider “whether the defendants’ trip to London in December 2004 was, as we suggest, part of a sinister plot to cause explosions such as those that took place on 7th July 2005 or whether, as the defendants maintain, it was simply an innocent social outing.” The court was told that after the visit to London in December 2004, Mohammed Siddique Khan, Shezhad Tanweer and Lindsay carried out another “hostile reconnaissance” in June 2005 of possible targets and the locations where the bombs were detonated two weeks later. Khan killed six people on a Circle Line train at Edgware Road and Tanweer killed seven people on a Circle Line train at Aldgate. All three defendants deny one charge of conspiring with Khan, Tanweer, Lindsay and Hussain and others between November 1, 2004 and July 8, 2005 to cause explosions likely to endanger lives or cause serious injury to persons or damage property in the UK. The trial continues. source:The Times |
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Friends of 7/7 bombers 'identified targets' By Richard Edwards, Crime Correspondent Last Updated: 12:46pm BST 10/04/2008 Three friends of the July 7 suicide bombers identified the targets for the attacks during a reconnaissance mission in London in which they also visited the Natural History Museum, London Eye and the Aquarium, a court heard today. The three men on trial are alleged to have made a scouting trip to London Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil are the first people to be tried over the terrorist atrocity, which killed 52 innocent people on the London transport network in 2005. Jurors were told they were part of a plot to identify the targets seven months before the "appalling" attacks. The areas they toured "bore a striking similarity" to the locations on the Tube at which the bombs were detonated, the court heard. Although the the defendents also visited the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium, they will claim it was for "purely social reasons", the court heard. In his opening speech at Kingston Crown Court, Neil Flewitt, QC, prosecuting said: "You will, I’m sure, immediately recognize the names Mohammed Siddique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain. They are, of course, the men who, on 7th July 2005, detonated four bombs on the London Transport network killing not only themselves together with 52 innocent civilians but also injuring many hundreds of others who were unfortunate enough to be caught within the range of their bombs. "It is the prosecution case that the defendants were associated with and shared the belief and objectives of the London bombers and so were willing to assist them in one particular and important aspect of their preparation for the London bombings." The three men traveled from Leeds to London with one of the bombers, Hasib Hussain, in December 2004 where "over a period of two days, they conducted a reconnaissance of potential targets", it is alleged. The jury was shown the first live images of the suicide attacks and a detailed account of how July 7, 2005 unfolded, with CCTV images capturing the bombers from when they left their home in Leeds in the early hours to the moment they detonated their bombs in London just before 10am. The images capture them strapping their rucksack bombs on to their backs and boarding a train at Luton train station. They departed at Kings Cross, walking along a busy platform and forecourt alongside hundreds of people, before they set off separately towards their targets. Footage from the platform at Aldgate station showed a train pulling away and commuters running for cover after a shuddering blast blew smoke and dust back out of the tunnel. Pictures from inside the Tube tunnels where three of the blasts took place showed the charred wreckage of the bombs, which carriages ripped apart. Extraordinary CCTV pictures captured the last journey of bus bomber Hussain, for whom, the court heard, "things did not go to plan". Having failed to get to his original target on the Northern Line, and having apparently had problems with his bomb in his rucksack, he left Kings Cross station at 9am, walking outside amongst thousands of people in the morning rush hour. He was seen calmly walking into a WH Smith newsagents where it is believed he bought a new battery, before later boarding a 91 bus and setting off his bomb, killing 13 people. Mr Flewitt said the he had "no doubt" that people remained "justifiably appalled and outraged" by the bombings. But he added that it was important that jurors did not allow their "understandable disgust" to cloud their judgment on the three defendents. Mr Ali, 24, Mr Saleem, 27, and Mr Shakil, 31 all deny conspiring unlawfully and maliciously to cause by explosive an explosion likely to endanger lives or cause serious injury to persons or damage property in the UK. The case continues. source:The Telegraph |
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| Page last updated at 11:58 GMT, Thursday, 10 April 2008 12:58 UK Three men helped the 7 July suicide bombers to find potential targets in London, a court has heard. Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil scouted for possible locations, including the Natural History Museum and the London Eye, jurors were told. Although the men were not directly responsible for the 2005 attacks, they shared the bombers' "objectives", said prosecutors at Kingston Crown Court. All three men deny conspiracy to cause an explosion between 2004 and 2005. The trio are accused of assisting Mohammed Saddique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermain Lindsay and Hasib Hussain in what prosecutors say was a "reconnaissance" mission for the 2005 attacks. Khan, Tanweer, Lindsay and Hussain killed 52 people in four separate suicide bombings on London's transport network on 7 July that year. It is the case that the defendants associated with and shared the beliefs and objectives of the London bombers Neil Flewitt QC Neil Flewitt QC, prosecuting, said: "It is not the prosecution's case that the defendants were directly involved in the London bombings in the sense that they were responsible for making or transporting the bombs that were detonated with such catastrophic consequences. "However, it is the case that the defendants associated with and shared the beliefs and objectives of the London bombers - and so were willing to assist them in one particular and important aspect of their preparation for the London bombings." Mr Flewitt said that between 16 and 17 December 2004, the defendants travelled from Leeds to London along with Hussain, one of the four bombers. Over the course of two days the men "conducted a reconnaissance of potential targets" and met another of the bombers, Lindsay, the court was told. The two other bombers, Khan and Tanweer were not on the trip, jurors heard. Targets The alleged December reconnaissance included various locations on the London Underground, the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium. Mr Flewitt told the court that all the locations scouted "bore a striking similarity" to the final targets chosen by the bombers. The men admit visiting London - but say the trip was purely social, including a visit to Mr Ali's sister. Mr Flewitt said that both Mr Saleem and Mr Shakil would admit visiting the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium - but would say their intentions were entirely innocent. Bus in Tavistock Square, London, destroyed on 7 July 2005 The 7 July bombers killed 52 people in attacks on London's transport "Although the defendants all accept that they knew the London bombers, it is their case that their friendship was entirely innocent and that they know nothing of and took no part in their plan to cause explosions in the UK," said Mr Flewitt. The prosecution went on to show CCTV footage of the events of 7 July 2005, the first time the material had been seen other than by police and security services. The footage showed the four bombers assembling in the early morning and heading to Luton railway station. In the grainy CCTV images, time-stamped at 0716, the men could be seen opening the boot of a car in the main station car park, pulling on the rucksacks containing their bombs and walking to a platform to take a commuter train to London. The CCTV footage continued as the men disembarked at Kings Cross Thameslink, where they were seen mingling with other rush-hour passengers before getting on the London Underground. The trial is expected to last between three and four months. BBC |
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| Jury sees July 7 blasts Previously unseen footage of the moments that two of the July 7 bombers detonated their devices has been screened in public for the first time. The conspiracy trial of Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil was shown footage of a blinding flash that engulfed Liverpool Street Tube station. Kingston Crown Court also saw the horrified reaction of those who saw the No 30 bus blow up in Tavistock Square. |
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| Terror suspects 'made London reconnaissance mission' * Haroon Siddique and agencies * guardian.co.uk, * Thursday April 10 2008 This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Thursday April 10 2008. It was last updated at 13:29 on April 10 2008.  A court sketch of Mohammed Shakil, Waheed Ali and Sadeer Saleem. Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/PA Three men accused of helping the July 7 bombers visited the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium on a mission to identify potential terrorist targets, a court heard today. They spent two days on a reconnaissance mission of the capital's tourist attractions, the jury was told. Waheed Ali, 24, from Tower Hamlets, east London, Sadeer Saleem, 27, and Mohammed Shakil, 31, both from Beeston, Leeds, all deny conspiring to cause explosions between November 17 2004 and July 8 2005. The men allegedly conspired with the four July 7 bombers - Mohammed Siddique Khan, Shezhad Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain. The four bombers murdered 52 people when they set off bombs on London's transport network almost simultaneously in 2005. Neil Flewitt QC told a jury at Kingston crown court that the three defendants did not make or transport the bombs but they did help the bombers "in one particular and important aspect of their preparation for the London bombings". In December 2004, the trio travelled from Leeds to London with Hussain, who went on to detonate his bomb on the No 30 bus in Tavistock Square. In the capital they met Lindsay, who killed 26 people on a Piccadilly Line underground train. They visited a series of locations which bore a "striking similarity" to the locations where the bombs were detonated on July 7 the following year, said Flewitt. They also visited the "locations at which the bombs were actually detonated less than two weeks later on July 7 2005", he added. All three defendants accept they made the trip, but deny they had anything to do with the London bombings, said Flewitt. "Rather it is their case that the purpose of their journey was to enable Waheed Ali to visit his sister in east London. Further, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil accept that they visited the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium but maintain they did so for purely social reasons." The prosecutor also said the defendants accept that they knew the London bombers. "It is their case that their friendship was entirely innocent and that they know nothing of and took no part in their plan to cause the explosions in the UK," said Flewitt. He told the jury that they would hear evidence from a variety of sources that will provide "a clear picture of what motivated these defendants" when they travelled to London on December 16 2004. The evidence will include contact with other persons involved in terrorist activity, travel to Pakistan and possession of material indicating a radical ideology. The three defendants were arrested on March 22 last year. During a search of their addresses police recovered "a variety of material that provided a valuable insight into their attitudes and beliefs". Flewitt said police seized a computer which Ali had used to visit websites with information about the activities of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida and suicide bombers in Iraq. Photographs were also discovered including an image of Ali wearing a T-shirt bearing the logo Warriors of Allah. When Saleem was arrested at his home a computer was found that contained images of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre, of fighters holding aloft AK-47 assault rifles and pictures of bodies in bags. Also on the computer were speech files extolling the virtues of jihad and martyrdom, the court was told. The trial continues. |
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| Page last updated at 14:38 GMT, Thursday, 10 April 2008 15:38 UK Jurors were then shown images of the damage caused by Khan's bomb, which ripped through the carriage of a westbound Circle Line train shortly after it left Edgware Road, killing him and six other passengers. 'Battery purchase' CCTV footage also showed a Circle Line train leaving Liverpool Street station and, as Tanweer detonated his device, smoke filling the platform leaving commuters running for cover. He killed himself and seven other people. Stills of the remains of the Piccadilly Line train, after the third bomber, Lindsay, exploded his device killing another 26 passengers, were also shown. CCTV footage also captured bus bomber Hussain, who it is claimed had problems with his rucksack bomb, at a WH Smith newsagents where it is believed he bought a new battery. He went on to detonate his rucksack shortly before 10am on the upper deck of a number 30 bus in Tavistock Square, killing him and 13 other people. The court was also told extremist material was found at the homes of all three men. In addition, items, including mobile phone numbers and fingerprints, found at the houses of the four 7/7 bombers linked the three defendants to the plotters, the prosecution said, with Mr Ali and 7 July ringleader Khan being particularly friendly. The trial is expected to last between three and four months. |
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| * Published Date: 10 April 2008 * Source: Press Association * Location: The Press Association Newsdesk Jury sees new footage of July 7 bombings Never before seen footage of the moments that two of the July 7 London bombers detonated their devices has been screened in public for the first time. The trial of Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil was shown footage of the blinding flash and cloud of dust that engulfed Liverpool Street station when Shezhad Tanweer detonated his bomb. They also saw the shocked and horrified reaction of those who saw the No 30 bus in Tavistock Square when Hasib Hussain did the same. CCTV pictures of the movements of the four men and pictures of the devastation they caused were also shown to the jury hearing the case of the three men who are accused of helping plan the attacks. Families in the public gallery were watching as the footage was played, much of it for the first time in public. More relatives of those who died are watching the trial on a live video link in a room elsewhere in the building. The jury was shown pictures of the train blown up by Tanweer between Liverpool Street and Aldgate station showed the same devastation. In Russell Square, where the greatest loss of life was suffered when Jermaine Lindsay detonated his bomb, little of one side of the train remains. Chilling footage of the effect of the blast set off by Tanweer was also shown. Commuters are seen hurrying on to the train where Tanweer was already waiting to detonate his bomb. Soon the busy platform is empty and the train pulls out of the station. Just thirty seconds later a bright flash of light is seen in the tunnel into which the train has just disappeared. This is fast followed by clouds of dust which partially obscure the camera view for a few moments. People still on the platform immediately run away from the flash and the platform is soon deserted before police officers race to the scene. CCTV footage from the reception of the British Medical Association building in Tavistock Square where the No. 30 bus was blown up by Hasib Hussain was also shown. Two people chatting at the front desk are thrown to the floor by the impact of the blast. Their confusion is obvious as they struggle to their feet and hurry in the direction of the blast. source |
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4pm BST update Terror suspects 'made London reconnaissance mission' * Haroon Siddique and agencies * guardian.co.uk, * Thursday April 10 2008 Three men accused of helping the July 7 bombers travelled down to London with one of the bombers and met another in the capital where the group carried out a reconnaissance mission, a court heard today. Neil Flewitt QC told a jury at Kingston crown court that the defendants accepted they knew the London bombers but claimed their friendship "was entirely innocent and that they know nothing of, and took no part in, their plan to cause the explosions in the UK". Sadeer Saleem, 27, and Mohammed Shakil, 31, both from Beeston, Leeds, and Waheed Ali, 24, from Tower Hamlets, east London, all deny conspiring to cause explosions between November 17 2004 and July 8 2005. The men allegedly conspired with the four bombers - Mohammed Siddique Khan, Shezhad Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain – who murdered 52 people when they set off bombs on London's transport network almost simultaneously on July 7 2005. Flewitt said the three defendants did not make or transport the bombs but they did help the bombers "in one particular and important aspect of their preparation for the London bombings". In December 2004, the trio travelled from Leeds to London with Hussain, who went on to detonate his bomb on the No 30 bus in Tavistock Square. In the capital they met Lindsay, who killed 26 people on a Piccadilly Line underground train. Over the course of a two-day trip, they visited a series of locations which bore a "striking similarity" to the locations where the bombs were detonated on July 7 the following year, said Flewitt. All three defendants accept they made the trip, but deny they had anything to do with the London bombings, said Flewitt. "Rather it is their case that the purpose of their journey was to enable Waheed Ali to visit his sister in east London. Further, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil accept that they visited the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium but maintain they did so for purely social reasons," he said. Flewitt said the strength of Ali's relationship to Khan was demonstrated by a text message Ali sent to the July 7 ringleader on December 7 2003. It read: "Gates of memories I will neva (sic) close. How much I will miss you no one knows. Tears in my eyes will wipe away but the love in my heart for you will always stay." In the remains of Khan's mobile telephone, recovered from the debris at Edgware Road, were numbers "attributable" to Shakil, saved as "SHAXMOB", and Saleem, saved as "Sads", the jury was told. Russell Square bomber Lindsay had a phone number saved in his mobile that the prosecution say belonged to Ali. The court heard that "a variety of material that provided a valuable insight into their attitudes and beliefs" was seized from the defendants' homes when they were arrested on March 22 last year. Flewitt said police seized a computer which Ali had used to visit websites with information about the activities of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida and suicide bombers in Iraq. When Saleem was arrested at his home, a computer was found that contained images of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre, of fighters holding aloft AK-47 assault rifles and pictures of bodies in bags. Also on the computer were speech files extolling the virtues of jihad and martyrdom, the court was told. Police also discovered a letter written by Saleem which appeared to contain his answers to questions on marriage. When asked about children, he replied: "I want loads and have them with the intention of making them mujahids... and mujahidas [people to fight jihad] because the filthy kafir [unbelievers] have got big plans against the Muslims..." The jury was told police searched the Iqra bookshop in Leeds on July 15 2005 and found a pad on which Saleem had written: "I do not fear death as I am going to die but my fear is of the surrounding fire [hell]. May God save me from it. I am not going to show my weakness nor fear. "Without doubt I am returning to my creator. When I am shaheed [martyr] as a Muslim I do not care in what way I receive my death." The court heard that following the arrest of Shakil, a computer was found at his parents' home which he had used to access a file relating to Afghan mujahideen shooting down a US spy plane in Khost. Police also found a long article entitled The Nineteen Lions, praising the actions of the men who carried out the 9/11 attack. The trial continues. |
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| Terror suspects 'made London reconnaissance mission' 4pm BST update * Haroon Siddique and agencies * guardian.co.uk, * Thursday April 10 2008 This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Thursday April 10 2008. It was last updated at 16:08 on April 10 2008. Three men accused of helping the July 7 bombers travelled down to London with one of the bombers and met another in the capital where the group carried out a reconnaissance mission, a court heard today. Neil Flewitt QC told a jury at Kingston crown court that the defendants accepted they knew the London bombers but claimed their friendship "was entirely innocent and that they know nothing of, and took no part in, their plan to cause the explosions in the UK". Sadeer Saleem, 27, and Mohammed Shakil, 31, both from Beeston, Leeds, and Waheed Ali, 24, from Tower Hamlets, east London, all deny conspiring to cause explosions between November 17 2004 and July 8 2005. The men allegedly conspired with the four bombers - Mohammed Siddique Khan, Shezhad Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain – who murdered 52 people when they set off bombs on London's transport network almost simultaneously on July 7 2005. Flewitt said the three defendants did not make or transport the bombs but they did help the bombers "in one particular and important aspect of their preparation for the London bombings". In December 2004, the trio travelled from Leeds to London with Hussain, who went on to detonate his bomb on the No 30 bus in Tavistock Square. In the capital they met Lindsay, who killed 26 people on a Piccadilly Line underground train. Over the course of a two-day trip, they visited a series of locations which bore a "striking similarity" to the locations where the bombs were detonated on July 7 the following year, said Flewitt. All three defendants accept they made the trip, but deny they had anything to do with the London bombings, said Flewitt. "Rather it is their case that the purpose of their journey was to enable Waheed Ali to visit his sister in east London. Further, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil accept that they visited the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium but maintain they did so for purely social reasons," he said. Flewitt said the strength of Ali's relationship to Khan was demonstrated by a text message Ali sent to the July 7 ringleader on December 7 2003. It read: "Gates of memories I will neva (sic) close. How much I will miss you no one knows. Tears in my eyes will wipe away but the love in my heart for you will always stay." In the remains of Khan's mobile telephone, recovered from the debris at Edgware Road, were numbers "attributable" to Shakil, saved as "SHAXMOB", and Saleem, saved as "Sads", the jury was told. Russell Square bomber Lindsay had a phone number saved in his mobile that the prosecution say belonged to Ali. The court heard that "a variety of material that provided a valuable insight into their attitudes and beliefs" was seized from the defendants' homes when they were arrested on March 22 last year. Flewitt said police seized a computer which Ali had used to visit websites with information about the activities of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida and suicide bombers in Iraq. When Saleem was arrested at his home, a computer was found that contained images of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre, of fighters holding aloft AK-47 assault rifles and pictures of bodies in bags. Also on the computer were speech files extolling the virtues of jihad and martyrdom, the court was told. Police also discovered a letter written by Saleem which appeared to contain his answers to questions on marriage. When asked about children, he replied: "I want loads and have them with the intention of making them mujahids... and mujahidas [people to fight jihad] because the filthy kafir [unbelievers] have got big plans against the Muslims..." The jury was told police searched the Iqra bookshop in Leeds on July 15 2005 and found a pad on which Saleem had written: "I do not fear death as I am going to die but my fear is of the surrounding fire [hell]. May God save me from it. I am not going to show my weakness nor fear. "Without doubt I am returning to my creator. When I am shaheed [martyr] as a Muslim I do not care in what way I receive my death." The court heard that following the arrest of Shakil, a computer was found at his parents' home which he had used to access a file relating to Afghan mujahideen shooting down a US spy plane in Khost. Police also found a long article entitled The Nineteen Lions, praising the actions of the men who carried out the 9/11 attack. The trial continues. |
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Breaking News July 7 Bomber's Goodbye To Daughter Updated:16:31, Thursday April 10, 2008 A video showing one of the the July 7 suicide bombers saying goodbye to his daughter has been shown in the trial of three men accused of helping plan the plot. The previously unseen footage of Mohammed Siddique Khan's emotional message was shown to the jury, together with new footage of the day of the attack.  Khan in a previous video released after 7/7 attacks Khan murdered 52 innocent people when he joined Shezhad Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain in detonating backpack bombs on the capital's transport network. The video showed him cradling his young child, telling her: "Sweetheart, not long now, I am going to miss you a lot. "Sweetheart, not long to go now. And I'm going to really, really miss you a lot. I'm thinking about it already. Look, I absolutely love you to bits and you have been the happiest thing in my life. You and your mum, absolutely brilliant. "I don't know what esle to say. I just wish I could have been part of your life, especially these growing up - these next months, they're really special with you learning to walk and things. I just so much wanted to be with you but I have to do this thing for our future and it will be for the best, inshallah (God willing) in the long run." The video was filmed in November 2004 just before Khan travelled to fight in Pakistan where it is believed his mission changed and he returned to the UK to carry out the bombings. The footage was today shown in the trial of the three men who have gone on trial accused of helping the bombers to identify potential terror targets in London. The London Eye, London Aquarium and Natural History Museum were among the attractions visited during the alleged "reconnaissance" mission. Kingston Crown Court has heard the group carried out their two-day scouting operation in December 2004. Neil Flewitt QC said they travelled from Leeds with Hussain, who went on to detonate his bomb on the No 30 bus in Tavistock Square in the 2005 attacks. They also met Jermaine Lindsay, who killed 26 people on a Piccadilly Line underground train. Mr Flewitt told the jury the trio did not make or transport the bombs.  Accused: Ali, Saleem and Shakil But they did help the four bombers "in one particular and important aspect of their preparation for the London bombings". Mr Flewitt said the three had visited a series of locations in the capital which bore a "striking similarity" to the locations where the bombs were detonated. They also corresponded to places visited by three of the bombers during a "hostile reconnaissance" mission just days before the 2005 attacks, he said. Waheed Ali, 24, Sadeer Saleem, 27, and Mohammed Shakil, 31, all deny a charge of conspiring with the bombers and "unknown others" to cause explosions between November 17 2004 and July 8 2005. The court heard all three defendants accepted visiting London but denied they had anything to do with the bombings. Mr Flewitt added: "Further, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil accept that they visited the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium but maintain they did so for purely social reasons." The trio also agreed that they knew the London bombers, but Mr Flewitt said: "It is their case that their friendship was entirely innocent and that they knew nothing of and took no part in their plan to cause the explosions in the UK." Khan's Message To His Daughter Sky News |
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| British trials offer insights into terror cases By Alan Cowell Thursday, April 10, 2008 LONDON: In the first case of its kind since the London bombings of July 2005, prosecutors Thursday accused three British Muslims of helping the bombers with a preparatory mission seven months before the attacks. The prosecution asserted that the three man reconnoitered a number of tourist attractions, including the London Eye Ferris wheel overlooking the River Thames. In a separate terrorism case related to an alleged conspiracy in August 2006, prosecutors released what they said were two martyrdom videos found in the trunk of a car after the police rounded up suspects accused of planning to bomb U.S. and Canadian airliners over the Atlantic. The court cases are part of a series of trials that have been unfolding in London for several months, offering glimpses of the calculations among the police and security officials that the British authorities have used to justify tighter counterterrorism laws and to warn the public of continuing threats. The cases have also highlighted cross-links between some of the alleged conspiracies and, on occasion, have shown the importance attached by purported attackers to detailed preparation in choosing their targets. Britain's worries over terrorism carried out in the name of militant Islam began after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in the United States but intensified greatly after four suicide bombers killed 52 people and themselves on the London transit system on July 7, 2005. At that time, many Britons assumed the attackers had acted alone. But in court Thursday, three men - Waheed Ali, 24, from east London, Sadeer Saleem, 27, and Mohammed Shakil, 31 - were accused of conspiring with the London bombers to pinpoint targets. Saleem and Shakil were said to have lived in the same Beeston area of Leeds in northern England as three of the four suicide bombers. The three men were said to have carried out their reconnaissance in December 2004, along with two of the July bombers, Hasib Hussain and Jermaine Lindsay. A prosecutor, Neil Flewitt, said the three men whose trial started Thursday did not make nor carry bombs but assisted the July 7 bombers "in one particular and important aspect of their preparation for the London bombings." On Dec. 16 and 17, 2004, Flewitt said, the men visited locations that "bore a striking similarity" to the places where bombs were set off in July the following year. The three men accused of helping the London bombers have all denied the charges against them. "Rather it is their case that the purpose of their journey was to enable Waheed Ali to visit his sister in east London," Flewitt said. "Further, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil accept that they visited the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium but maintain they did for purely social reasons." In the trial relating to the so-called airlines plot of August 2006, which opened a week ago, one of the eight men accused of conspiracy to murder and other charges was Umar Islam, 29, who appeared in a 19-minute video shown to the trial jury on Thursday. Islam wore a black and white checkered head scarf and delivered a message eerily reminiscent of that delivered by Mohammad Sidique Khan, the leader of the July 7 bombers, in a martyrdom message released in September 2005. Like Khan, Islam praised the Al Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, and Mullah Omar, the head of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Khan urged Muslims to attack "military targets, economic targets and government targets." "This is revenge for the actions of the U.S.A. in the Muslim lands and their accomplices such as the British and the Jews," Islam said. |
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| 7/7 friends 'helped find targets' Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil deny the charges Three friends of the 7 July suicide bombers helped them find potential targets in London, a court has heard. Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil scouted for possible locations, and visited the Natural History Museum and the London Eye, jurors were told. They were not directly behind the 2005 attacks, but shared the "objectives" and two went to Pakistan with the 7/7 ringleader, Kingston Crown Court heard. The three Leeds men deny conspiring to cause explosions between 2004 and 2005. Mr Ali, 24, Mr Saleem, 27, and Mr Shakil, 31, are accused of assisting Mohammad Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermain Lindsay and Hasib Hussain, in what prosecutors say was a reconnaissance mission for the 2005 attacks. Khan, Tanweer, Lindsay and Hussain killed 52 people in four separate suicide bombings on London's transport network on 7 July that year. It is the case that the defendants associated with and shared the beliefs and objectives of the London bombers Neil Flewitt QC 7/7 trial: Alleged extremism Jurors were shown never-before-seen CCTV footage of those attacks, tracking the four bombers' movements from the moment they met in Luton, to the moment they detonated their bombs. The court was also told two of the three defendants - Mr Shakil and Mr Ali - travelled to Pakistan with 7/7 ringleader Khan. Neil Flewitt QC, prosecuting, said although the defendants were not "directly involved in the London bombings", they "shared the beliefs and objectives of the London bombers" and were willing to assist them in "one particular and important aspect of their preparation". The prosecution claims that seven months before the attacks, the three defendants travelled from Leeds to London along with Hussain, one of the four bombers, and "conducted a reconnaissance of potential targets". Final targets Mr Flewitt told the court that all the locations scouted by the three accused "bore a striking similarity" to the final targets chosen by the bombers. He said the defence would argue that the men visited various London locations, including the London Underground, the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium, for social reasons. The 7 July bombers killed 52 people in attacks on London's transport The prosecution went on to show the jury CCTV footage of the events of 7 July 2005, the first time the material had been seen other than by police and security services. The footage captured the four bombers assembling in the early hours of the morning, heading to Luton railway station and pulling on the rucksacks containing their bombs before catching a commuter train to London. Jurors were then shown images of the damage caused by Khan's bomb, which ripped through the carriage of a westbound Circle Line train shortly after it left Edgware Road, killing him and six other passengers. CCTV footage also showed a Circle Line train leaving Liverpool Street station and, as Tanweer detonated his device, smoke filling the platform leaving commuters running for cover. He killed himself and seven other people. Stills of the remains of the Piccadilly Line train, after the third bomber, Lindsay, exploded his device killing another 26 passengers, were also shown. 'Battery purchase' CCTV footage also captured bus bomber Hussain, who it is claimed had problems with his rucksack bomb, at a WH Smith newsagents where it is believed he bought a new battery. He went on to detonate his rucksack shortly before 10am on the upper deck of a number 30 bus in Tavistock Square, killing himself and 13 other people. The court was also told extremist material was found at the homes of all three men. That trip to Pakistan provides further evidence of the mindset and motivation of Mohammed Shakil Neil Flewitt QC In addition, items, including mobile phone numbers and fingerprints, found at the houses of the four 7/7 bombers linked the three defendants to the plotters, the prosecution said, with Mr Ali and 7 July ringleader Khan being particularly friendly. Mr Ali travelled to Pakistan with Khan, staying for more than a month in 2001, the jury heard. Two years later, in July 2003, Mr Shakil took part in terror training camps during a "fact-finding mission" for those interested in fighting jihad, prosecutors said. They claim Khan and Mr Shakil attended a training camp where they took part in firearms training using light machine guns, rocket propelled grenade launchers and AK47 assault rifles. "That trip to Pakistan provides further evidence of the mindset and motivation of Mohammed Shakil. "If the trip made by Waheed Ali in 2001 was for a similar purpose, then, in his case too, you have a further indication of his commitment to fighting jihad," said Mr Flewitt. The trial continues. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7338301.stm |
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| 7/7 conspirators scouted out London Eye and Natural History Museum as potential targets to bomb' Last updated at 16:52pm on 10.04.08 Key members of the 7/7 suicide bomb gang posed as tourists during a reconnaissance mission in London, a court heard today. Between inspections of potential targets they rode on the London Eye and visited the Natural History Museum and London Aquarium, the jury was told.  Accused: Sadeer Saleem, Mohammed Shakil and Waheed Ali, all from Leeds Bomber Hasib Hussain and three henchmen came to the capital from Leeds seven months before the attacks which killed 52 Tube and bus passengers and injured more than 900. In London, they teamed up with Jermaine Lindsay, the second of the bombers who caused such devastation in July 2005. Prosecutors claim the trip was to scout out potential targets.  CCTV footage of Hussain cooly buying a battery form the King's Cross WH Smith minutes before he detonated his bomb [???] The first visit to the capital mirrored another reconnaissance mission carried out by the four bombers alone two weeks before the attacks. They were to detonate devices on a bus in Tavistock Square and Tube trains at King's Cross, Aldgate and Edgware Road.  Natural History Museum and London Aquarium - The three men allegedly visited the Natural History Museum and London Aquarium between inspections of potential targets At Kingston crown court today British Muslims Waheed Ali, 24, from Tower Hamlets, Sadeer Saleem, 27, and Mohammed Shakil, 31, both from Beeston in Leeds, denied conspiring for 18 months with the four bombers to cause explosions. Neil Flewitt QC, prosecuting, opened the trial by saying the three defendants had assisted the bombers "to prepare for these devastating events".  The three men allegedly visited the London Eye as part of their pre 7/7 reconnaissance mission "They were not directly involved in the London bombings in the sense that they were responsible for making or transporting the bombs that were detonated with such devastating consequences," he added. "However they associated with and shared the beliefs and objectives of the London bombers and so were willing to assist them in one particular and important aspect of their preparation for the bombings." Mr Flewitt described the "hostile reconnaisance" by the three in December 2004. "They travelled from Leeds with one of the bombers, Hasib Hussain, to London where over a period of two days they conducted a reconnaissance of potential targets," he said. "While they were in London they met and spent time with another of the bombers, Jermaine Lindsay." The defendants all admit coming to London at that time. But Mr Flewitt added "they all deny the trip had anything-to do with the London bombings. "Rather it is their case that the purpose of their journey was to enable Ali to visit his sister in east London. "What is more, although they all accept that they knew the London bombers, it is their case that their friendship was entirely innocent and that they knew nothing of and took no part in the plan to cause explosions in the UK." Mr Flewitt also showed CCTV footage of Hussain cooly buying a battery form the King's Cross WH Smith minutes before he detonated his bomb. The video shows him rummaging in his rucksack after appearing to suffer technical difficulties with the homemade device 30 minutes before he detonated it on the upper deck of a number 30 bus, killing himself and 13 others. Jurors also saw previously unseen footage of passengers boarding a Circle Line train at Aldgate and seconds later a cloud of dust and smoke enveloping the platform. The case continues.  Jermaine Lindsay killed 26 people on a Piccadilly Line underground train |
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| Prosecutors say that between November 17, 2004 and July 8, 2005, the defendants "unlawfully and maliciously" conspired with the four bombers and others unknown to cause explosions likely to endanger life or cause serious harm and injury. The group, all from Beeston, Leeds, deny the single charge under the Explosive Substances Act 1883. |
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| Accused 'went to Pakistan' Teletext Two of the three men accused of helping plan the July 7 bombings went on trips to Pakistan with ringleader Mohammed Siddique Khan, a court has heard. Mohammed Shakil allegedly took part in terror training camps during a "fact finding mission" for those interested in fighting jihad with Khan in 2003. Shakil, 31, of Leeds, and two other men deny conspiring to cause explosions between November 2004 and July 2005. |
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| Men "scouted targets" for 7/7 bombings Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:58pm BST By Andrew Hough LONDON (Reuters) - The first three men to be charged in connection with the July 7, 2005 London suicide bombings went on trial on Thursday, accused of scouting for potential targets in the capital. Mohammed Shakil, 31, Sadeer Saleem, 27 and Waheed Ali, 24, were friends with the bombers and shared common beliefs, Kingston Crown Court was told. The bombers, Mohammad Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain killed 52 people and wounded hundreds in co-ordinated morning rush hour attacks on three underground trains and a bus. During a reconnaissance weekend seven months before the bombings, two of the accused visited the London Eye, the Natural History Museum and the London Aquarium, prosecutors alleged. They said various types of evidence would help explain the group's motivations including contacts with people convicted of terrorist activity; travelling to Pakistan and possessing radical ideological material. The court heard the accused had extensive contact with the bombers, which had been uncovered through mobile records, fingerprints on documents, family videos and surveillance. Prosecutors say that between November 17, 2004 and July 8, 2005, the defendants "unlawfully and maliciously" conspired with the four bombers and others unknown to cause explosions likely to endanger life or cause serious harm and injury. The group, all from Beeston, Leeds, deny the single charge under the Explosive Substances Act 1883. Dressed casually in open necked shirts, they sat in the dock, listening with arms crossed. Prosecutor Neil Flewitt told the jury the group had developed violent thoughts against Britain. 9/11 PRAISE When they were arrested, police uncovered material including praise for the September 11, 2001 U.S. attacks, letters revealing Jihad ambitions and Web sites supporting Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda. Two of the group, Shakil and Ali, also separately travelled to Pakistan with Khan, the court was told. Flewitt said it was not the prosecution case they had been directly involved in the London bombings by either making or transporting the bombs. "However," he told the jury, "it is the prosecution case that the defendants associated with and shared the beliefs and objectives of the London bombers and so were willing to assist them in one particular and important aspect of their preparation for the London bombings." In December 2004 the group travelled to London where they spent two days scouting for targets. The trip was an "essential preparatory step in the ... plan to bring death and destruction to the heart of the UK", the court heard. The men have denied the trip was suspicious. Instead they said it was to enable Ali to visit his sister in East London. Saleem and Shakil admitted they had visited the London Eye, the museum and the aquarium but only "for purely social reasons". The group, Flewitt said, admitted they knew the bombers but maintained their friendship was innocent and that they did not know about the plans to bomb the capital. The trial, before Justice Peter Gross, continues. (Editing by Stephen Addison and Matthew Jones) |
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| 7/7 friends 'helped find targets' Page last updated at 16:33 GMT, Thursday, 10 April 2008 17:33 UK Three friends of the 7 July suicide bombers helped them find potential targets in London, a court has heard. Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil scouted for possible locations, and visited the Natural History Museum and the London Eye, jurors were told. They were not directly behind the 2005 attacks, but shared the "objectives" and two went to Pakistan with the 7/7 ringleader, Kingston Crown Court heard. The three Leeds men deny conspiring to cause explosions between 2004 and 2005. Mr Ali, 24, Mr Saleem, 27, and Mr Shakil, 31, are accused of assisting Mohammad Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermain Lindsay and Hasib Hussain, in what prosecutors say was a reconnaissance mission for the 2005 attacks. Khan, Tanweer, Lindsay and Hussain killed 52 people in four separate suicide bombings on London's transport network on 7 July that year. Jurors were shown never-before-seen CCTV footage of those attacks, tracking the four bombers' movements from the moment they met in Luton, to the moment they detonated their bombs. The court was also told two of the three defendants - Mr Shakil and Mr Ali - travelled to Pakistan with 7/7 ringleader Khan. Neil Flewitt QC, prosecuting, said although the defendants were not "directly involved in the London bombings", they "shared the beliefs and objectives of the London bombers" and were willing to assist them in "one particular and important aspect of their preparation". Final targets The prosecution claims that seven months before the attacks, the three defendants travelled from Leeds to London along with Hussain, one of the four bombers, and "conducted a reconnaissance of potential targets" which "bore a striking similarity" to the final targets. He said the defence would argue that the men visited various London locations, including the London Underground, the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium, for social reasons. The prosecution went on to show the jury CCTV footage of the events of 7 July 2005, the first time the material had been seen other than by police and security services. The footage captured the four bombers assembling in the early hours of the morning, heading to Luton railway station and pulling on the rucksacks containing their bombs before catching a commuter train to London. Jurors were shown images of the damage caused by Khan's bomb, which ripped through the carriage of a westbound train leaving Edgware Road killing six passengers. CCTV footage also caught a Circle Line train leaving Liverpool Street station and, as Tanweer detonated his device, smoke filling the platform leaving commuters running for cover. He killed himself and seven others. 'Battery purchase' CCTV footage also captured bus bomber Hussain, who it is claimed had problems with his device, at a WH Smith newsagents where it is believed he bought a new battery. He went on to detonate his rucksack shortly before 10am on the upper deck of a number 30 bus in Tavistock Square, killing himself and 13 other people. Items, including mobile phone numbers and fingerprints, found at the houses of the four 7/7 bombers linked the three defendants to the plotters, the prosecution said, with Mr Ali and 7 July ringleader Khan being particularly friendly. Mr Ali travelled to Pakistan with Khan, staying for more than a month in 2001, the jury heard. Two years later, in July 2003, Mr Shakil took part in terror training camps during a "fact-finding mission" for those interested in fighting jihad, prosecutors said. They claim Khan - who was seen saying goodbye to his baby daughter in a video - and Mr Shakil attended a training camp where they took part in firearms training using light machine guns, rocket propelled grenade launchers and AK47 assault rifles. The trial continues. |
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| 7/7 ringleader prepared for suicide attacks by filming 'martyr' video for daughter By LUCY BALLINGER - More by this author » Last updated at 16:56pm on 10th April 2008 Mohammed Sidique Khan  Mohammed Sidique Khan filmed himself explaining to his daughter why planned 7/7 attacks He has emerged as the ringleader in the London bombings, and today it became clear just how extensively Mohammad Sidique Khan had prepared for his death - even filming a message for his baby daughter. Khan made a series of films for his daughter, Maryam, shortly before he and 7/7 bomber Shezhad Tanweer flew to Pakistan from Manchester in November 2007 [sic]. The pair appeared to have gone abroad to fight "jihad". Khan did not expect to return, and tells his "sweetheart' daughter Maryam on video he will miss her, a court heard. In one farewell video he holds her aloft and films himself holding her in a mirror. She is grasping at the camera, while he kisses her head. The home-filmed video features Waheed Ali with London bombers Shezhad Tanweer and Hasib Hussain. Khan introduces the trio to Maryam as her "uncles". Tanweer waves at the camera from the armchair in a living room when he is introduced. Ali leaps from the floor when the camera is swung round to him and kisses his biceps. The video then cuts to a section where Ali is holding Maryam and kissing her on the head while he talks to her. He puts his cap on her head before continuing to talk to the six-month-old baby. The film again cuts to a Khan holding his daughter again. He appears to be alone. Talking softly into the camera and kissing her gently on the head he tells her to "make Dua" – pray – when he is gone. He said: "Sweetheart, not long to go now. And I'm going to really, really miss you a lot. "I'm thinking about it already. Look, I absolutely love you to bits and you have been the happiest thing in my life. You and your mum, absolutely brilliant. "I don't know what else to say. I just wish I could have been part of your life, especially these growing up – these next months, they're really special with you learning to walk and things. "I just so much wanted to be with you but I have to do this thing for our future and it will be for the best, inshallah, in the long run. "That's the most important thing. "You make plenty of Dua for you guys and you've got loads of people to look after you and keep and eye on you. "But most importantly I entrust you to Allah and let Allah take care of you. "And I'm doing what I'm doing for the sake of Islam, not, you know, it's not for materialist or worldly benefits." Prosecutor Neil Flewitt QC, told Woolwich Crown Court, South East London: "It is clear from that passage that Mohammed Sidique Khan did not expect to see his daughter again. "Put bluntly, he knew that he was going to his death [in Pakistan in November 2004?] and he went voluntarily then, just as he went willingly when he blew himself up on 7 July 2005." Daily Mail |
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