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Man charged with UK kidnap plot

February 09, 2007 09:17pm

BRITISH prosecutors have charged a suspect over an alleged plot to kidnap and kill a member of the armed forces, following anti-terror raids last week, a spokeswoman said today.
Security sources have said the alleged plot involved plans to kidnap and behead a Muslim British soldier, and then post a video of the execution on the Internet. Police have refused to comment on the allegations.
The man, named as Parviz Khan, 36, was one of five charged overnight under anti-terrorism legislation, following the arrest of nine people in dawn raids last Wednesday in the central English city of Birmingham.
"One has been charged with an offence in engaging in conduct to give effect to his intention to kidnap and kill a member of the armed forces," said the prosecution spokeswoman, giving the first official confirmation of a kidnap and killing plot.
The four other suspects have been charged over helping supply equipment and funding of a terrorist act.
The suspect charged over the kidnap and killing plot was also indicted on those charges.
The four other men were named as Mohammed Irfan, 30, Zahoor Iqbal, 29, Hamid Elasmar, 43, and Amjad Mahmood, 31.
All charges involve acts contrary to section five of the 2006 Terrorism Act, said the spokeswoman.
Three of the nine men arrested last week have been released, while one remains in custody.
The alleged plot, if confirmed, would signal the import to Britain of what has thus far only been a tactic used against coalition forces and aid workers by Iraqi insurgency groups.
One of the two men released early on Wednesday, Abu Bakr, labelled Britain a "police state" for Muslims, adding that British terror laws "are designed specifically for Muslims".
"We are feeling the brunt of it all," he said in an interview with the BBC on Wednesday, shielding his face for fear of attracting attention to him and his family.
Eighteen residential and commercial properties in four areas of Birmingham were raided as part of the operation - codenamed Gamble.

 

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Beheading plot six are charged

BAHRAIN

February 10, 2007

Six terror suspects were charged last night over an alleged plot to kidnap and kill a British soldier, prosecutors said - as they confirmed details of the case for the first time at an initial court hearing. Five men, charged by police before dawn, were ordered held in prison custody until February 23 after appearing at London's City of Westminster magistrates' court.
West Midlands Police said a sixth man, Basiru Gassama, 29, was charged later with an offence under Britain's Terrorism Act. He is scheduled to appear at the London court today.
Police arrested nine suspects on January 31 in Birmingham, central England, and British news media reported the raids were in connection with an alleged plan to abduct torture and behead a British Muslim soldier and broadcast the killing on the Internet.
Prosecutor Sue Hemming said before the court hearing that the case involved an alleged plot to "kidnap and kill a member of the armed forces".
Of those still in custody, "one has been charged with an offence of engaging in conduct to give effect to his intention to kidnap and kill a member of the armed forces," she said, identifying the man as Parviz Khan, 36.
The official charges cite his activities between November and his arrest last week. All five men are charged with helping supply equipment for use in terrorist acts and helping in arranging to provide money or property that they were aware could be used for terrorism, between March and January, prosecutors said.
Mahmood is also charged with the global spread of high-speed Internet connections and the anonymity afforded by the world's biggest and busiest sites, extremists have found a new forum for displaying largely unregulated propaganda, viewed by up to 100 million people a day.
Until recently, videos shot by terror groups were posted predominantly on specialist Internet sites, which only those knowing what to look for could find. But now more are turning to mainstream sites, experts said. Ailing to give authorities information between December 27 and January 31 that could have prevented Khan and the others from committing a terrorist act, prosecutors said. "That particular charge relates to ... the kidnap of the soldier," Hemming said.

 

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Sixth man refused bail over kidnap plot

February 11, 2007 02:01am

A MAN was remanded in custody in London today, charged with withholding information about a potential act of terrorism following anti-terrorism raids in Britain last week.
Appearing before Judge Timothy Workman at City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Basiru Gassama, 29, spoke only to give his address and date of birth.
He was refused bail and remanded in custody to appear before the same court on Thursday.
Mr Gassama appeared in court a day after five other suspects were remanded in custody until February 23 after being seized in the same raids, which occurred on January 31 in the city of Birmingham, central England.
Parviz Khan, a 36-year-old Muslim, is facing charges linked to an alleged plot to kidnap and kill a British Muslim soldier.
Mohammed Irfan, 30, Zahoor Iqbal, 29, Hamid Elasmar, 43, and Amjad Mahmood, 31, have been charged over helping supply equipment and funding of a terrorist act, allegations which Khan also faces.
Security sources have said the alleged plot involved plans to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier, and then post a video of the execution on the internet.
Police have refused to comment on the allegations that the soldier was Muslim.
A total of nine men were arrested in the raids last week. Three have been released.
Eighteen residential and commercial properties in four areas of Birmingham were raided as part of the operation - codenamed Gamble.