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| Members of a group accused of plotting to blow up passenger planes mid-air as they crossed the Atlantic made Islamic martyrdom videos, a court has heard. | Members of a group accused of plotting to blow up passenger planes mid-air as they crossed the Atlantic made Islamic martyrdom videos, a court has heard. |
| Several of the eight men recorded videos in which one warns of "martyrdom operations" that would "rain down" on non-believers, jurors were told. | Several of the eight men recorded videos in which one warns of "martyrdom operations" that would "rain down" on non-believers, jurors were told. |
| They were contemplating violent deaths in the name of Islam, prosecutors said. | They were contemplating violent deaths in the name of Islam, prosecutors said. |
| All eight men deny conspiring to murder others and endangering aircraft bound for the US and Canada in 2006. | All eight men deny conspiring to murder others and endangering aircraft bound for the US and Canada in 2006. |
| After their arrests in August that year, passengers were banned from carrying most liquids on board aircraft. | After their arrests in August that year, passengers were banned from carrying most liquids on board aircraft. |
| See the flights allegedly targeted | |
| The jury at Woolwich Crown Court was played parts of one of the martyrdom videos featuring a man said to be defendant Umar Islam, who was shown speaking of a desire to kill non-Muslims. | The jury at Woolwich Crown Court was played parts of one of the martyrdom videos featuring a man said to be defendant Umar Islam, who was shown speaking of a desire to kill non-Muslims. |
| He was shown describing his plans as "revenge" for the actions of the United States and its "accomplices such as the British and the Jews". | He was shown describing his plans as "revenge" for the actions of the United States and its "accomplices such as the British and the Jews". |
| "This is a warning for the non-believers that if they do not leave our lands there are many more like us and many more like me until the law of Allah is established on this earth," he went on. | "This is a warning for the non-believers that if they do not leave our lands there are many more like us and many more like me until the law of Allah is established on this earth," he went on. |
| He was then heard warning: "Martyrdom operations upon martyrdom operations will keep on raining on these kuffars [non-believers] until they release us and leave our lands." | He was then heard warning: "Martyrdom operations upon martyrdom operations will keep on raining on these kuffars [non-believers] until they release us and leave our lands." |
| He argued British citizens were legitimate targets because they had paid taxes that funded the Army. | |
| EIGHT ACCUSED MEN TOP ROW OF PICTURE (L-R): Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 27Assad Sarwar, 24Tanvir Hussain, 27Mohammed Gulzar, 26 BOTTOM ROW (L-R): Ibrahim Savant, 27Arafat Waheed Khan, 26Waheed Zaman, 23Umar Islam, 29 class="" href="/1/hi/uk/7329221.stm">The 'airliners plot' allegations | |
| "Most of you are too busy watching Home and Away and EastEnders, complaining about the World Cup and drinking alcohol, too busy to care. I know because I come from that," he said. | |
| In a second video, which was said to feature a number of the defendants, a man described as defendant Abdulla Ahmed Ali was heard saying: "Sheikh Osama [Bin Laden] has warned you many times to leave our lands or you will be destroyed, and now the time has come for you to be destroyed." | |
| The man, who described himself as the leader of the group, was also heard warning of "floods of martyr operations" against non-Muslims which would scatter "the people and your body parts and your people's body parts". | The man, who described himself as the leader of the group, was also heard warning of "floods of martyr operations" against non-Muslims which would scatter "the people and your body parts and your people's body parts". |
| A man in another recording, which the prosecution claims is Waheed Zaman, a former student who studied biomedical sciences, denied being "brainwashed" and warned: "Remember as you kill us, you will be killed. As you bomb us, you will be bombed." | |
| And in what the jury was told was Tanvir Hussain's suicide video, a man said he wished he could "come back and do this again, and just do it again and again until people come to their senses and realise, you know, don't mess with the Muslims". | |
| 'Liquid bombs' | |
| Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, said the recordings "were significant" because they showed the men "contemplated losing their lives in some violent act", which would be a "perceived act of martyrdom in the name of Islam". | Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, said the recordings "were significant" because they showed the men "contemplated losing their lives in some violent act", which would be a "perceived act of martyrdom in the name of Islam". |
| ALLEGED SUICIDE VIDEOS Martyrdom operations upon martyrdom operations will keep on raining on these kuffars [non-believers] until they release us and leave our lands Video recording of a man described as defendant Umar Islam Videos: What was said | |
| The eight men are accused of plotting to use home-made devices of liquid explosives, which would be smuggled on to aircraft and then used to blow up a number of transatlantic flights from London's Heathrow Airport. | The eight men are accused of plotting to use home-made devices of liquid explosives, which would be smuggled on to aircraft and then used to blow up a number of transatlantic flights from London's Heathrow Airport. |
| At least seven aircraft flying to major cities across north America were the targets, the court has been told. | At least seven aircraft flying to major cities across north America were the targets, the court has been told. |
| But the jury has also heard that a computer memory stick found at the home of Mr Sarwar revealed the alleged plotters also considered other UK targets. | |
| Mr Wright said they included London's Canary Wharf, a gas pipeline running between Belgium and the UK, other UK airports, as well as companies that store and process hydrogen peroxide. | |
| The defendants are Abdulla Ahmed Ali, aka Ahmed Ali Khan, 27, of Walthamstow, Assad Sarwar, 24, of High Wycombe, Tanvir Hussain, 27, of no fixed address, and Mohammed Gulzar, 26, of Barking. Also charged, are Ibrahim Savant, 27, of Walthamstow, Arafat Waheed Khan, 26, of Walthamstow, Waheed Zaman, 23, of Walthamstow, and Umar Islam, aka Brian Young, 29, of High Wycombe. | |
| THE ALLEGED TARGETS 1. 1415 UA931 LHR-SAN FRANCISCO (United Airlines) 2. 1500 AC849 LHR-TORONTO (Air Canada) 3. 1515 AC865 LHR-MONTREAL (Air Canada) 4. 1540 UA959 LHR-CHICAGO (United)5. 1620 UA925 LHR-WASHINGTON 6. 1635 AA131 LHR-NEW YORK (American Airlines)7. 1650 AA91 LHR-CHICAGO (American) Return |