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US airmen terror attack: British man Junead Khan jailed US airmen terror attack: British man Junead Khan jailed
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A delivery driver has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 12 years, for plotting to kill a US airman outside a base in East Anglia. A delivery driver from Luton has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 12 years, for plotting to kill a US airman outside a base in East Anglia.
Junead Khan, 25, from Luton, a supporter of so-called Islamic State (IS), was found guilty in April of preparing terrorist acts. Junead Khan, 25, used his job with a pharmaceutical firm to scout US bases for potential victims, a court heard.
He had driven past RAF Lakenheath and other US bases and had discussed attacking a soldier with a knife. He had driven past RAF Lakenheath and other bases and discussed attacking a soldier with a knife.
He had also been exchanging online messages with an IS fighter in Syria. Khan, a supporter of so-called Islamic State (IS), also exchanged online messages with an IS fighter in Syria.
'Terrorist propaganda''Terrorist propaganda'
The court heard Khan used his agency job with a pharmaceutical firm as cover to scout United States Air Force (Usaf) bases in East Anglia for potential victims. Prosecutors claimed the man Khan exchanged messages with, Abu Hussain, was British-born Junaid Hussain.
Detectives also discovered he had been exchanging messages with an IS fighter in Syria calling himself Abu Hussain. Hussain was killed in a US drone strike in the IS stronghold of Raqqa just weeks after his link with the planned UK attack was discovered.
Prosecutors claimed Hussain was British-born Junaid Hussain, who was killed in a US drone strike in the IS stronghold of Raqqa just weeks after his link with the planned UK attack was discovered.
One message described an attack on military personnel, which they compared with the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich in 2013.One message described an attack on military personnel, which they compared with the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich in 2013.
Sentencing Khan at London's Kingston Crown Court, Mr Justice Edis said: "Junead Khan was not far from the commission of the murder to be committed by horrifying method in the street in order to create terror and terrorist propaganda in this country.Sentencing Khan at London's Kingston Crown Court, Mr Justice Edis said: "Junead Khan was not far from the commission of the murder to be committed by horrifying method in the street in order to create terror and terrorist propaganda in this country.
"His offence was so serious that a life sentence must be imposed.""His offence was so serious that a life sentence must be imposed."
Khan had also been found guilty, along with his uncle, Shazib Khan, 23, of preparing to go to Syria to join IS.Khan had also been found guilty, along with his uncle, Shazib Khan, 23, of preparing to go to Syria to join IS.
Shazib Khan was given an extended sentence of 13 years in prison and will have to serve eight years in custody.Shazib Khan was given an extended sentence of 13 years in prison and will have to serve eight years in custody.
Police arrested Khan last July and discovered pictures on his phone of him posing in his bedroom with an IS-style black flag later found in the attic. Police arrested Junead Khan last July and discovered pictures on his phone of him posing in his bedroom with an IS-style black flag later found in the attic.
His computer was also found to contain an al-Qaeda bomb manual and Amazon searches for a large combat knife.His computer was also found to contain an al-Qaeda bomb manual and Amazon searches for a large combat knife.
Police officers had visited Khan as part of the national anti-extremism programme Prevent.Police officers had visited Khan as part of the national anti-extremism programme Prevent.
But the court heard Khan mocked the programme in a series of scathing WhatsApp messages.
Mr Justice Edis said the two men, who are of Bangladeshi backgrounds, had rejected the values and opportunities Britain gave them.
He added: "They both believe that Sharia law is the only legitimate law and both reject democracy, because it involves law being made by people and not by God.
"They have rejected the protection of the law of this country and education they have received by becoming committed supporters of Isis (IS) - an organisation which wishes to control the world and which will stop short of no barbarity in order to do so."