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Two guilty over Syria terror funding Syria aid convoys: Two guilty over terror funding
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Two UK men have been convicted of using Syria aid convoys to funnel cash to extremists in the war zone.Two UK men have been convicted of using Syria aid convoys to funnel cash to extremists in the war zone.
The Old Bailey heard the high-profile convoys led by the Muslim community became unwitting vehicles for the plan to fund terrorism. The Muslim community-led convoys became unwitting vehicles for the plan to fund terrorism, the Old Bailey heard.
One of the targeted aid missions included Alan Henning, the Eccles taxi driver later kidnapped and murdered by militants from so-called Islamic State.One of the targeted aid missions included Alan Henning, the Eccles taxi driver later kidnapped and murdered by militants from so-called Islamic State.
Syed Hoque, 37, of Stoke-on-Trent, and Mashoud Miah, 27, of east London, were both convicted of funding terrorism.
This is the first court verdict showing that some aid convoys were abused.
A third defendant, Huddersfield charity worker Pervez Rafiq, 46, was cleared of involvement in their plans. Mohammed Hussain, 30, of east London, was also found not guilty.