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Bomb plot suspect begins evidence Suspect had 'guerrilla' training
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A terror suspect accused of plotting to carry out a fertiliser bomb attack has begun giving evidence to the Old Bailey in London. A British man accused of a fertiliser bomb plot learned everything he needed to know about guerrilla warfare on a trip to Pakistan, he has told a jury.
Omar Khyam, 24, of Crawley, West Sussex, has told the jury about his upbringing in the UK. Omar Khyam, 24, of Crawley, West Sussex, is the first of seven Britons accused of the plot to give evidence in their Old Bailey trial.
He was arrested in 2004 when fertiliser was found in a west London depot. He trained with a mujahideen group in Kashmir, in 2000, to help free "Muslim lands from occupation", he said.
He and six other men deny conspiring with a Canadian to cause explosions. It is alleged they discussed bombing targets including pubs and nightclubs. Khyam and six other men deny conspiring with a Canadian to cause explosions.
The defendants were arrested in March 2004 when fertiliser was found stored in a west London depot.
It is alleged they discussed bombing targets including pubs and nightclubs.
Khyam told the jury about his upbringing in Crawley, how he went to a local school and had captained the school cricket team.
They [mujahideen] taught me everything I needed for guerrilla warfare in Kashmir Omar Khyam
Then in 1998, he became interested in religion and "a cause".
Asked what he meant by a cause he replied: "The freedom of Muslim lands from occupation.
"I still believe in that cause."
On the 2000 trip to Pakistan, for training with a group of mujahideen, he said: "They taught me everything I needed for guerrilla warfare in Kashmir," he said.
"AK47s, pistols, RPGs, sniper rifles, climbing and crawling techniques, reconnaissance and light machine guns."
Charges denied
It is alleged the men plotted between 1 January 2001 and 31 March 2004 to set off a series of bombs.It is alleged the men plotted between 1 January 2001 and 31 March 2004 to set off a series of bombs.
Khyam, his younger brother Shujah-Ud-Din Mahmood, 18, and Waheed Mahmood, 33, from Crawley, West Sussex, along with Jawad Akbar, 22, from Crawley and Uxbridge, Anthony Garcia, 27, from Ilford, east London, Nabeel Hussain, 20, from Horley, Surrey, and Salahuddin Amin, 30, from Luton, Bedfordshire, are accused of conspiring to cause an explosion likely to endanger life contrary to section 3 (1)(a) of the Explosive Substances Act 1883.Khyam, his younger brother Shujah-Ud-Din Mahmood, 18, and Waheed Mahmood, 33, from Crawley, West Sussex, along with Jawad Akbar, 22, from Crawley and Uxbridge, Anthony Garcia, 27, from Ilford, east London, Nabeel Hussain, 20, from Horley, Surrey, and Salahuddin Amin, 30, from Luton, Bedfordshire, are accused of conspiring to cause an explosion likely to endanger life contrary to section 3 (1)(a) of the Explosive Substances Act 1883.
Khyam, who has also lived in Slough, Garcia and Hussain are also charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 of possessing an article for terrorism - namely 600kg of ammonium nitrate fertiliser between 5 November, 2003 and 31 March, 2004.Khyam, who has also lived in Slough, Garcia and Hussain are also charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 of possessing an article for terrorism - namely 600kg of ammonium nitrate fertiliser between 5 November, 2003 and 31 March, 2004.
The brothers Khyam and Mahmood also deny having aluminium powder, which is an ingredient in explosives, between the said dates.The brothers Khyam and Mahmood also deny having aluminium powder, which is an ingredient in explosives, between the said dates.