Do we know for certain whether these 4 accused individuals were born in Pakistan and spent their formative years in Pakistan?
Dunno why u deleted my post , but even the tag 4 Pakistanis is wrong. One guy is from BD.
Men appear in court charged with plotting to attack Territorial Army with model car
Four men from Luton have appeared in court accused of plotting a terrorist attack on a Territorial Army base by driving a remote controlled car with a bomb under the gate.
Zahid Iqbal, 30, Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed, 24, Syed Hussain, 21, and Umar Arshad, 23, are accused of preparing acts of terrorism and possessing documents useful for terrorism.
The men are charged with discussing methods, materials and targets for a terrorist attack using firearms and improvised explosive devices between January 2011 and their arrest on April 25.
They allegedly researched, downloaded and discussed electronic files containing practical instructions for a terrorist attack.
The men are also charged with “encouraging and participating in physical training” in Snowdonia, purchasing survival equipment, and facilitating and planning travel to Pakistan for terrorism.
They also allegedly collected and supplied funds for terrorist purposes overseas, amounting to more than £180,000 and miniature gold bars worth £10,000.
The men had allegedly downloaded six issues of the al-Qaeda magazine Inspire which included the recipe, “How to Make a bomb in the kitchen of your Mom” by the al-Qaeda Chef, described as “practical instructions on how to make a viable improvised explosive device.”
Other documents found in their possession included 44 Ways to Support Jihad by the former al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, while two of them had a document called 21 Techniques of Silent Killing and a third man had a copy of the Explosives Course 2.
Outlining the charges at the request of District Judge Daphne Wickham, Piers Arnold, prosecuting, said two of the men were heard discussing attacking a Territorial Army base and a number of unspecified targets in bugged conversations recorded in their cars.
On April 22, Iqbal and Ahmed allegedly discussed building the bomb described in Inspire and referred to a clock, timer, and remote control.
One man said he had driven past a Territorial Army centre and noticed a gap big enough to drive a model car under.
Westminster Magistrates
Court was told that the men planned to travel to the Waziristan area of Pakistan close to the border with Afghanistan, in order to link up with al-Qaeda and carry out attacks on Western forces.
He said they undertook training in Snowdonia on the basis that it was particularly mountainous and as similar to Afghanistan as they could find.
They also allegedly collected and sent money to Pakistan and purchased survival equipment and firearms.
All four men are British citizens. Three are of Pakistani origin and the remaining, Ahmed, of Bangladeshi origin.
The “ring leader” was “probably” instructed by al-Qaeda in Pakistan while his “second in command”, whose role was allegedly to recruit members of the cell and then send them abroad for training, travelled to Pakistan in March last year to take part in terrorist activity.
A third man was said to be the “quartermaster” who collected supplies and finance. The court was told that £180,000 had passed through his account in two years and police found 10 gold bars, each the size of an After Eight mint, worth a total of £10,000, along with a credit card “skimming” machine to copy pin numbers and an encrypted USB computer stick.
The fourth member of the group
was said to have offered practical advice on how to prepare for travelling to Pakistan, what to wear and how to fit in. He allegedly had an ID card that allowed him to travel around the country without a visa.
All four men spoke only to confirm their names. None applied for bail and they were remanded un custody to appear at the Old Bailey on May 11.
Men appear in court charged with plotting to attack Territorial Army with model car - Telegraph
Cant believe they traveled to snowdonia for training..
Those mountains in north wales are the best place i have seen in my life time along with the bracon valleys in mid wales where these cambrian patrol thing goes every year.
