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Terror plot uncovered!! The targets? Shuls!


A 12-page list of synagogues across Britain was found at the home of a Muslim terror suspect accused of plotting to bomb civilian targets, a court heard this week.

The pages, which were found in a desk at the house of Omar Khyam, detailed scores of locations of Jewish places of worship, as well as Jewish youth clubs and other organisations, from London to Manchester.

Khyam, 24, is one of seven British Muslims accused of planning to bring carnage to mainland Britain with a huge fertiliser bomb blast.

The Old Bailey heard how the lists had been compiled from at least two websites.

Synagogues mentioned included Wembley, St Albans, Kingston, Oxford and Greater Manchester.

Prosecuting David Waters QC said: �A 12 page list of synagogues was found with locations all over the UK.

�There were also Spanish and Portuguese synagogues. They were in alphabetical order and included email addresses.

�That goes on for a number of pages. There are also Jewish organisations and youth organisations and synagogues listed in Manchester.

�They had been printed from the internet and came from at least two websites.�

The court heard how the list had been compiled from internet websites Something Jewish and Manchester2002UK

Forensic officers discovered both Khyam’s and suspect Shujah Mahmood’s fingerprints on the papers, the jury heard.

A bag of electrical components was also found in the same wardrobe which included solder, a battery connector, a switch and light-emitting diodes.
And police search teams discovered application forms for identification cards in Pakistan for both Khyam and Mahmood, 19.

A copy of hook-handed cleric Abu Hamza’s book Khawaarij Jihad was also found in a wardrobe at the home.

In the preface Hamza describes ‘Khawaarij’ as �deviants who revolt against legitimate leaders�.

Officers staged a series of synchronised dawn raids at the suspects’ addresses across London and the South East on 30 March 2004.
Khyam was arrested in a dawn raid while on his honeymoon at the Holiday Inn, Horley, West Sussex.

Specialist anti-terrorism officers carried out detailed sweeps of his car, hotel room and home.

Seven Muslims currently on trial are said to have planned the huge fertiliser bomb blast after training at terror camps in Pakistan.

But police had them under surveillance and they were arrested before they finalised their target, it is claimed.

Khyam, Waheed Mahmood, 34, Jawad Akbar, 22, and Mahmood, are all from Crawley, West Sussex; Anthony Garcia, 24, is from Ilford, Essex; Nabeel Hussain, 20, is from Horley, Surrey; and Salahuddin Amin, 31, is of Luton, Beds.

Khyam also lived in Slough, Berkshire; Garcia also stayed at his girlfriend’s home in Colindale, north London; Hussain, 20, was a student at Brunel University who lived in halls in Uxbridge; and Akbar also lived in Uxbridge.
All seven deny conspiracy with others including 27-year-old Momin Khawaja – a former software developer for the Canadian government who is awaiting trial – to cause an explosion likely to endanger life or injure property between 1January 2003 and 31 March 2004.

Hussain, Garcia and Khyam also deny possessing the 600kg of fertiliser for the purposes of terrorism between 11 November 2003 and 31 March 2004.

Khyam and Shujah Mahmood further deny possessing aluminium powder for purposes connected with terrorism between 1 October 2003 and 31 March 2004.

The trial continues.



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