http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/26/us-britain-security-bombings-idUSBRE93P0NV20130426
“British Islamists jailed for al Qaeda suicide bomb plot”
LONDON | Fri Apr 26, 2013 9:47am EDT
SNIPPET: “Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali were being sentenced after their conviction at London’s Woolwich Crown Court in February on 12 counts of committing acts in preparation for terrorism between December 2010 and September 2011.”
SNIPPET: “Naseer, who the judge said was a “skilful bomb-maker”, was jailed for life and told he must serve at least 18 years in prison, the Press Association reported.
Khalid, who had boasted the planned attack would be “another 9/11”, was given 23 years and will spend at least 12 behind bars before he can be released, while Ali was jailed for 20 years with a minimum of 10 in custody.”
SNIPPET: “Naseer and Khalid had spent time at training camps in Pakistan where they had learnt how to make bombs, mix poisons and fire guns. The court was told they had prepared “martyrdom videos” in anticipation of their suicide campaign.”
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“Suicide Bomb Plot Reveals Change In How Al Qaida Plan Terrorism”
Publicado el Feb. 21, 2013
SNIPPET: “The terror plot for which three men have now been convicted showed a change in the way al Qaida is operating, a counter-terrorism expert said.
Irfan Naseer, 31, and Irfan Khalid, 27, both travelled to terrorist training camps in Pakistan between 2009 and 2011 to learn about bomb-making, poisons and firearms.
But once they returned to Britain, they were left to set up their own domestic terror network and carry out their attacks.
This marks a departure from previous plots such as the plan to bomb airliners which was uncovered in 2006, where ringleader Abdulla Ahmed Ali had regular contact with mystery terrorist contacts in Pakistan.
Raffaello Pantucci, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, said the change is partly because camps in the mountainous region of Waziristan in Pakistan are under increasing threat of drone strikes.
He said: “We have seen this trend starting to emerge for a while. If you look back in time you can see how the time spent training foreign fighters by al Qaida or affiliated networks is now being constrained because there is the threat of drone strikes. The command and control element is drawing back.
“I think the conclusion for the security services is that the pressure in Waziristan is working.”
This means that trainees in the terror camps are often less effectively prepared because they have less time to learn.”