Well, we sent a space probe out here:
Posted on 11/06/2006 3:38:00 PM PST by MadIvan
The Savoy hotel, Waterloo station, the Heathrow Express and a Tube train under the Thames were on a hitlist of targets drawn up by a British al-Qaeda terrorist, a court was told yesterday.
Dhiren Barot will be sentenced today after he admitted planning “back-to-back” attacks on London, which he predicted would have created “a black day for the enemies of Islam”. His two-day hearing, the most significant terrorist case since 9/11, can be reported after The Times and the BBC succeeded at the Court of Appeal in having reporting restrictions lifted.
In detailed documents prepared for the approval of al-Qaeda’s leadership, Barot said that he hoped to emulate the Madrid train bombers who killed hundreds of commuters in March 2004.
One document, found on an encrypted computer disk, conveyed Barot’s enthusiasm about the damage that might be caused by a bomb in a Tube tunnel. He wrote: “Imagine the chaos that would be caused if a powerful explosion were to rip through here and actually rupture the river itself. This would cause pandemonium, what with the explosions, flooding, drowning, etc, that would result.”
Two projects, to build a radioactive “dirty bomb” and to pack stretch limousines with gas cylinders and explosives and detonate them in car parks beneath buildings, appeared to be close to fruition when discovered in summer 2004.
Edmund Lawson, QC, for the prosecution, told Woolwich Crown Court: “In early 2004 Barot travelled to Pakistan, and the obvious inference is that the purpose of the trip was to present the plans for approval and funding. The plans were costed and, most chillingly, they were drawn up as business plans . . . they involved the giving of no warnings and were designed to kill as many innocent civilians as possible.”
But Barot was thwarted by “an outstanding counter-terrorist operation”. He refused to answer questions at first, after being arrested but a “meticulous investigation” which continued for 2½ years in Britain, the United States, Malaysia, Pakistan and the Philippines produced such a weight of evidence that Barot eventually pleaded guilty to planning to carry out mass murder in Britain and the US.
Regards, Ivan
Ping!
I just read a novel "The Faithful Spy" by Alex Berenson. Makes me wonder if this guy read it too.
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Dhiren Barot: India-born jihadi in 9/11 net
Chidanand Rajghatta
[ 18 Aug, 2004 0952hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
WASHINGTON: Abu Musa al-Hindi, one of the principle terror suspects charged with plotting to attack US financial institutions, has been identified as India-born Dhiren Barot.
British police on Tuesday charged Barot, 32, of gathering surveillance plans of financial institutions in New York and Washington, with a view to attacking them.
Barot and seven others are due to make a first court appearance Wednesday at Belmarsh high security prison in London, according to wire service reports. AP quoted an unnamed US official as identifying Abu Musa al-Hindi as Dhiren Barot.
According to earlier reports, Barot was born into a Hindu family in India and converted to Islam when he was 20. He took part in terrorist campaigns against Indian forces in Kashmir and is said to have been the main casing agent for al-Qaeda.
British police have identified the other seven suspects as Mohammed Naveed Bhatti, 24; Abdul Aziz Jalil, 31; Omar Abdul Rehman, 20; Junade Feroze, 28; Zia ul Haq, 25; Qaisar Shaffi, 25; and Nadeem Tarmohammed, 26.
The eight were accused of conspiring together and with unknown persons to commit murder, and conspiracy to commit public nuisance by the use of radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals and/or explosives.
Barot was reportedly sent to the United States several times in 2000 and 2001 by 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to case landmarks before the 9/11 attack.
Some reports say he traveled to Pakistan as recently as early this year to meet with Pakistani computer expert Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan to plot further attacks.
Barot aka al-Hindi also authored a book called The Army of Madinah in Kashmir , narrating his experience fighting Indian forces in Kashmir and describing ways to kill Indian forces in the Valley.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow/818941.cms
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Same fellow?
Bush put the terrorists up to it. Just like the WTC and the Pentagon.
This should have headlined the news tonight, but then folks would be reminded that we are in a world war and the Dims are for surrendering.
Wonder whose oil we are going to 'steal' next?
God save the Queen.
Thanks
***Glad we bagged this bastard.***
Me to!...............FRegards
Well, we sent a space probe out here:
Oh wow, so this all started with Star Wars under Reagan?? Man, the bumper stickers I saw on that rusty Volvo were right - GOP:Greedy Oil Party!
BTW, I can't stand Volvos.
When my kids were growing up, I joked with them and said Volvos should have bumpers stickers that say:
Accident Ahead
"This should have headlined the news tonight [Monday 6 November], but then folks would be reminded that we are in a world war and the Dims are for surrendering."
And that is precisely why it wasn't mentioned.
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