The defendants are Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 27, of Walthamstow, London; Mr Sarwar, 27; Tanvir Hussain, 26, of Leyton, East London; Mohammed Gulzar, 27, of Barking, East London; Ibrahim Savant, 27, of Walthamstow; Arafat Khan, 26, of Walthamstow; Waheed Zaman, 23, of Walthamstow; and Umar Islam, 29, (aka Brian Young) of Plaistow, East London.
These guys are obviously upset at the oppression of the Middle East by Western interlopers.
FOX NEWS.com: London - "BROTHERS EMERGE AS KEY SUSPECTS IN U.K. TERROR PLOT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A senior Pakistani security official said the arrest of Rashid Rauf, a British citizen, was followed within days by a telephone call from someone in Pakistan urging the British plotters to execute their plan, "This telephone call intercept in Karachi and the arrest of Rashid Rauf helped a lot to foil the terror plan," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said Friday that Rauf was a "key person" in the investigation. His brother, Tayib Rauf, 22, was among the suspects arrested in Britain; police refused to comment on news reports that another brother was also detained.") (August 12, 2006)
Bump just to remind people that the threat is real and ongoing...