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| Two charged with planning terrorist attacks on Britain | |
| 2005-11-04 | |
Two men were charged on Friday under anti-terrorism laws with planning to carry out a car bomb attack in Britain, possibly on a hospital, police said. Waseem Mughal and Younis Tsouli, both British and aged 22, were accused of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion, along with other offences. A third man, Tariq Al-Daour, was charged with offences relating to the possession of money and fundraising for terrorist purposes. Police said the alleged plot had no connection with the July 7 suicide bomb attacks on Londonâs transport system when four Britons killed 52 commuters on three underground trains and a double-decker bus. The men, who were arrested last month, will appear before magistrates in London later on Friday. Police said Tsouli, from west London, was accused of having video film showing how to make a car bomb. He was also charged with possessing slides of places in Washington in the United States which detectives suspect was âfor a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism.â Mughal was accused of possessing a DVD entitled âMartyrdom Operations Vest,â a piece of paper with the words in Arabic âWelcome to Jihadâ and a recipe for rocket propellant, along with guidance on causing an explosion. Officers also charged Mughal, from Chatham in southern England, with possessing a piece of paper with the words âHospital = attackâ. A police spokesman said this was possibly a âterrorist codeâ but also had to be considered âat face valueâ. Two days ago, the head of Londonâs police force Ian Blair said anti-terrorism detectives had thwarted attempted attacks in the last few weeks and warned that Britain faced a repeat of the July 7 bombings. Two weeks after those explosions, an attempt to repeat the attacks was botched when four devices failed to explode. | |
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