Rizwan Ditta, 29, and Bilal Mohammed, 26, both of Halifax, West Yorkshire, will appear before London's City of Westminster magistrates on February 6 by video link. Ditta, of Royd Terrace, faces 13 offences under the Terrorism Act while Mohammed, of Thrum Hall Close is accused of two. The charges relate to alleged extremist material possibly used to spread radical Islamist ideology.They were arrested in dawn raids in the Pellon area of Halifax on January 23 by unarmed anti-terrorist officers from the Metropolitan Police supported by officers from West Yorkshire.
Ditta is accused of possessing several computer files including one called Hamas Bomb and instructions. It is alleged he had files in circumstances which gave rise to a reasonable suspicion that they were for a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism. He is accused of having files containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. Ditta's alleged offences are said to have been committed before October 26 2006.
Mohammed had video clips and a computer file, including one called The Manhattan Raid, showing potential terrorist training methods, the court was told. It is also claimed he possessed an al-Qaida training film.