One wog coming up ...
Posted on 06/29/2007 1:42:54 PM PDT by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
One wog coming up ...
I agree with you. They tried this with Spain a few years ago, and Spain pulled their troops out of Iraq.
Perhaps they are testing the mettle of PM Brown. Seeing if Britain has a leader who will stand up to the threat or cower in fear.
There we go. Thank you.
Although rereading the snippet, I see this little jihadist pictured is an associate. I don’t think there is a photo out, yet, of any of the suspects. Methinks they probably have similar “looks” however.
Again—not that I’m profiling or anything.
From wiki
Barot was born in India into a Hindu family.[2] His parents moved to the UK from Kenya in 1973 to escape violence and discrimination in Kenya, when he was only one year old. His father, a banker in Kenya, had to support his family by working in a factory in UK.
Barot converted to Islam at age 20 in the UK. He attended the Kingsbury High School in north London. He worked for a living on a regular basis only during 1991 to 1995 as an airline ticket and reservations agent for Air Malta, in Piccadilly, central London. It is unclear how he supported himself at other times.[3]
Barot travelled to Pakistan in 1995. He took part in militant campaigns against Indian forces in Kashmir. Subsequently he wrote a book, The Army of Madinah in Kashmir, in 1999, discussing his experience and describing ways to kill Indian soldiers. In the late 1990s and early 2000, he served as an agent for al-Qaeda.[4]
He arrived in USA in August 2000 on student visa along with Nadeem Tarmohamed; however, he never attended any college in the USA [5].
[edit] Arrest
Barot was arrested on August 3, 2004.[1] He was charged by the UK authorities with the following offenses:
* Conspiracy to commit murder.
* Conspiracy to commit a public nuisance by the use of radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals and or explosives.
* Possessing detailed reconnaissance on the Prudential Building in New Jersey.
* Possessing detailed reconnaissance of the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, the New York Stock Exchange and Citigroup in New York, and two notebooks with information on explosives.[6]
Barot admitted to plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, the International Monetary Fund headquarters, and the World Bank, among other targets. His accused co-conspirators are 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, Britons of Pakistani origin, most of Mirpuri descent.
Much of the information about Barot’s role in the planning of further al-Qaeda attacks came from Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a prominent al-Qaeda operative captured by the Pakistani ISI. A witness stated that he attended Camp Hudaybiyah, run by the Jemaah Islamiyah group, where he was instructed in small arms training, mortars, basic explosives handling, navigation and jungle patrolling [7].
The prosecution did not dispute claims from the defence that no funding had been received for the projects, nor any vehicles or bomb-making materials acquired. [8]
On 7 November 2006 Barot was sentenced to life imprisonment, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to murder; it was recommended that he serve a minimum of 40 years. [9]
In May 2007 his sentence was reduced to 30 years. The Court of Appeal, headed by Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips, said that the 40 year sentence was for a terrorist who planned murder by a “viable” means. It was also stated that Barot’s plot did not amount to an actual attempt and it was uncertain whether they would have succeeded and what the consequences might have been.[10][11]
When you do that, you know it's major major misstep in your life. It's only the start of life's problems.
400 yard fireball would not be a new thing in London but WW II is probably not in the immediate memory of most who would be downtown.
What a crock. The timing to get a fuel air bomb to go off with a bang is very delicate. It took military contractors years to get formula just tight. A fire ball is highly unlikely. Too little fuel - fire yes but no explosion. Too much fuel and no explosion. The propane has to atomized and dispersed Correctly for an “explosion”.
Amateur night.
LOL. I am sure the Brits have seen much bigger fireballs during the days the Luftwafe ruled the skies. Would have been a trip down memory lane !
This is the techniqe Pali suicide bombers use in Israel - fill with nails for maximum injury.
When propane grills are outlawed, only outlaws will have propane grills.
I've got the system beat - I use charcoal. Unfortunately, I've had some significant problems getting my charcoal bombs to work effectively. ;-)
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