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'Targets' film a joke: terror accused >From correspondents in London August 23, 2006 AN Iraqi Muslim on trial in Britain for an alleged terrorism offence made a film of British landmarks, which prosecutors claim was a guide for terrorists, as a joke, a court has been told, The Times reported. Minicab driver Rauf Mohammed, 26, denies a single charge that between January 1, 2003 and January 27, 2005 he made a video which would be "likely" to be useful to someone committing or preparing an act of terrorism. Maz Ibrahim, a 25-year-old British Sudanese, gave evidence for the defence and said he was the unseen man holding the camcorder, it was reported in an early edition of The Times newspaper today. Mr Ibrahim told the court that the film, which was made around September 2003, was nothing more than a tourist video for relatives overseas and that the terrorism discussion heard in the background of the video was just the pair's sense of humour at work. It has been alleged that Mohammed toured London listening to hypnotic music about martyrdom and spoke of killing Western leaders, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W. Bush. The film footage contained a speech by Osama bin Laden and "zoomed in" shots of Paddington Green police station, in west London, where most people arrested under anti-terrorism legislation are taken for questioning. Other high-profile alleged targets included the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye giant Ferris wheel as well as luxury hotels on upmarket Park Lane. When asked about the level of zoom on some of the video, Ibrahim said it was because "I just like details of things". Woolwich Crown Court in southeast London previously heard that a British Home Office document assessed Mohammed as having been active in support of the Iraqi insurgency on his return, and said that he remained in contact with a number of people who were similarly involved, it was alleged. Under cross-examination, Mohammed, from Forest Gate, east London, said the British authorities had not explained the allegations nor provided him with any details of the alleged activities or contacts. During Tuesday's proceedings, Mr Ibrahim also admitted to the court that he was an admirer of the Tablighi Jamaat Islamic movement, saying he had been present at the beginning of some of their lectures which began as he finished praying at his mosque. He denied, however, that the organisation had fundamentalist views. The case continues. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
