Jihadists planned to attack Luton TA base using remote controlled car packed
with explosives
Four British jihadists planned to bomb a Territorial Army base by driving a
remote controlled car packed with explosives under its gate.
Tom Whitehead
By Tom Whitehead, Security Editor
3:00PM BST 15 Apr 2013
The al-Qaeda inspired terror cell, from Luton, also discussed attacking MI5,
buying guns or driving a 4x4 car into crowded places, Woolwich Crown Court
heard.
Ringleader Zahid Iqbal, 31, helped organise for Jihadists to travel to
Pakistan for extremism training overseas through an al-Qaeda contact he had
there known as "Modern Sleeve".
But the cell decided to plan an attack in the UK after Iqbal lost contact
with his secret contact in Spring 2011, Max Hill QC prosecuting, said.
They discussed "multiple targets" but the men were under surveillance by MI5
and counter terrorism police who had listening devices in two of their cars.
Iqbal, 31, Mohammed Ahmed, 25, Syed Hussain, 21, Umar Arshad, 24, all
British and from Luton, all admitted a series of terrorism offences at an
earlier date and are expected to be sentenced on Tuesday.
In one of the secret recordings, Iqbal told Ahmed: "I was looking and drove
past like the TA centre, Marsh Road. At the bottom of their gate there's
quite a big gap.
"If you had a little toy car it drives underneath one of their vehicles or
something."
Ahmed said he could place a mobile phone instead of a timer on the car so
they cold control its detonation.
He was heard saying: "We can try it with something like very small first
time do you get me.
"You don't want to be expecting something huge and something little goes
off."
He added: "I can choose the exact moment and then not only that, to attach
it like a remote control car 'cause I saw that as well.
"Obviously the test run is going to be a bit hot. And you need to be careful
because you don't want to get caught."
The idea came from al-Qaeda's banned online magazine Inspire and the men
were also followers of the now dead Yemen-based terrorist An war al-Awake
who encouraged people to attack in whatever form they could.
They had originally planned to carry out Jihad overseas and underwent
several trips to Snowdonia to prepare themselves for conditions in the
mountains of Pakistan and Afghanistan, the court heard.
In one Snowdonia trip they undertook military style training drills and
marching and even used wooden logs as mock guns.
In other recordings, they talked about doing an "inside job against MI5
while another boasted to having a cousin in the US air force.
They also mentioned the English Defence League as a possible target.
The hearing continues.
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