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January 29, 2008
Those Darn Presbyterians
No one seems to understand their peaceful ways
A 37-year-old Birmingham man has pleaded guilty to plotting to kidnap and kill a British soldier.Parviz Khan, an unemployed charity worker, intended to seize and behead the unnamed Muslim serviceman "like a pig", Leicester Crown Court was told.
Three other men, Basiru Gassama, 30, Mohammed Irfan, 31, and Hamid Elasmar, 44, have admitted other offences connected with Khan's plot.
The court heard Amjad Mahmood, 32, and Zahoor Iqbal, 30, denied involvement.
The jury was told how Khan, of Alum Rock, intended to kidnap the soldier while on a night out, behead him in a lock-up garage and then release footage of the killing on the internet.
"Behead him like a pig." Nice.
Peaceful, even.
Mr Mahmood denies knowing about Khan's plot and failing to disclose information about it, while Mr Iqbal denies possessing a computer disc called Encyclopaedia Jihad, which would be likely to be useful to a terrorist.
I wonder if the "Encyclopedia Jihad" books are anything like the "Encyclopedia Brown" books I loved as a kid?
Posted by Mr. Bingley at January 29, 2008 07:24 AM