An update on this story. "Six charged with terrorism offences," from BBC News, September 25:
Six men have been charged with terrorism offences, including a suspected suicide bombing campaign, West Midlands Police have said.
Four of the men were charged with preparing for an act of terrorism in the UK, and two with failing to disclose information.
It follows a police operation in Birmingham last week.
The six, all from Birmingham and aged between 25 and 32, will appear at West London Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Irfan Nasser, 30, of Sparkhill, and Irfan Khalid, 26, of Balsall Heath, are accused of preparing for an act of terrorism, including travelling to Pakistan for training in terrorism, making a martyrdom video and planning a bombing campaign.
They are accused of constructing a home-made explosive device for terrorist acts and stating an intention to be a suicide bomber.
Seventh man
Ashik Ali, 26, of Balsall Heath, is accused of preparing for an act of terrorism, which involved planning a bombing campaign, providing premises for the planning of terrorist attack and stating an intention to be a suicide bomber.
Rahin Ahmed, 25, of Moseley, is accused of helping fund terrorist acts.
Mohammed Rizwan, 32, and Bahader Ali, 28, both of Sparkbrook, are both charged with failing to disclose information about potential acts of terrorism.
It is alleged that between 29 July and 19 September this year, both had information which they knew may help prevent the commission of an act of terrorism but did not disclose the information.
Mr Ali is also charged with providing money for the purposes of terrorism.
The offences are alleged to have taken place between Christmas Day 2010 and 19 September this year.
A seventh man from the city, aged 20, who was arrested on Thursday, continues to be questioned. Officers have until 29 September to charge, release or apply for further time.
The men were arrested as part of an operation carried out by the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit. The arrests were unarmed, pre-planned and intelligence-led.
Well nabbed WMCTU.
It is necessary to politically decode such BBC 'reports':
words 'Muslim' and 'Islam' censored out.
Dhimmis wilful-as-ever.
"It is alleged that between 29 July and 19 September this year, both had information which they knew may help prevent the commission of an act of terrorism but did not disclose the information."
I, and most readers of this site, have been in possession of information which we know beyond doubt would help prevent commission of acts of terrorism... But although we attempt to disclose this information to the authorities on a regular basis, nobody is listening!
As for the censorship pointed out by Thomas Pellow, above, you just need to add one of the words 'Muslim' or 'Islamic' in front of any word that starts with 'terror'. It reads quite well if you use them alternately - and makes a lot more sense that the Al-BBCeera version.
No mention of Islam in the article, but with the reference to Pakistan, Martyrdom videos and terrorism, it's pretty clear they must be Methodists.
No mention of Islam in the article, but with the reference to Pakistan, Martyrdom videos and terrorism, it's pretty clear they must be Methodists.
The Muslims always get particularly murderous in the run up to Christmas. Watch out for more terrorist attacks as Christmas approaches: http://crombouke.blogspot.com/2011/03/islams-jihad-against-christmas.html
I read the story on skynews.com out of the UK. A long piece, and not one mention of Islam, or the fact these men are all muslims.
"Terror suspects 'had made martyrdom video to be released once they carried out UK bomb plot'"
http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_display.cfm/blog_id/38105
Just because they're terrorists doesn't mean they have to do jail time. %hen again, I've become cynical about British justice as it is practiced today.
How many more of them are there? Now that they are within the gates, they will never stop unless we stop treating these terror plots as simple crimes.
Strip them of their British passports.
Send them - and their extended families, who probably also had a pretty good idea of what they might be up to - back to Pakistan whence they or their parents came.
With full descriptions circulated to all non-Muslim gatekeepers, and the instruction: "Dangerous. Do not admit these persons back into the lands of the non-Muslims".
Why did they bother to arrest them; they'll be tried, maybe convicted, and they might serve two years for their botched, diabolical plot. AFter all, they didn't really do anything and I'm sure their court-appointed attorneys will insist it was all a game, just a group of young, bored, unemployed muslim men doing what they do to kill time between prayers. Poor dears are unemployed because of discrimination, so none of this is their fault, they are innocent victims.
Seems rather foolish to walk into a terrorist nest unarmed; this is bound to result in tragedy eventually but I guess it makes the 'Asian community' feel better.