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06/11/2006
Details of 'dirty bomb' plot revealed
Details of a 'dirty bomb' plot hatched by a British man have been revealed at Woolwich Crown Court.
Dhiren Barot, 34, from London had planned a series of "massive" sychronised attacks in the UK and US, the court heard.
Edmund Lawson QC, prosecuting, said that Barot had admired the Madrid bombings and wanted to "emulate" them and had written that he wanted to achieve "another black day for the enemies of Islam and a victory for the Muslims".
His plots included a scheme called the "gas limos project", which involved filling limousines with gas cylinders and exploding them in car parks close to target buildings such as financial institutions, as well as the radioactive 'dirty' bomb plot.
Barot had also planned a series of bombings in the US, which were initiated before the September 11 attacks. The targets were the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington DC, as well as the New York Stock Exchange, the Citigroup headquarters and the Prudential building in Newark, New Jersey.
Barot, from Kingsbury in north-west London, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder last month.
He was described by prosecutors as a member or close associate of al Qaeda. His lawyers, however, have insisted that Barot was not in possession of funding or bomb-making equipment when he was arrested.
He is due to be sentenced on Tuesday.
(KMcA)
Dhiren Barot, 34, from London had planned a series of "massive" sychronised attacks in the UK and US, the court heard.
Edmund Lawson QC, prosecuting, said that Barot had admired the Madrid bombings and wanted to "emulate" them and had written that he wanted to achieve "another black day for the enemies of Islam and a victory for the Muslims".
His plots included a scheme called the "gas limos project", which involved filling limousines with gas cylinders and exploding them in car parks close to target buildings such as financial institutions, as well as the radioactive 'dirty' bomb plot.
Barot had also planned a series of bombings in the US, which were initiated before the September 11 attacks. The targets were the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington DC, as well as the New York Stock Exchange, the Citigroup headquarters and the Prudential building in Newark, New Jersey.
Barot, from Kingsbury in north-west London, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder last month.
He was described by prosecutors as a member or close associate of al Qaeda. His lawyers, however, have insisted that Barot was not in possession of funding or bomb-making equipment when he was arrested.
He is due to be sentenced on Tuesday.
(KMcA)
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