“Al Qaeda-linked young men circulated beheading clippings while sitting in UK”
Prosecution told a UK court yesterday that as many as three young men arrested last year on charges of terrorism distributed violent al-Qaeda propaganda, including footage of the beheading of hostages, through the Internet “while sitting in Britain” with the objective of inciting terrorism.
The three men appeared before the Woolwich Crown Court and were accused of inciting terrorism abroad. They were said to have a “close affiliation” with al-Qaeda in Iraq, the group founded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Younis Tsouli (23), Waseem Mughal (24), and Tariq al-Daour (21), allegedly played important roles in al-Qaeda’s “media war” and had massive quantities of films, audio recordings, books and documents promoting the extremist ideology of Osama bin Laden and global jihad.
Appearing for the prosecution, Mark Ellison told the court: “Possession of this material is strong evidence of the depth of their adherence to the cause.”Collecting it, providing links for others to obtain it, applauding it, defending it – as we say these defendants did – as well as making it available to a wide audience on websites is strong evidence of the approval of it and of the ideology it seeks to justify.”
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