Thu, May 25, 2006 at 4:08:31 pm
A secret security service recording was played in the trial of an alleged British terror cell today, in which this group of misunderstanders of Islam discussed blowing up a large British nightclub.
An alleged British terror cell talked of blowing up London’s Ministry of Sound nightclub, the Old Bailey heard today.
Jurors were played secret security service recordings in which two members of the alleged cell discussed possible terror targets in the capital and across England. Jawad Akbar and Omar Khyam, both members of the group - which was allegedly linked to al-Qaida - considered the Ministry of Sound, which can hold up to 1,800 people, to be an easy target. Mr Akbar said they would not be blamed for killing innocent people at the club but “those slags dancing around”, the jury heard.
Mr Khyam was heard apparently discussing hitting gas supplies with the help of recruits using inside knowledge. However, Akbar said the south London venue was a softer target for an attack because it would be easy to get a job there, the prosecution claimed.
However, he allegedly went on to say that targeting a venue that “every Tom, Dick and Harry” goes to on a Saturday night “would be crazy”. When Mr Khyam asked him what he planned to do if he got a job at the club, Mr Akbar replied: “Blow the whole thing up.”
Mr Khyam added: “The explosion in the clubs, yeah, that’s fine, bro, that’s not a problem. The training for that is available. To get them into the Ministry of Sound really isn’t difficult.”