Post by Focus on Apr 30, 2013 10:22:14 GMT
Six Muslim terrorists have admitted planning to attack a rally by the far-right English Defence League with homemade bombs, guns and knives.
The al-Qaeda inspired Birmingham gang may have wanted to assassinate EDL leader Tommy Robinson, who had been due to speak at the event.
Tommy Robinson, leader of the EDL
The plot, last summer, only failed by sheer luck because the Jihadist group turned up too late and the rally had already finished.
And they were only caught by another stroke of luck because an error by one of the terrorists when taking out car insurance led to one of their vehicles being stopped by a traffic officer as they returned home.
Even then, the car, loaded with homemade bombs, weapons and a letter attacking the Queen and detailing the plot, sat in pound for two days before the terror cache was discovered.
The atrocity almost came off even though one of the cell was under surveillance by MI5 and police after being investigated during another Birmingham terror plot the year before.
Another was also on bail for separate terror charges after being found with editions of the banned al-Qaeda online magazine Inspire.
Jewel Uddin, 27, Omar Khan, 28, Mohammed Hasseen, 23, Mohammed Saud, 22, Zohaib Kamran Ahmed, 22, and Anzal Hussain, 24, all from Birmingham, today admitted intending to commit acts of terrorism.
They had planned to attack an EDL rally in Dewsbury on June 30 last year, just weeks before the 2012 Olympics were due to start.
Supporters of The English Defence League hold a demonstration of support for Dutch politican Geert Wilders in Westminster'
They had gone armed with a bomb adapted from a standard firework, three homemade pipe bombs, two sawn-off shotguns and a number of knives and machetes.
Mr Robinson had been due to speak at the event but pulled out at the last minute and police cannot rule out that he may have been the target.
Had the attack happened it would almost certainly have sparked a race war between far right groups and Muslim fanatics.
Copies of a letter, likely to have been distributed during or after the attack, also insulted the Queen as a “kuffir devil” and said the EDL or “English Drunkards League” was being attacked in retaliation for blasphemy of Allah and the prophet Muhammed.
Although it remains unclear whether the terrorists planned to martyr themselves, the letter, which was addressed to the Queen and David Cameron, added that they “love death more than you love life.”
