Internet Haganah::Haganah b' Internet

01 March 2006

The Decline and Fall of Irhabi007: Episode Two, The Bust

The point of this story is simple but important:

There is no wall, no dividing line, nothing separating online jihadist activity from off-line/real-world jihadist activity (i.e terrorism). The two are inseparable.

The story of how Irhabi007 came to reside in Belmarsh Prison starts in Bosnia. For reasons that are still unclear to us, on 19 October 2005 police in Bosnia arrested 19-year-old Mirsad Bektasevic, a Swedish citizen, and Cesur Abdulkadir, age 18, of Turkey, in Sarajevo. Found in their possession was a suicide bomb belt that was ready to go, along with other explosives, firearms and a video of masked men asking for Allah's forgiveness for the 'sacrifice' they were about to commit. Arrests were also made in Denmark.

Evidence recovered in Sarajevo led directly to the arrest of Younis Tsouli (Irhabi007), Waseem Mughal and a third associate, Tariq al-Daour, on 21 and 22 October respectively.

A British official familiar with their case said the three British suspects were arrested in connection with the two in Sarajevo and the seven in Denmark. The official alleged that a conspiracy had been under way involving the three suspects in London and the two in Bosnia, and that they had exchanged phone numbers. The official said materials found during the Sarajevo raid included 19 kilograms (42 pounds) of plastic explosives.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the British court that is handling the three men's case has barred the British media from publishing evidence about it. [source]

In accordance with the provisions of the Terrorism Act, an initial round of charges was filed against Irhabi007 and his UK associates. In summary:

(A) Younis Tsouli, 22, of Richmond Way, Shepherd's Bush
• he had in his bedroom a video, on a computer hard drive, showing how to make a car bomb
• he possessed a video, on a hard drive, showing a number of places in Washington DC and including a CRBN (chemical, radiological, biological and nuclear) vehicle.
• before October 31 this year he, with Mughal and others, conspired together to murder a person unknown
• he "unlawfully and maliciously" conspired together with Mughal and others to cause an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life in the United Kingdom
• he conspired to dishonestly obtain property from credit cards belonging to others

(B) Waseem Mughal, 22, of Railway Street, Chatham
• he had in his bedroom a DVD entitled "Martyrdom Operations Vest"
• he had a piece of paper with the words in Arabic "Welcome to Jihad"
• he possessed a piece of paper containing the words "Hospital attack"
• he possessed a piece of paper with information about a recipe for rocket propellant and guidance on causing an explosion
• before October 31 this year he, with Tsouli and others, conspired together to murder a person unknown
• he "unlawfully and maliciously" conspired together with Tsouli and others to cause an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life in the United Kingdom
• he conspired to dishonestly obtain property from credit cards belonging to others

(C) Tariq Al-Daour, 19, of Queens Court, Queens Way, Paddington, West London
• he received money which he knew would be used for the purposes of terrorism
• he conspired with others to obtain money by deception
• he conspired to dishonestly obtain property from credit cards belonging to others

As noted above, the arrest in Sarajevo also led to the detention of seven people in Denmark, identified so far only as "young Muslims".