Forum Views ()
Forum Replies ()
Read more with google mobile :
British Airways worker guilty of plane terror plot
Yahoo!
My Yahoo!
Mail
More Yahoo! Services
Account Options
New User? Sign Up
Sign In
Help
Yahoo! Search
web search
Home
Singapore
Asia Pacific
World
Business
Entertainment
Sports
Technology
Weekend Edition
Africa
Europe
Latin America
Middle East
North America
British Airways worker guilty of plane terror plot
AFP - 36 minutes ago
Send
IM Story
Print
LONDON (AFP) - – A Bangladeshi Islamic militant working for British Airways was found guilty Monday of plotting to blow up a plane after conspiring with radical US-Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.
Rajib Karim, 31, was "committed to an extreme jihadist and religious cause" and was "determined to seek martyrdom", jurors at Woolwich Crown Court in London were told.
The jury convicted Karim of four counts of preparing terror attacks.
The IT worker, who moved with his wife and son to Newcastle in 2006, had admitted being involved in the production of a terrorist group's video, fundraising and volunteering for terror abroad.
Karim, a privately educated member of a middle-class family in Dhaka, was lured into becoming a staunch supporter of a radical organisation called Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh by his younger brother, Tehzeeb.
The trial heard that Karim first planned to attack BA's computer systems, but then offered to attempt to plant a bomb on a US-bound plane. Police arrested him before an attack could be carried out.
Colin Gibbs, a counter-terrorism lawyer for the Crown Prosecution Service, described Karim's determination to plan an attack as "frightening".
"The most chilling element of this case is probably the fact that Karim tried to enroll as cabin crew and anyone can imagine how horrific the consequences of this could have been, had he succeeded," Gibbs said.
The jury found Karim guilty of plotting to blow up an aircraft, sharing information of use to Awlaki, offering to help financial or disruptive attacks on BA and gaining a job in Britain to exploit terrorist purposes.
The bearded Karim, who showed no emotion as the jury delivered their verdict, had argued that he only moved to Britain to seek treatment for his son whom he feared had bowel cancer.
He will be sentenced on March 18.
The prosecution said Karim started to communicate in late 2009 with Awlaki, who is believed to have been hiding in a remote area of Yemen since 2007.
In excerpts from coded messages released by London police, a person named "prof," who authorities believed to be Awlaki, quizzed Karim over the security situation at the airport.
"Our highest priority is the US," Karim was told by "prof" in the recorded excerpt.
"With the people you have, is it possible to get a package or a person with a package on board a flight heading to the US? If that is not possible, then what ideas do you have that could be set up for the UK?" asked "prof."
Karim is the latest in a line of young men inspired to militancy by Awlaki's endorsement of violence as a religious duty.
A top US official recently described US-born Awlaki as "probably the most significant risk" to the United States.
Michael Leiter, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, told US lawmakers on February 9 that he posed a danger because of his influence both within and outside the United States.
Awlaki is suspected of being a leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and of instigating a string of attacks against the United States.
Recommend
Send
IM Story
Print
Related Articles
'All my people love me,' Kadhafi tells foreign media AFP - 2 hours 47 minutes ago
US freezes $30 bn in Libyan assets AFP - 16 minutes ago
Cut powerline electrocutes Brazil parade, 16 dead AFP - 25 minutes ago
UK-World Summary Reuters - 27 minutes ago
U.N. charge on Ivorian arms smuggling is denied Reuters - 27 minutes ago
News Search
Top Stories
US consumers curbed spending in January
Dior's Galliano hit by fresh anti-Semitism charges
EU seeks to bridge divisions over competitivity pact
Iran opposition leaders arrested: websites
Libya live report
More Top Stories »
Most Popular
Most Viewed
'Runaway millionaire' arrested in NZ: police
'I wanted to die', says quake penknife amputee
Oscars Live Report
Libya live report
Michelle Obama gets a Republican boost on obesity
More Most Viewed »
More Most Recommended »
Elsewhere on Yahoo!
Financial news on Yahoo! Finance
Stars and latest movies
Best travel destinations
More on Yahoo! News
Home
Singapore
Asia Pacific
World
Business
Entertainment
Sports
Technology
Weekend Edition
Subscribe to our news feeds
Top StoriesMy Yahoo!RSS
» More news feeds | What are news feeds?
Also on Yahoo!
Answers
Groups
Mail
Messenger
Mobile
Travel
Finance
Movies
Sports
Games
» All Yahoo! Services
Site Highlights
Singapore
Full Coverage
Most Popular
Entertainment
Photos
Yahoo! News Network
Copyright © 2011 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved.
Terms of Service |
Privacy Policy |
Community |
Intellectual Property Rights Policy |
Help
Other News on Tuesday, 1 March 2011 Iran opposition says leaders held, judiciary denies
Indian Ocean pirates hold seven Danes including three teens
Dior's Galliano hit by fresh anti-Semitism charges
Google repairing disrupted Gmail accounts
Iran arrests two opposition leaders
Egypt bans Mubarak and family from travel
Iran opposition leaders arrested: websites
Turkey touts tech credentials at CeBIT fair
Berlusconi tax fraud trial resumes
Libya live report
Libya live report
US-TECH Summary
Iran arrests two opposition leaders: opposition website
|
EU seeks to bridge divisions over competitivity pact
Analysis: After years of buying, Cisco may need to sell
US consumers curbed spending in January
Iran blames broken pump for atom fuel removal
Bahraini protesters move to parliament building
|
Eurozone inflation hits 2.3%, lower than estimated
Groupon launches online bargain site in China
Kadhafi, Mubarak slapped with travel bans
Revolution: "One more reason to visit Egypt"
Iran says it hopes for further nuclear talks
|
JPMorgan says tablets to grow into $35 billion market by 2012
Special report
Egypt agrees dates for referendum, polls: activist
|
Videogame makers seek footing on shifting landscape
Fidel Castro expected to resign as Cuba party chief
|
NATO: 4 service members killed in Afghanistan
Athens top city for online flirting-dating website
U.N. charge on Ivorian arms smuggling is denied
|
JPMorgan fund in talks to buy Twitter stake: report
Thailand to further probe killing of Reuters journalist
Jewish settlers protest home demolitions in West Bank
|
British Airways worker guilty of plane terror plot
Minimum and maximum temperatures in Celsius
US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary
Banks, law enforcement crack down on laundered drug money
Charlie Sheen escalates rants, publicist quits
Oscar telecast among least-watched, show panned
Fela! comes home to Nigeria
Search continues in rural Georgia for elderly Ohio couple
French actress Annie Girardot dies
Wisconsin budget protest continues as Republican pledges support for unions
The Razzies roasts film losers "The Last Airbender," "Sex and the City 2"
Unrepentant Charlie Sheen vows to sue TV producers
Three quakes shake Arkansas within 24 hours.
Zach Anner, Kristina Kuzmic-Crocco both win on Oprah's "Your OWN Show"
Analysis: After years of buying, Cisco may need to sell
|
Tom Cruise confirmed to star in "Rock of Ages" musical film
Savings in fuel cost helped Boeing win $35-billion Air Force contract
Chicago Children's Museum First Metropolitan Board Benefit A Success
Amy Adams wears $1.35 million baubles, Helena Bonham Carters shows off patriotism at the Oscars
Charlie Sheen escalates rants, publicist quits
|
Oscar telecast among least-watched, show panned
|
Iran says it hopes for further nuclear talks
Spanish police arrest four suspected ETA members
Japan camera prettifies subjects, even adds "makeup"
Ivory Coast's Gbagbo turns forces on UN
Egypt agrees dates for referendum, polls
Dior's Galliano hit by fresh anti-Semitism charges
Morgan Stanley hit by China-based hackers: report
N.Zealand quake to hit growth: finance minister
Iran opposition says leaders held
Website aims to transform New York's blighted areas
Japan's jobless rate steady, household spending dips
Gaddafi forces mass as world raises pressure on Libya
|
Japan's jobless rate unchanged at 4.9% in January
Google backs weather insurance startup
US awards first deepwater permit post-Gulf spill
South Korea urges North Korea to hold talks
|
SocialEyes lets Facebook friends video chat
Opposition says resuming exports of Libya's oil
Castro says Cuba's mass layoffs delayed
|
U.S. calls China's Baidu "notorious market"
EU seeks to bridge divisions over competitivity pact
New Zealand falls silent in quake memorial as toll rises
|
Vivendi seen posting higher 2010 profit, SFR in focus
Google, Khosla back weather insurance startup
U.N. charge on Ivorian arms smuggling is denied
|
Intel completes McAfee acquisition
U.S. moves warships closer to Libya, freezes assets
New Zealand falls silent in quake memorial, toll rises
US freezes $30 bn in Libyan assets
Buxom actress Jane Russell dead at 89
Philippines warns drug lords using Facebook
British Airways worker guilty of plane terror plot
ITC judge rules for Samsung in Spansion patent spat
South Korea urges North Korea to hold talks
US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary
Clinton says Gaddafi must go, foreign efforts grow
Malaysians tell of horror journey out of Libya
Xoom sales 'off to good start': Motorola CEO
Death penalty for 11 for in India train burning
Cambodia court rejects opposition leader's appeal
Women rally against "Eve teasing" in S. Asia
Air force jets crash during practice in Sri Lanka
U.S. calls China's Baidu notorious market
|
South says Koreas mustn't repeat 'dark history'
Will Charlie Sheen ever work again?
Morgan Stanley hit by China-based hackers: report
|
Voice from history exposed by New Zealand quake
Well, at least Canadian viewers liked the Oscars
Ex-Apple employee pleads guilty in kickback scheme
|
Legendary GI pin-up Jane Russell dies at 89
China rolls back press freedoms amid protest calls
Beady Eye: Liam Gallagher's life after Oasis
Google, Khosla back weather insurance startup
|
Buxom actress Jane Russell dead at 89
Website aims to transform New York's blighted areas
|
French Renaissance art gets royal treatment in US
GM South Korea unit to invest $4 bln over 3 yrs
Nelly Furtado to give away $1 million Gaddafi fee
Japan camera prettifies subjects, even adds makeup
|
S.Korea sukuk bill unlikely to pass soon
Pakistan
Strong South Korea Feb exports boost rate rise case
New Zealand commodity prices hit record high in Feb -ANZ
NZ 91-day T-bills yield 2.75 pct at tender
NZ FinMin says need to be flexible on surplus target
US group: Inflation biggest concern in S China
Toyota recalls 145,000 Corolla cars in Brazil
NZ earthquake to slash 2011 growth
Will Charlie Sheen ever work again?
|
Buxom actress Jane Russell dead at 89
|
Kirstie Alley, Ralph Macchio among Dancing stars
|
Nelly Furtado to give away $1 million Gaddafi fee
|
Well, at least Canadian viewers liked the Oscars
|
King's Speech and tradition triumph at Oscars
|
Oscar telecast among least-watched, show panned
|
German defence minister quits after plagiarism row
Iran denies opposition leaders jailed
Panasonic says has dropped game development project
Hat-trick hero Malinga destroys Kenya
Settlers rampage in W.Bank after outpost dismantled
German unemployment edges lower in February
Saudi economy sees no adverse impact from turmoil
Barclays buys Citigroup's Egg credit card division
Saudi authorities detain Shi'ite cleric over sermon
Oman army tries to disperse protests, wounds one
|
Iran forces fire teargas, clash with protesters
|
Chinese manufacturing slows in February
NATO: 3 service members killed in Afghanistan
Tens of thousands protest in Yemen, clashes in south
|
Settlers rampage in West Bank after outpost dismantled
|
Gaddafi speech turned into dance remix, goes viral on YouTube
German defense minister quits in plagiarism row
|
Egypt military sets short timetable for democracy
|
Japan lower house passes budget, PM's outlook bleak
Ivorian troops shot at arms investigators: U.N.
|
Malaysia court allows tribes to fight land claim
British press celebrates Oscar success
Laureate Yunus faces removal from Grameen Bank
New bird flu cases strike West Java, Indonesia
China's population now stands at 1.34b
Oscar winner Portman condemns Dior designer Galliano
Revamped China history museum skips taboo subjects
Surrogacy banned under Malaysian fatwa
British press celebrates Oscar success
China sets out disputes facing "arduous" climate talks
Supreme Court rejects AT&T corporate privacy rights
|
WikiLeaks, Internet in record Nobel Peace field
|
Kirstie Alley, Ralph Macchio among "Dancing" stars
Panasonic says has dropped game development project
|
Diddy-Dirty Money announce first-ever U.S. tour
Wisconsin governor to outline budget plan Monday as protest continues
U.S. doctors want tanning beds off limits to minors
Suddenly quitting smoking with little effort may be early sign of lung cancer
Two and a Half Men crew will get paid for canceled episodes
U.S. freezes $30 billion of Libyan assets
U.S. grants deepwater drill permit to Noble Energy for Gulf of Mexico site
JPMorgan fund wants to become minority shareholder in Twitter
Federal agents arrest Masseys security chief over lying to FBI in mine explosion probe
U.S. hesitates to support Crown Prince and define post-Gaddafi Libya
Dior fires Galliano after racism video
|
Oscar winner Portman condemns Dior designer Galliano
|
Harry Potter finale gets Trafalgar Square premiere
|
Nelly Furtado to give away $1 million Gaddafi fee
|
Charlie Sheen escalates war of words with TV bosses
|
Gaddafi speech turned into dance remix, goes viral on YouTube
Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro
Bodies of missing Tenn. mom, Jo Ann Bain, and daughter found
Female Breasts Are Bigger Than Ever
AMD Trinity Accelerated Processing Units Now in Volume Production
The Avengers (2012 film), made the second biggest opening- and single-day gross of all-time
AMD to Start Production of piledriver
Ivy Bridge Quad-Core, Four-Thread Desktop CPUs
Islamists Protest Lady Gaga's Concert in Indonesia
Japan Successfully Broadcasts an 8K Signal Over the Air
ECB boosts loans to 1 trillion Euro to stop credit crunch
Egypt : Mohammed Morsi won with 52 percent
What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up
AMD Launches AMD Embedded R-Series APU Platform
Fed Should not Ignore Emerging Market Crisis
Fed casts shadow over India, emerging markets
Why are Chinese tourists so rude? A few insights