UK woman guilty of terrorism offences

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A woman hairdresser of Asian origin, who was believed to have been plotting an attack against the Jewish communities of Manchester along with her husband, was today found guilty of terrorism offences following a trial at a British court.

38-year-old Shasta Khan, from Oldham in north England, was convicted of engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism and two counts of possessing a record of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, during her trial that took place at the Manchester Crown Court, police said.

Shasta and her husband Mohammed Sajid Khan, 34, were believed to have been in the early stages of building an improvised explosive device to target Jewish communities in Manchester.

However, their plot was foiled by officers from the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, the Greater Manchester Police said.

Mohammed Sajid Khan had pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism at an earlier hearing.

The couple are now due to be sentenced tomorrow. The couple married just six weeks after they met on an Internet dating site, and just a few months later were actively listening to and reading extremist al-Qaeda-inspired material, the police said.

Between March and July 2011, the couple began to access online bomb-making manuals and acquired everyday household items from supermarkets and high street retailers which could be used to construct a viable, and deadly, explosive device within the confines of their marital home, which also doubled

as Shasta Khan's hairdressing salon.

“It is believed they were preparing to carry out a terrorist attack in Britain, with the most likely target being the Jewish communities of Manchester. Evidence of the couple driving around these communities to look at possible targets in these areas was found, along with extremist literature

espousing anti-Semitic and violent 'jihadist' beliefs,” the police statement said.

Their plan was unravelled after police were initially called to reports of a domestic assault, but a family member intimated that possible terrorist acts were being committed and the counter-terrorism investigation was launched.

UK woman guilty of terrorism offences - Indian Express

[Hasbara Buster]

How terrible! lol..

[shivajithesavior]

How terrible! lol..

why are you happy with the news?

[Aeronaut]

Post an UK newspaper link as well please.

[Cloakedvessel]

Post an UK newspaper link as well please.

BBC News - Oldham wife Shasta Khan guilty of Jewish jihad plan

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Oldham wife Shasta Khan guilty of Jewish jihad plan
Shasta Khan and Mohammed Sajid Khan The prosecution said Shasta Khan planned terrorist attacks with her husband at their Oldham home
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Woman denies 'jihad at home' plan

A woman from Oldham has been found guilty of helping her husband plan a terrorist attack in an attempt to carry out "jihad at home".

Shasta Khan, 38, denied being involved with Mohammed Sajid Khan's plans to attack Bury's Jewish community.

She was found guilty of engaging in preparation for terrorism and two counts of possessing information useful for terrorism.

Mr Khan, 33, pleaded guilty to the charges at an earlier hearing.




Convicted: Shasta Khan, 38, left, and her husband, Mohammed Sajid Khan, 33, right, bought substances and equipment from supermarkets to assemble an improvised explosive device. Both will be sentenced tomorrow

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Police discovered a cache of terror-related material after being called to a domestic dispute at the couple's home last July.
'Radicalised on internet'

It included beheading videos, propaganda glorifying Osama bin Laden, and bomb-making guides.

Peroxide and bleach, used by Mrs Khan in her work as a hairdresser, could have been used to make an improvised explosive device (IED), the court heard.

The jury was told that one of the most significant finds at the couple's house was a plastic bag from an electrical shop that contained electrical wires, Christmas tree lights, bulbs and a battery.

An article from an al Qaida magazine entitled "Make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom" offered a step-by-step guide, from how to get ingredients without raising suspicion, to building a bomb, incorporating the use of Christmas lights.

The jury was told that IED ingredients listed in the guide matched the items found at the defendant's home.

During Mrs Khan's trial at Manchester Crown Court, which lasted almost a month, prosecutor Bobbie Cheema told the court the couple had become "radicalised by material found on the internet such as an al-Qaeda magazine called Inspire".

They did not achieve the production of a functioning bomb and did not have the final ability to carry out the attack but they looked at possible locations for an attack, Miss Cheema said.

Their sat-nav showed they had been on multiple trips to Jewish areas around Greater Manchester, mainly Prestwich.

Miss Cheema added the "path from radicalisation to atrocity" was broken perhaps because of "internal domestic affairs" between the couple.
Mohammed Sajid and Shasta Khan's house Police discovered a cache of terror-related material after being called to the couple's home

They met via a Muslim dating website in July 2010 and married soon afterwards but by July of last year the relationship was suffering real problems, the jury heard.

When a "serious row" developed Mr Khan left home to go back to his parents' house in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

Two days later he returned but there was more trouble between the husband and wife and her family, resulting in him assaulting his father-in-law.

When the police called to the address in Foster Street to deal with the domestic dispute, one of Mrs Khan's brothers told them: "We have something that I think might be interesting to you, I think he's a home-grown terrorist," Miss Cheema told the jury.

The wife then took the opportunity to "spill the beans" and cause "serious trouble" for her husband - but left out her own involvement in any terror offences.

The jury cleared Mrs Khan of a third charge of possessing information useful for committing or preparing for an act of terrorism.

She will be sentenced along with her husband on Friday

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[JAMMY]

Nice job UK police.

[Safriz]

read the wordings..
Back to middle ages witch hunt,arent we.

'radicalized on the internet'

[shivajithesavior]

the guy looks so innocent,man these brain washers are ruining south asia people

[Safriz]

its another thing that internet is being strictly scrutinized in UK,and no charges were made against ISP for allowing the 'step by step guide' of making a WMD the woman must have watched on internet...or the high altitude ceramic fuse she must have bought on ebay..
What a load of farce....

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its another thing that internet is being strictly scrutinized in UK,and no charges were made against ISP for allowing the 'step by step guide' of making a WMD the woman must have watched on internet...or the high altitude ceramic fuse she must have bought on ebay..
What a load of farce....

You have a point but i think its pretty hard to check everything.

internet is safest place to those who know it, baddest to those who don;t