Turkish Cypriot & Tanzanian Jailed for ‘Terror Camps’ in UK

One of the largest counter-terrorism trials in the UK has ended with men convicted of involvement in training camps around the country. Full details on the convictions and sentences at Woolwich Crown Court. Turkish Cypriot Atilla Ahmet, 43, of Bromley, Kent, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey in September 2007 to three counts of soliciting to murder in connection with Hamid’s camps and home talks. Other charges were to lie on file. Ahmet will be sentenced at a later date Also a preacher and a long-term friend of Hamid, he was the official leader of the group born and raised in south London. The father of four worked as a football coach before embracing radical Islam in 1998. His hatred of kuffars, or non-Muslims, was matched only by his contempt for “munafiqs”, the Arabic word for hypocrite, which he used to describe any moderate Muslim who did not back his agenda. Tanzanian, Mohammed Hamid, 50, of Hackney, east London, was the leader of the training camps. He was found guilty of three counts of soliciting murder and three counts of providing terrorist training. He was found not guilty of two counts of soliciting murder, one count of providing weapons training and possessing a record containing information likely to be useful to a terrorist. Hamid will be sentenced at a later date. A preacher and reformed drug addict, the man who also described himself as “Osama bin London” was the main organiser of training camps and paintball fights. A father of six, Hamid was born into …
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