Friday, October 26, 2007

Jury sees 'terror training' video


The footage showed men holding sticks and doing forward rolls

Footage that allegedly shows a group of men practising military-style techniques in a New Forest terror training camp has been seen by a jury.

A British Army officer told Woolwich Crown Court that the drills were similar to those of al-Qaeda insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He said the mobile phone footage, shot in Hampshire, was also reminiscent of basic Army training.

Five men all deny charges of being involved in setting up training camps.

Among them is Mohammed Hamid, 50, who prosecutors say set up camps attended by the 21 July bomb plotters.

The other men are Mousa Brown, Kibley da Costa, Mohammed Al-Figari and Kader Ahmed.

The trial heard that Mr da Costa, Mr Hamid and Mr Ahmed all took part in the New Forest camp, but the other two defendants did not.

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