UK Man Planned To Detonate Dirty Bomb In London

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6 November 2006

Man 'planned massive explosions'

BBC -- A Muslim convert planned to detonate a dirty bomb
and launch an attack on London's Tube, a court has heard.

Former Hindu Dhiren Barot, 34, from London, planned "massive
explosions" in a synchronised attack in the US and UK.

Barot, who admitted conspiracy to murder last month, planned to pack
limousines with gas cylinders and also use a radioactive "dirty" bomb.

Lawyers for Barot have insisted that he had neither funding nor bomb-
making materials at the time he was caught.

Barot, from Kingsbury in north-west London, is to be sentenced on
Tuesday.

The would-be bomber planned attacks on various unspecified targets in
Britain, prosecution QC Edmund Lawson said.

"There were plans for the detonation of a radiation dispersal device,
more commonly known as a dirty bomb, the use of a petrol tanker to
cause an explosion, and an attack on London's rail or Underground
network, including the Heathrow Express, of an explosion on a Tube train
while in a tunnel under the River Thames."

The prosecution said Barot had written: "Imagine the chaos that would
be caused if a powerful explosion were to rip through here [London] and
actually rupture the river itself.

"That would cause pandemonium, what with the explosions, flooding,
drowning etc that would occur."

Barot also planned to target the IMF and the World Bank in Washington
DC.

The New York Stock Exchange building and the Citigroup headquarters,
as well as the Prudential building in Newark, New Jersey, were also
among his targets.

Barot admired the Madrid train bombings and wrote he was bent on
creating "another black day for the enemies of Islam and a victory for
the Muslims", Mr Lawson said.

At the heart of Barot's plot was a scheme entitled "gas limos project",
uncovered in a document signed by him and found in Pakistan, Mr
Lawson said.

Barot had planned to fill limousines with gas cylinders and detonate them
in underground car parks near financial institutions.

Mr Lawson said Barot had dubbed the Madrid attacks "the definitive
accident" which "deserves to be emulated more than any other". The
plotter had travelled to Pakistan to brief his "terrorist masters", the court
heard.

Barot's plans for bombings in the US were initiated before the 11
September attacks, then shelved, but worked on as late as February
2004, Mr Lawson maintained.

These US plans were used in the planning of synchronised attacks in the
UK, he added.

"The gas limos project might be seen as the culmination of Barot's
murderous plans.

"There were various possible methods of attack raised for consideration,
including part of what was to be considered for the UK.

"They included parking limousines packed with explosives next to or
underneath the target buildings, arson, by means of hijacked petrol
tankers, or igniting gas cylinders and even possibly the use of an
aeroplane."

The court heard how Barot had used false identities, and at least one
false passport, and had only been caught because of a "meticulous and
impressive" police operation with input from British, American and
Pakistani intelligence.




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[MelT]

Although I don't doubt for one second the sincerity of the bomber and his hopes, this is another red-herring to keep us all aware of the 'war on terror'. If you read the background to the case there was zero chance of him being able to make a dirty bomb or get access to the materials. Whether or not he could have ever got any of his other plans together is equally doubtful. A Walter Mitty character, but yes, nuts.

Out of the various people shot dead as supposed terrorists, or accused of terrorism in the UK over the last months, he's the only one who even came close to being a real threat. Nice he's under lock and key, but this is a poor catch that's being made to look important for the media.

MelT

[Kalect]

"Lawyers for Barot have insisted that he had neither funding nor bomb-
making materials at the time he was caught."

You have to be a greedy money grubbin motherfucker to represent an admitted terrorist....

[Rasta_Man]

The wonderful world of international black ops.

This is just the 10% of the iceberg we see.

[Dr Rockster]

Well I for one am glad the prick is off the streets.

40 years to life.

Enjoy you terrorist dickhead.

[RuffRat]

Man, that sickens me, i read it in a news paper, and beacuse i live in london, it makes me not want to use the Tube system...

But thank god we have an efficent police force...

[Dr Rockster]

Originally Posted by RuffRat

Man, that sickens me, i read it in a news paper, and beacuse i live in london, it makes me not want to use the Tube system...

But thank god we have an efficent police force...

We're ya balls? Everyday you dont ride the tube they are fucking winning.

[RuffRat]

I didn't say i dont use it, i just don't fancy getting blown up, then flooded.

I use the tube as its one of the most efficent public transport systems...

[glass_girl420]

This shit scares the shit out of me as well.

[Dr Rockster]

Originally Posted by glass_girl420

This shit scares the shit out of me as well.

Jesus,get some perspective girl puleeze.

You've more chance of being in a plane crash than being directly involved in a terrorist incident.

Don't let them do this to you.

[br3ad_]

And people think we'll be around for another 10 years..

Ha!, there's gonna be a time where they dont catch it, and BAM half of the US is gone..

Time will tell how many years civilization has left.

Jesus,get some perspective girl puleeze.

You've more chance of being in a plane crash than being directly involved in a terrorist incident.

Don't let them do this to you.

So? Maybe shes not scared to be directly involved, but more so scared and worried for those that are involved, kinda like the 911, shit i was scared, who knows, that mighta happened near me and hurt someone close..

[glass_girl420]

Planes scare me more then that.

[Dr Rockster]

Originally Posted by br3ad_

And people think we'll be around for another 10 years..

Ha!, there's gonna be a time where they dont catch it, and BAM half of the US is gone..

Time will tell how many years civilization has left.



So? Maybe shes not scared to be directly involved, but more so scared and worried for those that are involved, kinda like the 911, shit i was scared, who knows, that mighta happened near me and hurt someone close..

But it did'nt otherwise you would'nt be writing about it.

'Ooh I'm scared' plays directly into their hands.

[Eckolaker]

This is definately a "Red herring".

Just like those 7 guys arrested in florida who were allegedly going to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago. None of them had plans, weapons, money, educations, etc. The one thing they all had in common was an under-cover FBI agent who was pushing these guys to carry out a plot.


Or about about all those arrests in connection with Liquid explosives on planes. Much like Operation Bojinko(SP)...Now we have all these restrictions as to what can be carried on board a plane.

Anyone with half a brain, would relize that the plot allegedly cooked up by these guys, would have been next to impossible to carry out.

[Dr Rockster]

Originally Posted by Eckolaker

This is definately a "Red herring".

Just like those 7 guys arrested in florida who were allegedly going to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago. None of them had plans, weapons, money, educations, etc. The one thing they all had in common was an under-cover FBI agent who was pushing these guys to carry out a plot.


Or about about all those arrests in connection with Liquid explosives on planes. Much like Operation Bojinko(SP)...Now we have all these restrictions as to what can be carried on board a plane.

Anyone with half a brain, would relize that the plot allegedly cooked up by these guys, would have been next to impossible to carry out.

Sorry you are wrong.The change in what you are allowed to carry onboard is a direct result of intel gleaned from busts on extremists in the UK.They've MADE the stuff nd it's real easy to use.

Knocking a plane out of the sky if you have no consideration for your self is easy fucking peasy.