Computer data celebrated 9/11 terror attack

Published on Wednesday 16 April 2008 22:10

AN ARTICLE rejoicing in the actions of "The Nineteen Lions" who carried out the 9/11 terrorist attacks was found on the computer of a man accused of helping the 7 July bombers, a court heard yesterday.

The rambling text which hails the suicide attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington DC as "the single most courageous and momentous act of modern history" were discovered on a PC belonging to Mohammed Shakil.

A jury was told the computer also contained video clips of weapons being fired and mujahideen fighters in caves – accompanied by the sound of Islamic singing and chanting.

Shakil, 31, from Beeston, Leeds, is standing trial with two other men, Waheed Ali, 24, of east London, and Sadeer Saleem, 27, also from Beeston, accused of conspiring with the four suicide bombers who murdered 52 people when they set off bombs on London's transport network in 2005. The defendants deny the charge.

The jury at Kingston Crown Court was today read the full 13-page text of "The Nineteen Lions" article which appeared on the Ummah.com website.

The article criticises at length American actions overseas and claims 9/11 was the "defining moment in the battle between those who wish to destroy Islam and those who wish to make the Name of Allah Most High."

The jury were shown stills from a second clip found on the computer which showed fighters in caves, in a location resembling Afghanistan, firing weapons and chanting.