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Thursday, 12 October 2006, 14:03 GMT 15:03 UK
Man admits UK-US terror bomb plot
One of the targets was the New York Stock Exchange
A man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder people in terrorist campaigns in Britain and the US.
One of the targets was the New York Stock Exchange
Dhiren Barot, of north London, planned to use a radioactive "dirty bomb" in one of a series of attacks in the UK, Woolwich Crown Court has heard.
He intended to cause "injury, fear, terror and chaos", the court was told.
Barot, 34, also plotted to carry out explosions in US financial buildings that were "designed to kill as many innocent people as possible".
Prosecuting QC Edmund Lawson said plans had been found by police on a computer after Barot was arrested in August 2004.
The plans were for attacks on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank buildings in Washington, the New York Stock Exchange and Citigroup buildings in New York and the Prudential buildings in Newark, New Jersey.
"These being plans...to carry out explosions at those premises with no warning, they were basically designed to kill as many innocent people as possible," said Mr Lawson.
The defendant also plotted to blow up three limousines "packed" with gas cylinders and explosives in underground car parks in the UK, the court heard.
Mr Lawson said the plot - known as the Gas Limos Project - was to form the "main cornerstone" of a series of synchronised attacks in the UK.
Other bombings being planned included the so-called "Dirty Bomb Project".
Mr Lawson said this plot was designed to achieve "a number of further and collateral objectives such as to cause injury, fear, terror and chaos".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6044938.stm
Man admits UK-US terror bomb plot
One of the targets was the New York Stock Exchange
A man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder people in terrorist campaigns in Britain and the US.
One of the targets was the New York Stock Exchange
Dhiren Barot, of north London, planned to use a radioactive "dirty bomb" in one of a series of attacks in the UK, Woolwich Crown Court has heard.
He intended to cause "injury, fear, terror and chaos", the court was told.
Barot, 34, also plotted to carry out explosions in US financial buildings that were "designed to kill as many innocent people as possible".
Prosecuting QC Edmund Lawson said plans had been found by police on a computer after Barot was arrested in August 2004.
The plans were for attacks on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank buildings in Washington, the New York Stock Exchange and Citigroup buildings in New York and the Prudential buildings in Newark, New Jersey.
"These being plans...to carry out explosions at those premises with no warning, they were basically designed to kill as many innocent people as possible," said Mr Lawson.
The defendant also plotted to blow up three limousines "packed" with gas cylinders and explosives in underground car parks in the UK, the court heard.
Mr Lawson said the plot - known as the Gas Limos Project - was to form the "main cornerstone" of a series of synchronised attacks in the UK.
Other bombings being planned included the so-called "Dirty Bomb Project".
Mr Lawson said this plot was designed to achieve "a number of further and collateral objectives such as to cause injury, fear, terror and chaos".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6044938.stm