Woolwich Crown Court 6th June 2013.
Prosecutors described the actions of Omar Khan 28, Mohammed Saud 23, Jewel Udin 27, Zohaib Ahmed 22 and Anzal Hussain 25, as that of a tight knit and cohesive group who were intent on causing maximum destruction in their planned atack on an EDL rally at Dewsbury in April last year.
The planned attack was designed to cause a tit-for-tat reaction that would spiral out of control creating total mayhem in UK.
The attack was thwarted only because the men arrived at the rally at 4 pm, after most people had left due to the non-arrival of it's key speakers.
The five jihadists had driven from Birmingham, and on arrival at Dewsbury found that their planned target, the EDL rally, had disbanded and gone, so they then went to a local chipper and a mosque, then drove off home to Birmingham.
On the way home, a traffic officer did a random stop check on one of their vehicles and noticed that the regisration did not match the car, so impounded it.
When the vehicle was subsequently searched, a variety of weapons were found in it.
Within 48 hours, all five men involved were arrested and charged.
The five wannabe jihadists had printed their intentions on sheets of paper declaring their love for death and other attestations to their faith in Islam. These were found along with other documents in their homes as well as their plans for terrorism on a computer.
Also found was their weaponry of choice.
These included an improvised explosive device, (an IED, a bomb), two sawn off shotguns, swords, knives and a machete, according to a news report.
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