Sun 26 Mar 06
This pint taste funny to you?
A Jihadist wannabe planned to poison the beer in an English football stadium, according to a report in The Times:
An Islamist terrorist sold poisoned burgers from a street-corner van and planned to contaminate beer at a football stadium, the Old Bailey was told yesterday.
The alleged extremist, one of seven on trial for plotting to blow up British targets, was also said to have suggested poisoning takeaway food and sabotaging BT.
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Fired up for jihad (holy war), the men were said to be keen to fight in Afghanistan but were told by Mr Mahmood that this was not possible — the country was closed to foreigners.
Mr Mahmood, who worked for Transco National Grid, then allegedly gave examples of possible British targets to his accomplices. Some were intended to cause maximum financial damage by hitting utilities or telecommunication plants.
The court was told that other suggestions included taking a job as a beer-seller at a football stadium, smuggling in poison in a syringe. Babar said Mr Mahmood claimed that he had already sold toxic burgers from a mobile van.
That would explain the burgers I had outside Stamford Bridge a few years ago. As for the beer, the story doesn’t say which stadium was targeted, but if he wanted to get his 72 virgins really quickly, it was probably The Den.
Damian P.
