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Man jailed for 'terror manual'
11/03/2008 21:30 - (SA)
London - A close friend of two of the bombers in the July 2005 suicide attacks in London was jailed for 16 months on Tuesday for possessing an al-Qaeda training manual.
Khalid Khaliq, 34, confessed to owning the manual on a CD. It was discovered in a raid on his home by police investigating the July 7 2005 attacks that saw four suicide bombers blow themselves up on underground trains and a bus, killing 52 others and injuring 700.
He was arrested following the raid by anti-terror police.
The CD contained a declaration of jihad or holy struggle, an interview with Osama bin Laden and information about weapons and tips on how to deal with being interviewed by police.
A photograph showed Khaliq white-water rafting in northern Wales with bombers Shehzad Tanweer and Mohammad Sidique Khan.
The Leeds Crown Court in northern England heard that all three men were also trustees of the Iqra book shop, a centre for young Muslims in the Beeston area of Leeds, which was the focus of police investigations following the bombings.
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