Omar Khyam
| Omar Khyam | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1982 (age 42–43) |
| Arrested | Britain Security Official |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alleged to be a member of | al-Muhajiroun |
Omar Khyam is a British man who led a terrorist plot to explode a fertilizer bomb in London in 2004 for which he received a life sentence with a minimum term of 20 years.[1][2][3][4] He was trained in bomb-making at the Malakand training camp in Pakistan in 2001 or 2002. He was moved to HM Prison Full Sutton, near York, in March 2008.[5]
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"The jihadi house parties of hate: Britain's terror network offered an easy target the security services missed, says Shiv Malik". The Times. 6 May 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
Within weeks two of the most dangerous British-born jihadi terrorists — Mohammad Sidique Khan, leader of the 7/7 suicide bombers, and Omar Khyam, leader of the so-called Crevice gang — were learning to make bombs at Malakand. Details of the party were disclosed this weekend by one of the guests, Hassan Butt, a former associate of the Islamist radicals who has turned against violence.
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Dominic Casciani (14 June 2007). "Jihadi diary: Inside the mind". BBC News. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
Two of the men who trained with Zeeshan are better known. Mohammad Sidique Khan was the ringleader of the 2005 7 July suicide bombers. The second was Omar Khyam, the now jailed head of a plot to detonate a massive fertiliser bomb in England.
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Richard Brennan (24 June 2008). "Khawaja excited by guns and rockets, court hears". Toronto Star. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
Khawaja went to the camp with Omar Khyam, a ringleader in the failed London bombing plot, for which Khawaja is an accused participant.
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"The five found guilty yesterday". The Guardian. 1 May 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
Omar Khyam, 25, from Crawley, was drawn to radical Islam in his teens.
- ^ Gammell, Caroline (20 March 2008). "Terrorists moved to new jail after death threats" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.