Shhh, it's not an important story

The Telegraph report that

"A terror cell caught with details of bomb-making and suicide vests may have been plotting to attack the Queen and members of the Royal family, it can be disclosed....A counter-terrorism source said: "They had details of explosives and poisons along with information about London landmarks and a computer folder on Royal residences. We would be foolish to rule out the fact that they may have been planning an attack." ... Khan, 23, was yesterday convicted of three counts of possessing articles for terrorism but the jury was not told he was part of a network of international terrorists in Europe and North America.

It can now be revealed that Khan was closely connected to the alleged leader of a group of men currently awaiting trial for plotting an attack.

Khan, using the name Ocean Blue, was also in regular contact with an aspiring suicide bomber in Edinburgh, Mohammed Atif Siddique.

He had also communicated regularly with three terrorists who ran websites for Al-Qaeda in Iraq from London and Kent.

Khan groomed Hammaad Munshi, then 15, the grandson of the head of a sharia court in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.

Munshi, who lived with his parents and four brothers, was carrying two small bags of ball bearings, a key component of a suicide vest, when he was arrested on his way home from Westborough High School in Dewsbury on the afternoon of June 2006.

He had been running his own website selling knives and Islamic flags and using the online identity Fidadee – meaning "to die for" - on the auction website ebay.

He also had hand-written notes on martyrdom and had created and circulated technical documents via email and secure web forums on how to make Napalm, how to make a detonator and the production of home made explosives."

The Times similarly report

"A man convicted yesterday of amassing a library of extremist material was aged just 15 when he began studying jihad alongside his GCSEs, making him Britain’s youngest terrorist.

Hammaad Munshi, now 18, was part of a cell of cyber-groomers that set out to brainwash the vulnerable to kill “non-believers”.

He was convicted of possessing articles for a purpose connected with terrorism and making records of information likely to be useful in terrorism."

The Guardian report

"A schoolboy recruited into a cell engaged in a "worldwide conspiracy" to kill non-Muslims yesterday became Britain's youngest convicted terrorist.

Yorkshire teenager Hammaad Munshi, who was 16 when he was arrested, downloaded terrorist materials including guides for making napalm and grenades.

Now 18, Munshi was found guilty with two other men of possessing or making documents promoting terrorism. Material found in their possession included guidance for making lethal weapons, manuals on how to carry out assassinations and personal details of members of the royal family.

During a three month trial at Blackfriars crown court in London, the prosecution accused the three of involvement in an al-Qaida-inspired conspiracy to attack the west."

You can also read about this story in The Independent, The Daily Mail, The Sun and presumably all the other papers are covering this story. Sky News are covering the story.

The BBC however seem rather coy, I could find nothing on the News homepage and when I searched for "Aabid Hussain Khan" all that was returned were "News - UK - Four men held after terror raids

Four men are being held as part of an investigation into alleged international terrorism, say police.. Last Updated: Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 08:07 GMT 09:07 UK
21 Jun 2006
News - UK - Pair in court on terror charges

Mr Khan is accused of possessing on 6 June at Manchester Airport a computer hard drive and contents for a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism.
15 Jun 2006"

By digging around I found this rather general report from yesterday.

Why so coy BBC?