I am following the trial in Ottawa, Canada, of terrorist suspect Momin Khawaja. Mr. Khawaja has pleaded not guilty to seven terrorism connected charges related to an alleged plot to bomb sites in England. Court heard from prosecution witness Mohammed Babar who testified to sharing email messages with the accused about the latter's training. The witness said accused returned from a terrorist training camp in Pakistan excited at his experience firing Ak-47 assault rifles, machine guns and RPGs. "He said he had a chance to fire the RPG, the AK-47 and the light machine gun. He was excited and enjoyed it," Babar told court. Potential targets apparently included British pubs, nightclubs and train stations, Babar said.
Babar's testimony transported me back to my own training in Cuba in 1980: AK-47s, RPG grenade launchers, light and heavy machine guns. Except that I didn't enjoy my experience and hadn't planned on the training in the first place. Didn't like guns and violence then, don't like them now!
No comments:
Post a Comment