The jury in the airline bomb plot have listened to recordings in which an alleged plotter is giving another lessons in how to present a suicide video.
The conversations allegedly took place in 2006, and were picked up by an undercover recording device placed in the east London flat which the prosecution claims the men used as a bomb factory.
One of the accused, Abdullah Ali, is said to be telling a man who calls himself Umar Islam to ‘relax’, and that instead of trying to “speak posh English”, he should focus on giving “a bit of aggression.”
Umar Islam then allegedly undertakes a lengthy rehearsal of his suicide message. However to the apparent dissatisfaction of Abdullah Ali, the performance is unfortunately still not up to scratch. Umar Islam’s recital is described as ‘OK’, but lacking in emphasis when discussing martyrdom operations. Abdullah Ali’s advice is to “give it some.”
The British men deny conspiring to murder and endangering planes.