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Court shown alleged martyrdom videos
Court shown alleged martyrdom videos
Last Modified: 04 Apr 2008
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Simon Israel
The prosecution plays the jury extracts of six alleged martyrdom videos made by the eight defendants accused of plotting to blow up passenger planes.
One of them, Umar Islam, justified the plot by saying people in Britain were too busy drinking and watching EastEnders to care about the murder of Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.
All eight men deny the charges
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