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Lawrence Greenspon, the lawyer for Canadian terrorist suspect Momin Khawaja is apparently arguing in court that his client did not intend to kill innocent civilians in Britain with his buddies. What he really, really wanted to do was to go to Afghanistan and wage jihad against 'Western' forces:  Momin Khawaja undoubtedly wanted to fight for the Islamic cause in Afghanistan, but he never intended to bomb civilians in Britain, says his defence lawyer.
Lawrence Greenspon acknowledged Tuesday in Ontario Superior Court that there's "ample evidence" Khawaja took weapons training with a view to becoming a "frontline jihad soldier" in the battle against western forces in Afghanistan. He also acknowledged that his client developed a remote-control device, dubbed the Hi-Fi Digimonster, that was capable of being used to set off explosives. But he insisted the Digimonster, too, was designed for use against military targets in Afghanistan - not for a homemade fertilizer bomb being constructed by others in Britain. "There is no direct evidence that Momin Khawaja had any knowledge of the London fertilizer bomb plot," Greenspon told Justice Douglas Rutherford, who is hearing the case without a jury. Greenspon maintained that the London plotters - although they had frequent contact with Khawaja - never let him in on their plans to mount attacks in Britain. "They kept their information close and they didn't share it." (Canadian Press)
In previous testimony, it was argued by Momin Khawaja's former fiance Zeba Khan that even though Momin praised the 9/11 terrorist attacks she never really considered him an extremist or a terrorist and he was just another angry young Muslim. :: Canadian terrorist Abdullah Khadr has been denied bail and just some food for thought -- Mr. Justice Gary Trotter quoted a CBC interview in which Abdullah Khadr expressed his admiration for al-Qaeda and his apparent joy at hearing the news of the twin towers crumbling down.
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