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Austrian and German terrorists hid plans in their underpants
Two alleged terrorists including one Austrian hid plans in their underpants to hack off heads, burn bodies and then send the videos back to their al-Qaeda bosses in Afghanistan, a German court has heard.
German Yusuf Ocak, 26, and Austrian Maqsood Lodin, 22, were arrested last year and charged with membership in a terrorist organisation. Prosecutors in Berlin say both underwent terrorist training in the lawless frontier region of Pakistan.
The court investigating the activities of the two Berlin-based suspected terrorists has heard how a USB stick was found in the underpants of 22-year-old Lodin which included a folder with the filename "future work".
It detailed how they would terrorise the Western world with small campaigns that "the enemy" would find it impossible to combat, and that would generate "panic" in the population.
Other folders detailed how to carry out kidnappings and murders and to inspire fear that anyone living in the West could find themselves murdered at any time. It also included details on how to avoid capture by accidentally releasing information that might lead investigators onto the terrorist’s trail.
The pair had been allegedly trying to build up a network of suicide bombers in Berlin and Vienna.
The pair are charged with recruiting Islamist militants and releasing a propaganda video threatening attacks.
Ocak is accused of travelling to the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan in May of 2009 to take part in armed combat against NATO forces. He is also charged with helping to found a group called the German Taliban Mujahideen, which in one Internet video threatened Germany over its troop deployment in Afghanistan.
Austrian Maqsood Lodin appeared hiding his face in the Berlin court room. The defendants have refused to comment.
In the video, which was described as "chilling", prosecutors said the two men threatened German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was campaigning for re-election, that Germany would face "a rude awakening" if she failed to pull Berlin's troops out of Afghanistan. There were suggestive shots of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, bank buildings in Frankfurt and the Oktoberfest in Munich.
Through a voice analysis of the video, investigators were led to Ocak, who was then extradited to Germany from Austria in June of last year.
Prosecutors say that Ocak met Lodin in 2010 in Pakistan. They allegedly returned to Europe in January 2011 and together tried to drum up recruits and funding in Germany for al-Qaeda on the orders of the militant network.
If they are found guilty, they face up to 10 years in prison. A ruling is expected sometime in June.
Austrian Times
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