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| Briton guilty of directing terror | Briton guilty of directing terror |
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| A British man has become the first person convicted in the UK of directing terrorism. | A British man has become the first person convicted in the UK of directing terrorism. |
| Rangzieb Ahmed, 33, was also found guilty of being a member of terror group al-Qaeda, following a trial at Manchester Crown Court. | |
| Another man, Habib Ahmed, 29, was convicted of professing to be member. | Another man, Habib Ahmed, 29, was convicted of professing to be member. |
| He was caught with two diaries containing details of top al-Qaeda operatives, described in court as a terrorist's contact book. | He was caught with two diaries containing details of top al-Qaeda operatives, described in court as a terrorist's contact book. |
| The diaries, which contained some writing in invisible ink, had been given to him by his co-defendant Rangzieb Ahmed, who is no relation. | |
| The prosecution said he was part of a three-man active service cell on an unknown foreign mission. | The prosecution said he was part of a three-man active service cell on an unknown foreign mission. |
| Among the names and phone numbers in the diaries were the organisation's suspected former number three, Hamza Rabia, the court was told. | Among the names and phone numbers in the diaries were the organisation's suspected former number three, Hamza Rabia, the court was told. |
| The men were both found guilty of possessing the invisible ink diaries between April 2004 and April 2006 for the purpose of terrorism. | |
| Habib Ahmed, of Cheetham Hill, north Manchester, was cleared of attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan in 2006. | |
| He was also found not guilty of seven counts of possessing information for the purposes of terrorism. | |
| His wife, Mehreen Haji, 28, was cleared of two counts of arranging funding for the purposes of terrorism. | |
| Rangzieb Ahmed, of Fallowfield, south Manchester, was cleared of possessing a rucksack containing traces of explosives for the use of terrorism. |