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| Man admits plot to behead soldier | Man admits plot to behead soldier |
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| A 38-year-old Birmingham man has pleaded guilty to plotting to kidnap and kill a British soldier. | A 38-year-old Birmingham man has pleaded guilty to plotting to kidnap and kill a British soldier. |
| Parviz Khan, an unemployed charity worker, intended to seize and behead the unnamed Muslim serviceman, Leicester Crown Court was told. | Parviz Khan, an unemployed charity worker, intended to seize and behead the unnamed Muslim serviceman, Leicester Crown Court was told. |
| Khan pleaded guilty earlier this month, but his plea can only now be reported as the trial of two alleged associates has begun. | Khan pleaded guilty earlier this month, but his plea can only now be reported as the trial of two alleged associates has begun. |
| Amjad Mahmood, 33, and Zahoor Iqbal, 31, deny involvement in the plot. | Amjad Mahmood, 33, and Zahoor Iqbal, 31, deny involvement in the plot. |
| Mr Mahmood pleaded not guilty to failing to tell the police about the plot, while Mr Iqbal denied possessing information likely to be useful to terrorists. | Mr Mahmood pleaded not guilty to failing to tell the police about the plot, while Mr Iqbal denied possessing information likely to be useful to terrorists. |
| Both men are also accused of intending to supply equipment to terrorists operating along the Pakistan-Afghan border. | Both men are also accused of intending to supply equipment to terrorists operating along the Pakistan-Afghan border. |
| They were arrested in a series of high-profile raids in Birmingham at the end of January last year after an investigation led by West Midlands Police Counter-Terrorism Unit. | |
| Khan was later charged with plotting to kidnap and kill a member of the British armed forces between 2 April 2006 and 1 February 2007. |