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| A man has been charged under terror laws after allegedly trying to board a London to Pakistan flight with two metal batons and a night-vision scope. | A man has been charged under terror laws after allegedly trying to board a London to Pakistan flight with two metal batons and a night-vision scope. |
| Sohail Anjum Qureshi, 29, is also accused of preparing to take £9,000 in cash to Pakistan's capital Islamabad for the purposes of terrorism. | Sohail Anjum Qureshi, 29, is also accused of preparing to take £9,000 in cash to Pakistan's capital Islamabad for the purposes of terrorism. |
| He also allegedly tried to take "combat manuals", including the Mujahideen Poison Handbook, on at Heathrow . | |
| He was arrested on 18 October and will appear in court in London on Thursday. | |
| Mr Qureshi, who faces a total of three charges, also had in his possession two sleeping bags and two rucksacks, it is claimed. | |
| The combat manuals he is accused of having were on computer disks. | |
| 'Instigation' claims | |
| The first charge, under the Terrorism Act 2006, claimed that he was taking the articles "with the intention of committing acts of terrorism or assisting another to commit such acts". | |
| The second, under the Terrorism Act 2000, said the articles were "for a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism". | |
| The third, also under the 2000 Act, related specifically to the combat manuals, claiming they would be "likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism". | |
| Sources said the investigation related to alleged terrorist activities abroad and was not linked to any other current counter-terrorism operations. | |
| Mr Qureshi, of Forest Gate in east London, will appear before the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court. |