Two brothers from Manchester , Adeel Shahid and Sajeel Shahid opened a branch of '' Al-Muhajiroun '' in Pakistan and ran a " safehouse " in Lahore for Islamists from the West ( including the United Kingdom ) to back the Taliban and '' Al-Qaeda '' against ISAF forces in neighbouring Afghanistan . One of the more notable individuals whom Omar Bakri and Sajeel Shahid enabled to travel to Pakistan was Mohammed Junaid Babar , who intended to go to Peshawar , but ended up in Lahore . While in Pakistan , Mohammed Junaid Babar came into contact with Mohammad Sidique Khan who would later plan the 7 July 2005 London bombings . These activities of the organisation in Pakistan were controversial to the government there , due to Islamists hostility to sitting President of Pakistan , Pervez Musharraf . A speaker at one of the same meetings as Sajeel Shahid was former Major-General Zahirul Islam Abbasi , who had previously been involved in a coup against the government of Pakistan . Back in Britain , things came to a head for '' Al-Muhajiroun '' in March 2004 , with the launching of '' Operation Crevice '' by the Metropolitan Police . A number of the men arrested and later convicted ( Omar Khyam , Salahuddin Amin , Jawad Akbar , Anthony Garcia and Waheed Mahmood ) had associations with '' Al-Muhajiroun '' ; 1300 pounds of ammonium nitrate fertiliser was also recovered and the men , mostly of Pakistani-origin , were accused of planning bombing attacks on shopping centres , night clubs and gas works in Britain . Mohammed Junaid Babar testified as a witness against his former associates
7 July 2005 London bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
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