`` These are ideas , not acts , '' he said . Cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri tells court he went to London for `` American style '' fun . The cleric is accused of being a member of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and plotting attacks on Western targets including shopping malls, restaurants and mosques. Al-Masri backed a plan to establish terrorist training camp in Oregon , prosecutors say . Al-Masri 's lawyer said his client `` never gave directions or orders to people ''
Cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri tells court he went to London for `` American style '' fun . The cleric is accused of being a member of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and plotting attacks on Western targets including shopping malls, restaurants and mosques. Al-Masri backed a plan to establish terrorist training camp in Oregon , prosecutors say . Al-Masri 's lawyer said his client `` never gave directions or orders to people ''