Man pleads guilty in terror case

A man has pleaded guilty to possessing articles for terrorist purposes.
Abdul Rahman, 25, also pleaded guilty to disseminating terrorist propaganda and aiding or abetting the breach of a control order.
The mobile phone shop worker had been due to stand trial for the offences at Manchester Crown Court.
Pakistan-born Rahman, of Cheetham Hill, Manchester, admitted possessing a "call to arms" letter which encouraged jihad in Afghanistan.
The letter had been sent by his friend and former housemate Aslam Awan, 25, who was fighting in Afghanistan and is now banned from entering the UK.
Rahman admitted having the letter with a view to circulating it to encourage others to join the jihad.
Parmjit Cheema, prosecuting, told the court that Rahman was part of a radical "cell" who believed in fighting a holy war.
"What this group, particularly this defendant were involved in, we say, was scouting, recruiting and encouraging others to join their philosophy of extreme jihad or holy war," Ms Cheema said.
Control order
Rahman was also accused of the more serious charge of assisting another person to commit or prepare a terrorist act, which carries a possible life sentence.
He formally entered a not guilty plea to the offence and instead, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of aiding and abetting a man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, to break a control order.
He joined up with a group of young men, some of them fellow Pakistan nationals, some of them radical British Muslims Parmjit Cheema, prosecuting
Rahman helped the 22-year-old British man flee to Pakistan by paying his airfare.
Rahman admitted the offences as part of a plea bargain agreed after the judge, his Honour Clement Goldstone QC, indicated that the defendant would only be jailed for a maximum of six years if he was to plead guilty and avoid a trial.
Rahman came to the UK in September 2004 on a four-year student visa to study biotechnology at Dundee University, but quit the course after one day.
He then moved to Manchester where he began working in a mobile phone shop.
"He joined up with a group of young men, some of them fellow Pakistan nationals, some of them radical British Muslims," Ms Cheema said.
When police raided Rahman's house, they found computer discs of speeches given to crowds in Pakistan claiming "Allah is calling for jihad".
Rahman was told off by the judge for grinning and laughing as he sat in the dock while the case against him was outlined.
All the charges relate to activity between April 2006 and January 2007