A man in Britain accused of conspiring to blow up passenger planes wanted to wage a global jihad

Mohammed Gulzar, 26, of Barking, east London, is one of eight men who deny devising the plot in 2006. But prosecutors told Woolwich Crown Court that a series of mid-air explosions were only part of Mr Gulzar's terrorist plans. Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, said his account of his actions while under surveillance was "entirely a fraud". The defendants in the case are accused of planning to make hydrogen peroxide bombs disguised as soft drinks which would then be detonated on at least seven planes flying out of London's Heathrow airport.