British Airways baggage handler Shahzada Khan has been arrested by London’s counter-terrorism squad after it was uncovered that he was being “groomed” to plant a bomb on a BA flight from London’s Heathrow Airport to the United States.
As reported by England’s The Daily Mail, despite the mountain of evidence against Khan, he is now suing his former employer, British Airways, on the grounds that he was fired due to him being a Muslim.
According to The Daily Mail:
“Following the [terrorism] allegations, British Airways sacked Khan last December.
But Khan has now launched legal action, saying he was unfairly dismissed for religious reasons.”
Terrorist-in-Training…
As British counter-terror police investigated now-convicted terrorist Rajib Karim for plotting to place a bomb on an airplane headed to America, law enforcement also discovered e-mails between Karim and Khan.
Police also uncovered e-mails between Karim and the now dead terrorist hate-preacher Anwar al-Awlaki.
As reported by The Daily Mail:
“The e-mails contained coded references to a man called ‘shzd’ being groomed to place a bomb on a plane, and Khan’s phone number was saved on Karim’s phone under the same four-letter code.”
British Airways Baggage Operations Manager at Heathrow, Sara Edwards, testified before a British court that she was ‘very alarmed’ when police gave her transcripts of messages sent between Karim and al-Awlaki.
“My key concern was that Mr Khan posed a security risk to BA due to his connections with terrorism.While there was no actual evidence of Khan being involved in any terrorist plots I considered it far too much of a risk to British Airways to keep him in the business.”
Miss Edwards also testified:
“Any link to terrorism cannot be tolerated within an organisation which is a key target for terrorist groups.In my mind Khan could have been an individual who was in an appropriate role which would allow him access to a plane to place a package on board.”
source: Terrorist recruit claims he was fired for being a Muslim, sues British Airways – Fayetteville Political Buzz | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-fayetteville/terrorist-recruit-cliams-he-was-fired-for-being-a-muslim-sues-british-airways#ixzz1noBW0nzg
