Man charged over alleged terror plot to attack U.S. military in UK

Junead Ahmed Khan, 24, and his uncle Shazib Ahmed Khan, 22, were charged with hatching a plan to join the terror network in contravention of the Terrorism Act 2006.

Prime Minister David Cameron wants the U.K.to play a bigger part in the fight to wipe out Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, he said in a Birmingham speech Monday.

The pair was among three men arrested in Luton and Letchworth last week, one of them at gunpoint.

The charges, which date between 1 August 2014 and 10 May 2015, allege that both men had the “intention of committing acts of terrorism”, according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Officers applied late Wednesday, 15 July to Westminster Magistrates’ Court for a warrant of further detention for up to seven days from the time of arrest, which was granted by the court.

The allegations facing Junead Ahmed Khan of planning an attack relate to the period between May 10 and July 14, officials said.

British prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 24-year-old man with planning an attack on United States military personnel in Britain, following an investigation into Islamist-related terrorism.

Deborah Walsh, deputy head of counter terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service, said the charges follow an investigation by Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command.

“It is alleged that Junead Khan and Shazib Khan had been planning on travelling to Syria to join the proscribed organisation Islamic State”.

A third man in his 30s was also arrested but released without charge yesterday evening.