Al-Qaida fantasist tells court: I'm a professional liar
Al-Qaida fantasist tells court: I'm a professional liar
A British man who fooled the media into believing he was an al-Qaida insider has admitted in court that he made up the claims.
Hassan Butt received significant media attention for his claims to have helped send scores of Britons to terrorist training camps overseas and to have met Mohammad Sidique Khan, the ringleader of the 7 July 2005 attacks on London.
Butt was the former spokesman for the extremist group al-Muhajiroun and was invited to meet a government minister to discuss ways to combat terrorism, as well as featuring heavily in BBC News, national newspaper and US television reports on al-Qaida.
However at a trial of another man accused of terrorist offences, Butt said he had told journalists stories "the media wanted to hear", admitting that he was "a professional liar". He also admitted faking his own injuries to make it appear that he had been attacked by extremist Muslims...
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Re: Al-Qaida fantasist tells court: I'm a professional liar
Re: Al-Qaida fantasist tells court: I'm a professional liar
This statement doesn't make sense:
"I always lie."
Re: Al-Qaida fantasist tells court: I'm a professional liar
But in court Butt agreed he had taken Malik for a "right patsy".
Re: Al-Qaida fantasist tells court: I'm a professional liar
Bit of a paradox, don't you think?
So... which bit is the lie and which bit the truth?