This Time Next Year We’re Going Green Bird”: The Jihadist Who Almost Unleashed Mass Murder
In a Manchester mosque, two men whispered about becoming martyrs. One would soon drive into a synagogue on Yom Kippur and start stabbing. The other planned something even bigger.
Mohammad Bashir, a committed jihadist, conducted hostile reconnaissance on a British military academy with the man who would later kill two worshippers. They talked about crossbows, saying goodbye to their families, and dying as “green birds.”
Seven weeks after their scouting mission, one attack happened. The other was stopped.
This is the full story of the plot that could have been far deadlier — and the life…
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