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== Arrest and conviction ==
On September 11th 2005 a group calling itself "al-Qaeda in Northern Europe" posted a declaration on the al-Ansar web site. Following this, 18-year-old Swedish citizen [[Mirsad Bektašević]], who was one of those responsible for the declaration, travelled to Bosnia where he and an[[Abdulkadir accompliceCesur]] filmed a video in which they wore ski masks, and, surrounded by weapons and explosives, filmedsaid athat videothey sayingintended theyto wereattack goingsites in Europe to attackpunish nations coalitionwith troopsforces in Iraq and Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=BBC News|date=2007-04-25|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6592537.stm|title=Trio 'linked to terrorist films' (includes video clip in ski masks)}}</ref> On October 17th 2005 Bektašević was arrested in [[Sarajevo]], and analysis of his laptop identified Tsouli in his [[buddy list]], and his mobile phone records showed that he had recently called Tsouli.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Washington Post|date=2007-07-05|title=Terrorism's Hook Into Your Inbox|author=Brian Krebs|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/05/AR2007070501153_pf.html}}</ref><ref name="times"/> The [[Metropolitan Police]] were informed, and on October 21, 2005, Tsouli was arrested in a raid on a house in [[Shepherds Bush]], London. He was charged under the UK's [[Terrorism Act 2000]] for "conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to cause an explosion, conspiracy to obtain money by deception, fundraising and possession of articles for terrorist purposes".<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Washington Post|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/25/AR2006032500020.html|title=Terrorist 007, Exposed|author=Rita Katz and Michael Kern|date=2006-03-26}}</ref>
Trial began in May 2007. Judge [[Peter Openshaw]] caused some controversy when he halted the trial to ask what a web site was, saying "The trouble is I don’t understand the language. I don’t really understand what a website is."<ref name="what">{{cite news|publisher=The Times|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1805663.ece|date=2007-05-18| title=Judge halts terror trial to ask: what’s a website?|author=Frances Gibb}}</ref> Following this, Professor Tony Sams was called upon to give a presentation that explained what the internet was, how people could access the internet, and what web sites were.<ref name="what"/>
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