It's been widely reported that several of the London Planes Plot jihadists visited Pakistan in the months and weeks leading up to their arrest.

Yesterday, the court learned the group's ringleader, Abdulla Ahmed Ali, also visited Saudi Arabia. In an attempt to hide those visits and the passport marks they leave behind, Ali claimed he lost his passport. 

A cleaner found Ali's passport on the street and turned it over to authorities. 

Fifteen of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia. What role does Saudi Arabia play in the London Planes Plot, which was made up of a majority of Pakistani nationals with British citizenship?

Weeks before his arrest Ali reported that he had lost his own passport and applied for a new one. He said it had “fallen out of a window”. Prosecutors say he was trying to get a “clean” replacement before launching attacks.

A cleaner later found the damaged document discarded outside his flat. It had details of visits to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Abdulla Ahmed Ali had also applied for a passport for his baby whom he was considering taking on the suicide mission for use as a decoy. 

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