The BBC and other outlets report that a UK Green Party member, Lubna Speitan, is listed in US court documents as a “close friend” of Minh Quang Pham, later jailed for supporting al-Qaeda and planning a suicide bomb attack at Heathrow Airport.
The claims centre on a Green Party motion described by some media as opposing Zionism. The Jerusalem Post and BBC say a party spokesperson indicates Speitan does not hold party positions beyond membership and that the party is handling the matter through internal processes to investigate the allegations.
Outlet emphasis differs: the BBC and The Independent focus on the court-document description and its connection to the Heathrow plot; the Evening Standard similarly ties the “close friend” reference to the Heathrow attacker; the Daily Express uses more direct wording about friends with an al-Qaeda figure. Across reports, the dispute remains whether and how the party member’s alleged associations should be understood, while the Green Party says it is reviewing the information.
