Gambling 911 : David Beckham Target of Terror Plot

David Beckham Target of Terror Plot

August 21, 2007

The News of the World reports on Sunday that footballer David Beckham was the apparent target of a terror attack.

A chilling al-Qaeda film shows a picture of Manchester United ace Rooney with the headline: "Why do u love the evildoers?"

Beckham, who is now at LA Galaxy, is shown under the caption: "What made u among the losers?" And the slogan across an image of Thierry Henry asks: "Why do u imitate the people of desires?"

The sports stars are branded EVIL for being CRIMINAL influences on young Muslims.

Alarmingly the video then flicks to a series of graphics depicting graveyards and bodies, according to the news tabloid. One shows the feet of a CORPSE on a mortuary slab with a toe tag marked "Death".

A caption across the screen threatens: "Every soul shall taste death." Much of the soundtrack is a sermon given in London recently by a young militant cleric linked to radical Omar Bakri Mohammed, barred from Britain after praising the 7/7 bombings.

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Jagajeet Chiba, Sports911.com

Originally published August 19, 2007 1:31 am ET