English Woods a Suspected Cover for Terror

Raymond and Edith Jones are regulars at Matley Wood, a campsite near one of the suspected training locations. "This hits quite close to home," she said. (By Kevin Sullivan -- The Washington Post)

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A third person, Musa Akmet, 47, was charged with illegal possession of a 16mm mini-flare launcher. Akmet and a fourth defendant, Mustafa Abdullah, were also accused of possessing "a record containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing an act of terrorism."

In a central London court Tuesday, both Mutegombwa brothers, dressed in white sweat suits, waved to people in the public gallery, including women completely veiled except for their eyes, as they were led out of the courtroom.

At Matley Wood about 25 campers were parked at some of the 70 sites set in a forest of oaks and silver birches.

Jones and her husband, Raymond, said anyone acting suspiciously would stand out in a place where many of the regulars have been coming for decades. But they said gunshots in the 220-square mile New Forest National Park are not unusual because park officials shoot deer to reduce the population and poachers sometimes hunt at night. They suggested the British easygoing manner might make it easier for potential terrorists to operate.

"We are a nation of trusting people," Edith Jones said.

Replied her husband: "Maybe we should start to not trust people so much."

Jordan reported from London.

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