Four men accused of terror offences after a series of raids in Birmingham have been remanded in custody.
Three of the men, Shahid Ali, Mohammed Nadim and Shabir Mohammed, appeared at City of Westminster Magistrates Court charged with engaging in conduct with the intention of assisting in the commission of acts of terrorism.
The court heard the charge related to the supply of equipment overseas for use in fighting coalition forces.
The men were remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on November 7 for a preliminary hearing.
A fourth man, Abdul Raheem, was charged with failure to disclose information which may have assisted in preventing acts of terrorism, namely the supply of equipment to assist terrorists fighting abroad.
Raheem was remanded in custody to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates Court on November 21.
All the men were arrested in a series of dawn raids on October 21 when officers from the counter-terrorism unit at West Midlands Police raided six homes and two commercial properties early in the morning.
* Shahid Ali, 34, of Bromford Lane, Ward End; Mohammed Nadim, 29, of Denville Crescent, Bordesley Green, and Shabir Mohammed, 30, of Benton Road, Sparkhill, were jointly charged with others that "between April 12, 2006 and February 1, 2007, with the intention of assisting others to commit acts of terrorism, engaged in conduct to give effect to their intention to supply equipment for use in committing those acts".
The offence comes under the Terrorism Act 2006.
Abdul Raheem, 31, of Johnson Close, Ward End, was charged that "between April 12, 2006 and February 1, 2007, had information which he knew or believed might be of material assistance in preventing the commission of an act of terrorism by another person, namely the supply of equipment to assist terrorists fighting abroad".
