It was later claimed that they had planned on using bombs to attack the Folketing (Danish Parliament), Jyllands-Posten (the newspaper involved in the 2005 cartoon controversy), Copenhagen's City Hall Square or another unspecified target.
[citation needed] According to the prosecution, the suspects planned their attacks due to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy and Denmark's participation in the Iraq War.
[citation needed] Security services found ammonium nitrate, metal splinters and a bottle containing TATP explosives at various locations, including the suspects' houses.
On 10 September, the suspected leader of the group, Muhammad Zaher, confirmed that he, in fact, had been producing the explosive TATP, although he claimed it had been only as an experiment.
Among the convicted, the two leaders, Ahmad Khaldahi and Muhammad Zaher, were given eleven-year prison sentences, while Abdallah Andersen got four years.
Ahmad Khaldahi is not a Danish citizen and also received deportation from Denmark as part of the conviction.
[1][2] As it was impossible to deport him due to the risk that he faced torture, or the death penalty, in Iraq, this was changed to tolerated stay [da], meaning that he will remain in Denmark after completing his prison sentence under restricted circumstances.