Terror gang joked about driving around the country as suicide bombers 'ready to take on England' The three "senior members of the gang," Irfan Naseer, 31, Irfan Khalid, 27, and Ashik Ali, 27, all unemployed from Birmingham, deny between them a total of 12 terror charges including planning a bombing campaign, recruiting others for terrorism and terrorism fundraising. They were monitored by police during a long surveillance operation which included listening devices in two of the group's cars. Brian Altman QC, prosecuting, told the jury how on one occasion the three men were driving around with Ali's older brother, Bahader, and were discussing cars and racing. He said: "But Irfan Khalid also made the remark, "It's the four suicide bombers driving around ready to take on England. Oh my God take them out."" Naseer and Khalid are accused of twice travelling to Pakistan for terror training and making martyrdom videos to be shown after their deaths. The gang planned to use up to eight suicide bombers to detonate rucksacks packed with explosives in crowded places and possibly others on timers, it is alleged. They described turning a street in Birmingham in to a "little war zone" and wanting "another 9/11." The court heard on Tuesday how the plot was hampered because of the euro financial crisis and the collapse of the price of gold. It was to be funded by trading £13,500 raised in bogus street charity collections in the name of Muslim Aid on the financial markets. But the group's chief fundraiser, Rahin Ahmed, made "terrible losses" in August and September last year after losing £9,000 invested in the foreign exchange market in just four weeks. When confronted he told the group's alleged ringleader, Naseer, that unstable markets such as the "troubles in Europe" and "gold crashing" had made things "too uncertain." Ahmed has already admitted collecting and investing money for terrorist acts. Four other men Naweed Ali, 24, Ishaaq Hussain, 20, Khobaib Hussain, 20, and Shahid Khan, 20, have pleaded guilty to travelling to Pakistan in August last year for terrorist training. Bahader Ali, 29, and another man Mohammed Rizwan, 33 deny terror charges they face and will stand trial next year.