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Image caption Mr Adebolajo told the court he did kill Fusilier Rigby 
  
 A man has admitted killing soldier Lee Rigby but said it was not murder because "I am a soldier of Allah" and "this is a war". 
  
 Michael Adebolajo, 28, described the killing as a "military operation". 
  
 He also told the Old Bailey he loved extremist network al-Qaeda. 
  
 The prosecution says he and Michael Adebowale, 22 - who also denies murder - rammed Fusilier Rigby with a car in Woolwich, south-east London, on 22 May, before attacking him with knives. 
  
 In court Michael Adebolajo sat calmly and quietly in the witness box at the Old Bailey, surrounded by prison security guards. He sucked his top lip every few minutes because of missing front teeth - and every now and then he sighed. He observed the rules and conventions of court - waiting his turn to speak and answering the questions relatively succinctly. Nobody murmured as he spoke - and from time to time he was so quiet it was difficult to hear what he was saying. His demeanour was nothing like how he had appeared in the police interview tapes - talking non-stop for more than half an hour. But his message was the same as the one he asked people to record at the scene of the killing: he was a Muslim soldier at war - and in his mind that amounts to a defence to the charge of murder. 
  
 They are also both accused of attempting to murder a police officer and conspiracy to murder a police officer. 
  
 Bible readings 
  
 Under cross examination by prosecutor Richard Whittam QC, Mr Adebolajo replied "yes" when he was asked if he had killed Fusilier Rigby, describing it as a "military operation". 
  
 Fusilier Rigby's widow Rebecca left the courtroom in tears as Mr Adebolajo claimed the soldier was still moving after being hit by the car. 
  
 He refused to answer questions about how long he had planned the attack, but said he had not planned to run down Fusilier Rigby, saying "it just so happened that Allah caused him to cross in front of my car." 
  
 He described attacking Fusilier Rigby with a meat cleaver in graphic detail, and said the soldier was already dead by the time Mr Adebowale had joined him in attacking the soldier. 
  
 Earlier the court heard Mr Adebolajo, from Romford, east London, give his name as Mujaahid Abu Hamza and confirm he was married with six children, including a seven-year-old boy and a baby who was four days old on the day of the incident. 
  
 He said he had been brought up as a Christian by his family and his parents had taken him to church every Sunday. 
  
 "The memory that sticks in my mind... is probably every New Year's Eve in the evening around 11 o'clock we would gather around in candlelight and read passages from the Bible," he said. 
  
 He converted to Islam in his first year as a student at Greenwich University. 
  
 He told the court: "My religion is everything. 
  
 "When I came to Islam I realised that... real success is not just what you can acquire, but really is if you make it to paradise, because then you can relax," he added. 
  
 Of al-Qaeda, Mr Adebolajo said: "Al-Qaeda I consider to be Mujahideen. I love them, they're my brothers. I have never met them. I consider them my brothers in Islam." 
  
 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Asked what his defence to the murder charge was, Mr Adebolajo said "I am a soldier of Allah" 
  
 Last week the jury heard detailed and, at times, graphic detail of the prosecution's version of the events of 22 May, when 25-year-old Fusilier Rigby, of Middleton, Greater Manchester, was killed as he returned to Woolwich Barracks. 
  
 In one of the interviews Mr Adebolajo said soldiers were the "most fair target" because they joined the Army "with kind of an understanding that your life is at risk". 
  
 In court on Monday he said he had prayed the night before that he would target the right person. 
  
 "To be 100%, I don't believe there's a way to know 100% that was a soldier, however there were some steps that we took. For example before we started out on that day and the night previous to that I started worshipping Allah and begging him that... we strike a soldier and a soldier only." 
  
 He said he knew Fusilier Rigby was a soldier because of the camouflage backpack he was carrying and because he was going towards the barracks. 
  
 'Brainwashed by BBC' 
  
 When he was later asked what his defence to the charge of murder was, he said: "I am a soldier. I'm a soldier of Allah". 
  
 He continued: "I understand that some people might not recognise this because we do not wear fatigues and we do not go to the Brecon Beacons and train and this sort of thing. But we are still soldiers in the sight of Allah as a mujahid. 
  
 "This is all that matters, if Allah considers me a soldier, then I am a soldier." 
  
 Last week, the court was shown mobile phone footage of Mr Adebolajo in the aftermath of the attack. 
  
 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Members of Fusilier Rigby's family heard Mr Adebolajo giving evidence 
  
 On Monday he said he wanted to film the scene of the attack to get his message across without people being brainwashed by the BBC. 
  
 He said he was "almost certain" he would be shot and killed by the firearms officers who arrived at the scene of the attack in Woolwich. 
  
 Last week, CCTV footage of him running towards the police car with a meat cleaver raised was shown to the court. 
  
 He complained on Monday that the officers had not shot him in the head but said he had no grievance with them, because they were "just doing their duty". 
  
 He said he should be ransomed back to other jihadi fighters, set free or killed if he was found guilty. 
  
 Earlier, he told the court the "vast majority" of his friends growing up in Romford had been white and British. 
  
 One of them, Kirk Redpath, joined the Army and was later killed in Iraq. 
  
 Mr Adebolajo said: "I hold Tony Blair responsible for his death." 
  
 The defendant told the court that he had tried to travel to Somalia in 2010 but was captured in Kenya and returned to the UK. 
  
 The trial continues on Tuesday. ||||| In this photo made from CCTV and released by the Metropolitan Police on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale speak to a member of the public near to the Woolwich Barracks in... (Associated Press) 
  
 In this photo made from CCTV and released by the Metropolitan Police on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale speak to a member of the public near to the Woolwich Barracks in... (Associated Press) 
  
 A man accused of killing an off-duty British soldier in a frenzied knife attack on a London street defended his actions in court Monday, saying he carried out the attack because he is a soldier fighting in the service of God. 
  
 Michael Adebolajo, 28, said that he attacked soldier Lee Rigby because he wanted to protest Britain's invasion of Muslim lands. He claimed to be one of many fighters engaged in a war between Islam and Western countries. 
  
 "I'm a soldier ... I couldn't do anything else," he said when asked whether he had any regrets. 
  
 Adebolajo spoke calmly and clearly as he was cross-examined at London's Central Criminal Court on Monday, telling jurors that while he had never met anyone from al-Qaida, he was full of admiration for the terrorist group. 
  
 "I love them. I consider them brothers in Islam," he said. 
  
 Adebolajo and fellow defendant Michael Adebowale, 22, are accused of murder in connection with Rigby's death, a brutal slaying that shocked the country. Both deny the charge, and Monday's hearing was the jury's first chance to hear directly from one of the defendants about what led to the attack. 
  
 Adebolajo laid out his life story, saying his parents were Christian and he used to read from the Bible, but he became frustrated and converted to Islam during his time in university. He said he had tried to travel to Somalia so that he could live under Sharia law, but was detained by Kenyan troops before he could get there. 
  
 Turning to the attack, he said that he tried to make sure that Rigby was a soldier before he killed him, saying he hoped the death could "indirectly save the lives of many." 
  
 "I was keen that the reason for the death of this man is not misunderstood. I wanted people to understand ... It only happened for one reason only, and that is foreign policy," he said. 
  
 Adebolajo said he rushed at the police who arrived at the scene minutes after the killing because his religion forbade him to run away from the enemy. |||||

One of two men who allegedly killed British soldier Lee Rigby has proclaimed his support for al-Qaeda in court: "I love them; they're my brothers," Michael Adebolajo said, per the BBC. But "I have never met them." He called himself a soldier in a "war," saying he prayed to Allah the night before the attack that "we strike a soldier and a soldier only." Troops, he said earlier, were the "most fair target": They enlisted "with kind of an understanding that your life is at risk." The AP adds that he hoped the death of a soldier could "indirectly save the lives of many." Adebolajo also said he'd grown up as a Christian, attending church each Sunday and reading the Bible. His friends as a child were mainly British whites, he said earlier. In his first year as a student at Greenwich University, he became a Muslim. "When I came to Islam I realized that ... real success is not just what you can acquire, but really is if you make it to paradise, because then you can relax." Both Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale deny murdering Rigby.