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Britain Convicts Four in '05 Bomb Plot

Botched strike followed London transit attacks by two weeks

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 9, 2007 12:27 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Four men accused in failed 2005 bombings of London subways and buses were found guilty today of conspiracy to murder. The attack, in which bombs affixed to makeshift shrapnel failed to detonate detonate, took place two weeks after a the 7/7 transit bombing killed 52 London commuters.

Two more men await judgment in the plot, which agitated an already-jittery London with tales of the defendants' escape attempts—one disguised in a burqa. The prosecution insisted the men were not merely copycats but conspirators who had been planning their strike for months. The bombers had seen sermons by a well-known radical preacher and their flats were littered with images of terrorism.

o-defendants.(AP Photo /Metropolitan Police)
o-defendants.(AP Photo /Metropolitan Police)   (Associated Press)
A passenger walks towards his approaching train at Embankment underground station, London Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002. A subway train derailed in east London on Thursday July 5, 2007 and paramedics were attending the scene, an ambulance official said. (AP Photo/Adam Butler)
A passenger walks towards his approaching train at Embankment underground station, London Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002. A subway train derailed in east London on Thursday July 5, 2007 and paramedics were attending...   (Associated Press)
network killed 52 commuters. Muktar Said Ibrahim, 29; Yassin Omar, 26; and Ramzi Mohammed, 25, were convicted of conspiracy to murder. The jury was still deliberating on three co-defendants.(AP Photo /Metropolitan Police)
network killed 52 commuters. Muktar Said Ibrahim, 29; Yassin Omar, 26; and Ramzi Mohammed, 25, were convicted of conspiracy to murder. The jury was still deliberating on three co-defendants.(AP Photo...   (Associated Press)
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