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Foiled London Bombers Draw Life Sentences

Court gives four men toughest possible terms in 21/7 conspiracy

By Greg Atwan,  Newser User

Posted Jul 11, 2007 10:34 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Four men who planned to bomb London's transit system weeks after the deadly 7/7/05 bus and tube attacks were sentenced to life terms today in a British court. A jury failed to reach a decision on two other men charged as members of the conspiracy, which officials said might have killed thousands of London residents.

All six men were connected to a radical Islamic movement in Britain, and one had spent time in Pakistan concurrently with the 7/7 bombers. The judge said he had "no doubt" that both the successful and the failed attacks were "al-Qaida-inspired and controlled." Life in prison is the stiffest sentence available to British courts.

Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police on Monday July 9, 2007 of Muktar Said Ibrahim. Three men were found guilty Monday of plotting to bomb London's public transport system on July 21, 2005, two weeks after a coordinated suicide bombing attack on the network killed 52 commuters. Muktar...
Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police on Monday July 9, 2007 of Muktar Said Ibrahim. Three men were found guilty Monday of plotting to bomb London's public transport system on July 21,...   (Associated Press)
Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police on Monday July 9, 2007 of Ramzi Mohammed. Three men were found guilty Monday of plotting to bomb London's public transport system on July 21, 2005, two weeks after a coordinated suicide bombing attack on the network killed 52 commuters. Ramzi Mohammed,...
Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police on Monday July 9, 2007 of Ramzi Mohammed. Three men were found guilty Monday of plotting to bomb London's public transport system on July 21, 2005,...   (Associated Press)
Pensioner Arthur Burton Garbett, who confronted one of the convicted bombers at Oval tube station on July 21, 2005 during the failed attempt to bomb the London transport system, speaks to the media outside Woolwich Crown Court in London after the four bombers been sentenced to life with a minimum...
Pensioner Arthur Burton Garbett, who confronted one of the convicted bombers at Oval tube station on July 21, 2005 during the failed attempt to bomb the London transport system, speaks to the media outside...   (Associated Press)
This is an image taken from CCTV footage issued by the Metropolitan Police, on Monday July 9, 2007 showing Muktar Said Ibrahim boarding the No. 26 bus on July 21, 2005. Four men were convicted of plotting to bomb London's public transport system on July 21, 2005 _ an attack...
This is an image taken from CCTV footage issued by the Metropolitan Police, on Monday July 9, 2007 showing Muktar Said Ibrahim boarding the No. 26 bus on July 21, 2005. Four men were convicted of plotting...   (Associated Press)
Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police on Monday, July 9, 2007, of Hussain Osman. Four men were found guilty Monday of plotting to bomb London's public transport system on July 21, 2005, two weeks after a coordinated suicide bombing attack on the network killed 52 commuters. Ramzi Mohammed,...
Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police on Monday, July 9, 2007, of Hussain Osman. Four men were found guilty Monday of plotting to bomb London's public transport system on July 21, 2005,...   (Associated Press)
Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police on Monday July 9, 2007 of Yassin Omar. Three men were found guilty Monday of plotting to bomb London's public transport system on July 21, 2005, two weeks after a coordinated suicide bombing attack on the network killed 52 commuters. Yassin Omar,...
Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police on Monday July 9, 2007 of Yassin Omar. Three men were found guilty Monday of plotting to bomb London's public transport system on July 21, 2005,...   (Associated Press)
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