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UK Gives Liquid Bomb Plotters Life in Prison

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 14, 2009 9:34 AM CDT

(Newser) – The three men convicted of plotting to smuggle liquid bombs onto trans-Atlantic flights all received life sentences in British court today, with minimum terms ranging between 32 and 40 years, the BBC reports. The judge said the attack aspired to “stand alongside” the 9/11 attacks, calling it “the most grave and wicked conspiracy ever proven within this jurisdiction.”

The men sat impassively, displaying no emotion as the sentence was read. Their defense lawyers had argued that they had planned only small explosions as a political stunt, backed by a documentary about Western foreign policy. But the judge dismissed that argument, noting that the men had gathered enough material for 20 detonators. The 2006 plot, he added, had been costly, creating a “huge inconvenience for the traveling public,” who now face restrictions on liquids.

This is an undated Metropolitan Police picture of Abdulla Ahmed Ali, who was convicted Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, of conspiring to blow up trans-Atlantic flights with liquid bombs.
This is an undated Metropolitan Police picture of Abdulla Ahmed Ali, who was convicted Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, of conspiring to blow up trans-Atlantic flights with liquid bombs.   (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police/PA)
These police photos show the men convicted last week of conspiring to blow up trans-Atlantic flights in mid-air with liquid explosives. From left: Abdulla Ahmed Ali Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain
These police photos show the men convicted last week of conspiring to blow up trans-Atlantic flights in mid-air with liquid explosives. From left: Abdulla Ahmed Ali Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain   (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police/PA)
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COMMENTS
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RobN
Sep 14, 2009 3:11 AM CDT
They're not going to house them in Scotland again, are they?
passinthru
Sep 14, 2009 3:05 AM CDT
there is no virgins, because there is no heaven. its a shame these gullible village idiots give their lives so easily for something so rediculous. but hey...we all gotta die somehow, why not go out with a bang...so to speak.
riffran
Sep 14, 2009 2:37 AM CDT
Rot in hell slime balls. May you're 72 virgins be old and whithered from hanging out in the bars whoring for the next thirty years.

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