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'Osama bin London' Convicted

Preacher organized training camps, touted murder

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 26, 2008 2:50 PM CST

(Newser) – An extremist preacher who called himself "Osama bin London" has been convicted of organizing terrorist training camps and promoting murder, the London Times reports. Mohammed Hamid trained five of the terrorists who undertook a thwarted attack at outdoor sights in suburban London. He mocked... Read full story »

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