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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

(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... Read full story »

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