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NEWS ABOUT: Abdulla Ahmed Ali

Abdulla Ahmed Ali stories: 5 news summaries

(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... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • terror plots • sentencing • Britain • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar • Tanvir Hussain

3 Brits Guilty in '06 Plot to Bomb Transatlantic Flights

Planned use of liquid explosives sparked restrictions still in effect

Sep 7, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three British Muslims were convicted today of conspiracy to blow up airplanes with liquid explosives in a failed 2006 plot that led to restrictions on drinks and toiletries on flights, the Times of London reports. Ringleader Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar, and Tanvir Hussain were retried after a jury... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • terror plots • England • explosives • conspiracy • air travel • Britain • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar • guilty verdict • criminal trial • Tanvir Hussain • liquids

 3 Guilty in '06 UK Bomb Plot 

But jury doesn't convict any of 8 in trying to blow up transatlantic airliners

Sep 8, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three men were convicted today of conspiracy to commit murder with homemade bombs, the BBC reports, but neither they nor five others were found guilty of plotting to blow up transatlantic flights in 2006. Their arrests, hailed as a major blow against terrorism, occasioned new airport regulations on liquids—soda... More »

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terrorism • counterterrorism • flights • Heathrow Airport • al-Qaeda • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar • airplanes • Tanvir Hussain

Jury Sees 'Martyr Videos'
in UK Terror Plot Trial

Discussed bringing families on suicide missions

Apr 5, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - In London yesterday, prosecutors introduced “martyrdom videos” as evidence against eight British Muslims accused of plotting to destroy US-bound airliners in 2006, the Times  reports. One video, found in a man’s garage, envisioned “your people’s body parts responsible for these wars and oppression decorating the... More »

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London • terror plots • airline safety • hydrogen peroxide • airplane • videos • martyrdom • terror trial • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar





 8 'Plotted to Blow Up' 7 Airliners  

Trial of terror cell opens in London

Apr 4, 08 3:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Islamic terrorist cell plotted a suicide mission to blow up seven transatlantic airliners in midflight, killing more than 1,500 passengers, a prosecutor charged yesterday as a trial began for eight men in London. The explosives were to be hidden in soft drink bottles and set off by detonators... More »

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terror plots • bomb • airplane • Heathrow Airport • terror trial • soft drink bottles • Woolwich Crown Court • Peter Wright QC • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar • Mohammed Gulzar

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