LONDON — Three British Muslims were convicted Monday of plotting to murder thousands by downing at least seven airliners bound for the U.S. and Canada in what was intended as the largest terrorist attack since Sept. 11.
A jury at a London court found Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, Assad Sarwar, 29, and Tanvir Hussain, 28, guilty of conspiracy to murder by detonating explosives on aircraft while they were in-flight.
Four other alleged conspirators — whom the prosecution said were to have smuggled liquid explosives onboard jetliners disguised as soft drinks — were acquitted of conspiring to blow up planes. The jury could not reach a verdict on an eighth man.
British and U.S. security officials said the plan — unlike many recent homegrown European terrorist plots — was directly linked to al-Qaida and guided by senior Islamic militants in Pakistan, who hoped to mount a spectacular strike on the West.
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Can't be the war on terror is over .
ReplyDeleteThese people are obviously American citizens! I mean,Barack Hussein Obama will claim them, will he not?
ReplyDeletePretty soon Obama will be sending Bill Clinton over there to bail them out.
ReplyDeleteI think this might just be a ploy after getting egg on their face for freeing Lockerbie bomber. After it was found they did it to get BP an oil deal, the gotta look good somehow so now all of a sudden they break this plot. Hey they gott alook good in front of us Americans, even when the Queen only got an I Pod.
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