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Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6824884.ece
Islamic Extremists Guilty of Airline Bomb Plot
[Times-UK] Philippe Naughton - Three British Muslims were found guilty on Monday at Woolwich Crown Court of conspiracy to murder thousands of passengers and crew in an airline bomb plot. Abdulla Ahmed, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain were found guilty of plotting to use liquid bombs to blow up airliners en route from Heathrow to the U.S. Prosecutors said that the plot was largely run from Pakistan. The East London gang was arrested in August 2006. The cell planned to smuggle home-made bombs disguised as soft drinks onto passenger jets run by United Airlines, American Airlines and Air Canada. The devices were to be assembled and detonated in mid-air by a team of suicide bombers. Seven flights to San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal, Washington, New York and Chicago had been singled out that departed within two-and-a-half hours of each other. Police believe an al-Qaeda bombmaker was responsible for the ingenious liquid bomb design.