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'Fifth bomber' in July 21 plot sentenced to 33 years in Britain

Nov 20, 2007, 19:24 GMT

London - A 34-year-old man from Ghana was sentenced to 33 years in jail by a British court Tuesday for his part in the attempted bombing of London's transport network on July 21, 2005. Manfo Asiedu, known as the 'fifth bomber,' was sentenced at Kingston Crown Court, near London, for 'conspiracy to cause an explosion.'

Manfo Asiedu, known as the 'fifth bomber,' was sentenced at Kingston Crown Court, near London, for 'conspiracy to cause an explosion.' Manfo Asiedu, known as the 'fifth bomber,' was sentenced at Kingston Crown Court, near London, for 'conspiracy to cause an explosion.' Asiedu, who had befriended the other four bombers sentenced in July this year, was supposed to have exploded his rucksack device but 'lost his nerve at the last moment' and dumped it in a park in West London. He had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing. The presiding judge, ruling that Asiedu should serve two-thirds of his sentence before he could be released and deported to Ghana, said he had known about the plot 'but did nothing to stop it.' The defence had argued that Asiedu, who came to Britain in 2003, had simply 'fallen in with the wrong crowd' at the north London mosque where he met the other bombers. At the trial in July, Asiedu testified against his fellow-defendants. He faced a retrial after the jury at the July proceedings failed to agree on a conviction. The four men who took an active part in the attempted bomb plot were all given life terms by Woolwich Crown Court in London. They were Muktar Said Ibrahim, 29, Yassin Omar, 26, Ramzi Mohammed, 25 and Hussain Osman, 28, who were all refugees from Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea. The attempted attack was staged exactly two weeks after the London transport suicide bombings of July 7, 2005, in which 52 people died and more than 700 were injured. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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rock n roll fan.Nov 21st, 2007 - 17:53:59

firstly ; used to be , that if you were put in jail , and you are a homo. , you'd get the crap beat out of you ALL the time ; seems that this is not the case , anymore . now all the rage in jail , is beating the crap out of people who have a sexual thing for little kids . i'm really hopeing that this ' all the rage ' , can be extended too , murdering , hollier than thou , god appointed , phycotic religious nut-case terrorists ; All the time !? or will there be so many of-em in jail , that jail is going to be thier ' new buddy-row ' . i for one , surely hope not ! hope ya have a nice stay guys !! secondly , it seems that these dirty , scummy , religious , phycotic , nut case terrorists , hooked up with each other in a mosque . it seems that in these spaces , the radical , dirty , scummy , phychotic religious , hollier-than-thou , nut-case Imams ,spred the word of god . if this is the case , and i think it is , then screw freedom of religion ! how bout a lot of ' freedom FROM religion '! these Creepy halls of Fantasy , should be shut down permenantly ;before these ' non-infidels ' , drag freedom lovers from all over the world back into the Dark-ages .

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CynicNov 21st, 2007 - 17:56:19

Another terrorist banged up.
You'll get a warm and friendly welcome from all inmates of HMP's as you try and explain the reasons that you wished to kill us.....we're waiting.........
good luck...
you'll need it!

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CynicNov 21st, 2007 - 18:12:43

...and that includes our innocent wives and schoolchildren
We love you .....honest!

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