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Stripped for surrender: Ibrahim (left) and Mohammed under arrest two years ago 9 H: T& L1 d& U7 W
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Bombers on benefits: How four refugees taking sanctuary in Britain betrayed us 5 K, y$ @) ^0 ]9 S ( h5 e) |- E* D. N% Q4 r& \Police and MI5 missed a string of chances to stop them * I: h9 W: S; m1 \2 k, o% f( S% `( Y
1 _% s$ ^0 J6 Z' N8 D6 b, c3 D7 \. Y9 ]They fled to Britain from war- torn East Africa to escape persecution. : w& e2 V7 E8 u. ]7 _# q1 V 6 \2 p6 x! U( ]2 ]3 P- E1 JHere, they were given homes, an education and benefits by a society which held out the hand of friendship. 1 M3 Q1 p3 Q; {, P
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In return, Muktar Said Ibrahim, Ramzi Mohammed, Yassin Omar and Hussain Osman plotted mass murder against the very people who gave them sanctuary when they needed it most.& c- g' G9 }/ s5 [
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The six men on trial: (from the left, top row) Manfo Asiedu, Muktar Said Ibrahim, Ramzi Mohammed and (from the left, bottom row) Yassin Omar, Hussain Osman and Adel Yahya. Ibrahim, Omar, Osman and Mohammed have been found guilty , H* s* U$ m! ?# x. j) _, \ ?, u
& {4 o+ O' |8 q+ c' m! `( c7 fThe four Islamic terrorists were facing life sentences last night after they were convicted of the 21/7 suicide bomb plot, which they hoped would be 'bigger and better' than the 7/7 attacks two weeks before which killed 52. 1 w1 d" m2 C. N% {% s Q ! Z, E; s, i2 _& j7 \7 J9 {+ A' pTheir Eritrean-born ringleader Ibrahim, 29, was given British citizenship and a British passport despite serving a lengthy jail term for two violent robberies, with a conviction for sexual assault also to his name. / C/ M! N% W4 I$ @" y4 h, E: U + u# J2 U( t2 TThe one and only time he used his prized passport was to travel to Pakistan, where he almost certainly attended an Al Qaeda training camp and where he is suspected of meeting two of the 7/7 bombers and planning coordinated suicide attacks on London. & l* b' Q: D# C i+ a L4 _ 2 _/ p0 \$ U) V) s- }9 nHe and his cohorts had claimed more than £165,000 in benefits between them before they tried to blow up Tube trains and a bus as retribution for the Iraq war. ) d9 g/ Q4 N3 a/ [7 U9 ^+ X 5 x% a1 k6 q& l. a. OA jury at Woolwich Crown Court in South-East London yesterday found Ibrahim, Mohammed, 25, Omar, 26, and Osman, 28, guilty of conspiracy to murder after a six-month trial in which it was said their plot was foiled by sheer 'good luck'. " x1 r; O- ]' M- a: R; F5 }
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* r/ O& H3 I- f+ d" l$ M4 ?. F/ RThe jury will return to court today to continue its deliberations on codefendants Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 33, who is alleged to have dumped a fifth bomb in a park after losing his nerve, and Adel Yahya, 24 who allegedly helped buy materials for the bombs before flying to Yemen a month before July 21, 2005. ( U# k+ B; f. [; N9 F
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Deadly: The bomb on the Northern Line train which Mohammed tried to blow up. Nails and screws are clearly visible on the yellow liquid on the floor
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