A vast 2005 London bombing conspiracy?
The alleged head of the 21 July London bombing suspects has been accused in court of collaborating with the 7 July suicide bombers.
The lead bomber in the plot, Mukhtar Ibrahim, was in Pakistan at the same time as the ringleader of the 7/7 bombings, Mohammed Sidique Khan and fellow 7/7 suicide bomber Shehzad Tanweer.
This detail was brought out during cross-examination of Ibrahim by a counsel for another defendant, Manfo Asiedu, in the trial.
Ibrahim had earlier claimed that he had only "planned to cause panic with realistic but fake bombs but had no intention to hurt anyone" according to the BBC report. But as the BBC goes on:
When the authorities analysed the explosives that Mr Ibrahim is accused of making for the alleged 21 July attack, they realised that they had only seen them once before, alleged Mr Kamlish - on 7 July 2005.
The allegations put to Mr Ibrahim in court represent the first time that a link has attempted to be made between the 7 July suicide bombers and the alleged attacks of 21 July.
Ibrahim's codefendant, Asiedu, "broke ranks with the other five defendants when his lawyer told the court that Mr Ibrahim had allegedly planned to carry out something 'bigger and better than 7/7'."
According to Ibrahim, he learned how to make bombs from the Internet and has asserted that he does not believe in suicide bombing.
Yeah, right.
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