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Britain
Briton jailed for plotting suicide bombing
2009-07-17
A BRITISH Muslim convert was jailed for at least 10 years today for plotting to blow up a shopping centre using his own homemade "suicide vest".

Isa Ibrahim, 20, a student from Bristol in southwest England, was arrested in April last year after police received what they described as a "landmark" tip-off from a member of the local Muslim community.

During a search of his home, police found a quantity of hexamethylene triperoxide diamine - a high explosive that can be made from household ingredients and the same substance as used in the deadly London suicide bomb attacks of July 7, 2005. Also found in his one-bedroom apartment were an electrical circuit capable of detonating the explosive and a half-made suicide vest.

Detectives said his intended target was a busy shopping centre in Bristol.

Justice Neil Butterfield gave him an indeterminate jail sentence with a minimum of 10 years, calling him "a lonely and angry young person ... with a craving for attention."
With time served, he should be out in three or four years. Nice one, Justice Neil Butterfield.
Not a word about him being a murderous bastard, huh ...
Winchester Crown Court heard he turned to religion after being addicted to drugs and spent months researching Islamist extremism on the internet. He also used the Internet to find out how to make explosives from household products. The jury was told that he had described Britain as a "dirty toilet" and believed the September 11 attacks were a justifiable response to US and British aggression towards Muslims, the Press Association reported.

Ibrahim denied plotting a bomb attack but pleaded guilty to a charge of making an explosive substance. He said he thought suicide bombing was wrong and had only intended to put a film of the suicide vest being detonated on the YouTube website.

He was convicted of preparing terrorist acts, making explosives, carrying out "reconnaissance" before the act, and "making an improvised suicide vest in which to then detonate an explosive substance".

Detective Superintendent Nigel Rock, who led the investigation, said it was "hugely significant" that a member of the Muslim community had provided information on Ibrahim.
Posted by:tipper

#2  I think it far more likely that he'll get more attention he DOESN'T want In prison.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-07-17 19:40  

#1  "a lonely and angry young person ... with a craving for attention."

Maybe he'll get the attention he needs in prison.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2009-07-17 17:30  

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