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| London bomb suspect: Bombs not meant to harm | |
| 2005-08-09 | |
| ROME, Italy (CNN) -- One of the suspects in the July 21 failed bomb attacks in London told British investigators Tuesday in Rome the blasts were meant to "make noise" but not harm anyone, according to his lawyer. Hamdi Issac is suspected of being the fourth man to carry an explosive-laden backpack onto the London transit system two weeks after four bombers killed 52 commuters and themselves on three subway trains and a bus. The bombs that Issac and the others allegedly carried failed to fully detonate. He told Italian investigators after his arrest in Rome that the bomb he carried was meant scare people and not to kill. Scotland Yard, however, says the bombs were meant to kill but misfired. Britain has requested Issac's extradition to face charges in connection with the July 21 botched attacks. Issac's attorney, Antonietta Sonnessa, who was present during Tuesday's interrogation, told reporters that her client again said the bomb was meant to "make noise" and demonstrate his opposition to the Iraq war. "There were some nails (in the backpack)," she said, "but the explosive was not meant to kill."
Sonnessa told reporters that Judge Domenico Massimo Miceli and four or five British officers, including a translator, were present during the two-hour questioning at Rome's Regina Coeli prison. Issac, she said, answered questions in Italian. She also said British investigators showed Issac several photographs, including some of the other suspects, and that he recognized several. It was not clear, however, which of the other suspects were included in the photographs and who he recognized. Issac repeated his claim that he did not prepare the backpack himself, but that one of the other suspects gave it to him, his lawyer said. Sonnessa told reporters she is still waiting to see the report on the type of explosive her client was alleged to be carrying. | |
| Posted by:Oztralian [AKA] God Save The World |
| #20 Hey Hamdi - you're just the person for our brand new production of "Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot". And guess what - you get the starring role. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-08-09 21:09 |
| #19 "bombers killed 52 commuters" I sure hate to see a perfectly good box of nails go to waste....Hey, I just thought of 52 reasons to place 52 nails in 52 places on each of these 'pranksters'. |
| Posted by: Marine Dad 2005-08-09 17:25 |
| #18 Rosie - I think that's a typo. Probably supposed to be Mofo. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-08-09 17:11 |
| #17 Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, suspected of abandoning his backpack in a London park Manfo? What's a Manfo? |
| Posted by: Rosie ODonnell 2005-08-09 16:56 |
| #16 Apparently we infidel are not only unclean but unbelievably stupid as well. Everytime these asswads open their mouths, my self-esteem goes waaaay up. /sarc |
| Posted by: BH 2005-08-09 16:54 |
| #15 the Joos planted the NAILS. Joos are into nails, you know? Youve never heard of Hechingers? Yup, before Home Depot (may peace be upon its lumber) was everywhere, a Jewish family owned a huge northeastern hardware chain. |
| Posted by: Handyman 2005-08-09 16:46 |
| #14 If the bombs were really meant to "make noise" and not harm anyone (they must have used LOUD nails), then I'm sure this clown won't mind sitting next to one of the bombs as it explodes. Just him. No one else nearby. We'll even supply the earplugs so the "noise" won't cause hearing damage. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-08-09 16:31 |
| #13 They gotta Zionist Transfer Ray? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-08-09 16:27 |
| #12 "The Joo's switched my harmless scary only backpack with a more lethal one... Yeah, that's the ticket" |
| Posted by: Capsu 78 2005-08-09 16:17 |
| #11 My inner paki tells me that the Boomer's Oath is something akin to "Boomer boom thyself." I'm waiting for more esteemed Egyptian scholars to log on with the entertaining conspiracy theories about the 7/7 and 7/21 terrorist attacks. |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-08-09 16:03 |
| #10 It's right there in the Terrorist Oath, "Do no harm." Or was that the Hippocratic Oath? I forget... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-08-09 15:47 |
| #9 This crap is right out of the handbook, deny, deny, deny. He has to be a fool as there is CCTV footage of one of his fellow suicide bombers spread eagled on a bomb. Don't worry though, TRANZI European justice assures this guy a Life sentence (seven years max.) |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-08-09 15:26 |
| #8 Winn Dixie house brand charcoal starter..... it could take days. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-08-09 14:57 |
| #7 ...but make sure you use the special "non burnable" fire. We just want to get the message out. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-08-09 14:48 |
| #6 pour gasoline on him and have a bon fire |
| Posted by: bk 2005-08-09 14:43 |
| #5 Yes,yes, Antonietta, we understand. Using the same reasoning, we're not really hanging your client; we're just testing the strength of the rope. |
| Posted by: GK 2005-08-09 14:42 |
| #4 Wow. This is exactley what I would do if I wanted my cause heard. Plant a bomb that won't hurt anybody to make myself heard, then skip the country without telling anybody what it was I wanted them to hear. I would be mbarrassed as a lawyer to even say that. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2005-08-09 14:37 |
| #3 Remember John Howard's comment about "not being able to get into the mind of a successful suicide bomber"? We'll, here we have a very unsuccessful suicide bomber. He appears to be an incompetent clown or an Al Qaida poster boy for the left wing MSM: experts at turning a perp into a victim. |
| Posted by: john 2005-08-09 14:20 |
| #2 "There were some nails (in the backpack)," she said, Working on your back deck, I suppose? |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-08-09 14:08 |
| #1 I've met guys on crack that make more sense than this asshole. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-08-09 12:44 |