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| Alleged bomber likened to Jesus |
| 2007-01-27 |
| A WITNESS told a British court overnight how an alleged terrorist looked like "Jesus nailed to the cross" after his bomb failed to properly detonate on a crowded underground train in London. The testimony came at the trial of six Muslim suspects accused over the failed suicide bombings on July 21, 2005, exactly two weeks after multiple suicide attacks left 56 people dead in the British capital. Passenger Abisha Moyo, speaking as the court discussed the case of Hussain Osman, 28, said she heard a bang and then saw a man falling on to his back on top of a rucksack in the carriage. "He was in a position like Jesus when nailed to the cross, with his arms out to the sides," she said. Osman and five others - Ramzi Mohammed, 25, Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 33, Yassin Omar, 26, Muktar Said Ibrahim, 29, and Adel Yahya, 24 - deny charges of conspiracy to murder and to cause explosions likely to endanger life. Their trial at the top security Woolwich Crown Court in southeast London is one of Britain's highest profile cases in years and is expected to last four months. In other testimony, a retired nurse told the court how the alleged terrorist fled through her home following the failed attack, telling her "I'm just passing through." Prosecutors said Osman climbed over a garden wall of Lola Henry's home, which backs onto the underground railway track, entered through their dining room window and exited their front door. Ms Henry recalled that she heard the noise of "someone running from my dining room area to the hall towards the front door before seeing the man identified by police as Osman. "The man said 'I won't hurt you, I'm just passing through' or words similar to that. He then opened the front door and went out," Henry said in a statement. Another passenger, Eunice Olwa, said she saw the man squeeze himself between two train carriages and then jump down on to the track and walk away calmly. "It was like he was strolling in the park," she said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 And if he had crouched like he was hiding in a dark, wet sealed well, he would have been likened to the 12th imam. Gee. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-01-27 12:45 |
| #2 Passenger Abisha Moyo, speaking as the court discussed the case of Hussain Osman, 28, said she heard a bang and then saw a man falling on to his back on top of a rucksack in the carriage. "He was in a position like Jesus when nailed to the cross, with his arms out to the sides," she said. Don't they have free psychiatric care in SSRB? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-01-27 12:33 |
| #1 Thou shalt not take the name Tom Cruise in vain. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-01-27 09:08 |