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| Three guilty of airline bomb plot | Three guilty of airline bomb plot |
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| Three men have been found guilty of plotting to kill thousands of people by blowing up planes over the Atlantic with home-made liquid bombs. | |
| A jury convicted ringleader Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, of conspiring to activate bombs disguised as drinks. | A jury convicted ringleader Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, of conspiring to activate bombs disguised as drinks. |
| Tanvir Hussain, 28, and Assad Sarwar, 29, were also found guilty of the same charge at Woolwich Crown Court. | Tanvir Hussain, 28, and Assad Sarwar, 29, were also found guilty of the same charge at Woolwich Crown Court. |
| The men's arrests in 2006 led to new airport restrictions on liquids and brought chaos to travellers. | |
| Ali, Hussain and Sarwar were previously found guilty of conspiracy to murder involving liquid bombs - but that jury could not decide whether their plans extended to detonating the devices on planes. | Ali, Hussain and Sarwar were previously found guilty of conspiracy to murder involving liquid bombs - but that jury could not decide whether their plans extended to detonating the devices on planes. |
| Now a second jury has decided that such a terror plot did exist. | Now a second jury has decided that such a terror plot did exist. |
| With thousands killed in the air and on the ground, the explosions could have caused more devastation than the September 11 attacks. | With thousands killed in the air and on the ground, the explosions could have caused more devastation than the September 11 attacks. |
| Bomb factory | Bomb factory |
| The court was told MI5 officers uncovered the plotters as they followed cells of extremists in London. | The court was told MI5 officers uncovered the plotters as they followed cells of extremists in London. |
| The jury heard that, at the time of the men's arrest in August 2006, Ali had identified seven flights leaving from Heathrow to North American cities. | The jury heard that, at the time of the men's arrest in August 2006, Ali had identified seven flights leaving from Heathrow to North American cities. |
| Sarwar, meanwhile, was described as the plot's "quartermaster", securing bomb ingredients from his home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. | Sarwar, meanwhile, was described as the plot's "quartermaster", securing bomb ingredients from his home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. |
| A flat in the Walthamstow area of east London became the bomb factory, where the men put together a special mixture of chemicals. | A flat in the Walthamstow area of east London became the bomb factory, where the men put together a special mixture of chemicals. |
| They planned to take this mixture, sealed in ordinary sports drinks bottles, on board flights in hand luggage. | They planned to take this mixture, sealed in ordinary sports drinks bottles, on board flights in hand luggage. |
| The men told the court that they had been planning a political stunt, including small explosions only intended to frighten people at airports. | The men told the court that they had been planning a political stunt, including small explosions only intended to frighten people at airports. |
| The world's aviation industry was thrown into chaos in 2006 after their arrests, as security experts immediately introduced restrictions on liquids in hand luggage. |