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33 YEARS JAIL FOR BOMBER WHO LOST HIS NERVE AT LAST MINUTETHE fifth failed July 21 suicide bomber was jailed for 33 years yesterday and will be booted out of Britain once he is free. Manfo Asiedu, 34, joined the gang of would-be mass murderers setting out to attack London’s transport network with rucksack bombs. But then he lost his nerve and dumped his device before fleeing. His bomb was made of chapati flour and liquid peroxide, inside a plastic container with screws and washers taped to the side. It was to be set off by a detonator made of...

July 21 lawyer faces investigation over bribery claims Press Association Thursday August 30, 2007 Guardian Unlimited Scotland Yard was today investigating claims that a solicitor who represented some of the July 21 bombers tried to bribe a co-defendant. Detectives were investigating two allegations made about the conduct of Muddassar Arani during the six-month terror trial earlier this year. The inquiry began after the Crown Prosecution Service asked the Metropolitan police to investigate the solicitor's conduct. A police spokesman said: "The specialist crime directorate is currently scoping the allegations and reviewing the material that came out of the trial." The allegations...

Bombin’ Days My bombin' days are over No more nights at the Terror Cell My buddies say they’re gonna miss me but Who could ever tell I never knew what time it was Til exploding time came round My bombin' days are over But I’m still troublebound I used to hang at the Mosque yeah You’d see me screaming as the Iman Spoke I’d take my gal to The strip club We lived on whiskey and smoke Don’t know how it all started Always mean to kill someone Some bad luck with the fuse can’t be undone Well it was...

SKY News is reporting that Scotland Yard has arrested the 4th bomber(Bus bomber) in Rome.

All four failed London bomb suspects are reported to be in custody following armed raids in the UK capital and Rome. Two London arrests are thought to be the men wanted for the 21 July Oval Tube and No 26 bus attacks. A third bomb suspect was already being held. The fourth suspect, wanted for the attempted Shepherd's Bush Tube attack, has been arrested in Rome and named as Somali-born UK citizen Osman Hussain. Police arrested three people in raids in Notting Hill and north Kensington. Officers have also arrested two women at Liverpool Street station. Police are still questioning...