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One of the 21 July bombing suspects planned "bigger and better" attacks than those on 7 July, a jury has heard. | One of the 21 July bombing suspects planned "bigger and better" attacks than those on 7 July, a jury has heard. |
The lawyer of a fellow defendant said Muktar Ibrahim wanted to explode four bombs on the Tube and destroy a London tower block with a booby-trap device. | The lawyer of a fellow defendant said Muktar Ibrahim wanted to explode four bombs on the Tube and destroy a London tower block with a booby-trap device. |
Stephen Kamlish QC told Woolwich Crown Court Mr Ibrahim had wanted the flats to go up in "a ball of flames". The defendant denied that was true. | Stephen Kamlish QC told Woolwich Crown Court Mr Ibrahim had wanted the flats to go up in "a ball of flames". The defendant denied that was true. |
He is one of six men who deny conspiracy to murder in July 2005. | He is one of six men who deny conspiracy to murder in July 2005. |
They also deny conspiracy to cause explosions on the transport network on 21 July 2005 - two weeks after the 7 July attacks in which four suicide bombers killed 52 people. | |
Four real bombs on the Tube and one block of flats, a tower, destroyed, going up in a ball of flames. That was your plan, wasn't it? Stephen Kamlish QC | Four real bombs on the Tube and one block of flats, a tower, destroyed, going up in a ball of flames. That was your plan, wasn't it? Stephen Kamlish QC |
Mr Kamlish, representing Manfo Asiedu, said to Mr Ibrahim: "You wanted to do a copycat of 7/7 - four bombs on 7/7, four bombs two weeks later on 21/7. That was your plan. | Mr Kamlish, representing Manfo Asiedu, said to Mr Ibrahim: "You wanted to do a copycat of 7/7 - four bombs on 7/7, four bombs two weeks later on 21/7. That was your plan. |
"We say your 21/7 bombs were to be bigger and better in your twisted thinking than that of 7/7. | "We say your 21/7 bombs were to be bigger and better in your twisted thinking than that of 7/7. |
"Four real bombs on the Tube and one block of flats, a tower, destroyed, going up in a ball of flames. That was your plan, wasn't it?" | "Four real bombs on the Tube and one block of flats, a tower, destroyed, going up in a ball of flames. That was your plan, wasn't it?" |
Mr Ibrahim denied that and said, as a Muslim, he believed those who committed murder would go to hell fire. | |
He maintains he planned to create a "fake explosive", in a demonstration against the Iraq war, that would cause panic but not hurt anybody. | |
Mr Kamlish said the plan to blow up the tower block at Curtis House, New Southgate, north London, involved a sideboard with trigger wires intended to spark an explosion when police entered the premises. | Mr Kamlish said the plan to blow up the tower block at Curtis House, New Southgate, north London, involved a sideboard with trigger wires intended to spark an explosion when police entered the premises. |
The sideboard was allegedly covered in an explosive charge | |
Jurors were shown the sideboard, which they were told had been covered in a charge and if detonated would have destroyed the tower block. | |
Asked why there was a hydrogen peroxide and chappati flour mixture on the furniture - the substances found in the Tube devices - Mr Ibrahim said it could have got there when he was testing the explosives. | |
He also said he did not know why wires were scattered over the floor. | |
The court also heard that Mr Ibrahim called himself "emir" which means prince. | The court also heard that Mr Ibrahim called himself "emir" which means prince. |
"Because you consider yourself the emir, you think people should follow your orders," Mr Kamlish said. | "Because you consider yourself the emir, you think people should follow your orders," Mr Kamlish said. |
'Heated exchanges' | |
He said his client, Mr Asiedu, had been "ordered" to take part the night before the alleged attacks of 21 July. | He said his client, Mr Asiedu, had been "ordered" to take part the night before the alleged attacks of 21 July. |
But he had dumped his device near Little Wormwood Scrubs, in west London, on 21 July and then returned to Curtis House where he discovered the booby-trap and dismantled it, Mr Kamlish added. | |
But Mr Ibrahim said Mr Asiedu had agreed to be involved three or four days earlier. | But Mr Ibrahim said Mr Asiedu had agreed to be involved three or four days earlier. |
"I do not know why Asiedu is making these accusations," he told the court. | "I do not know why Asiedu is making these accusations," he told the court. |
BBC correspondent June Kelly said there were a series of heated exchanges in court as Mr Ibrahim, who had previously remained fairly cool, turned on the lawyer and started asking him questions. | BBC correspondent June Kelly said there were a series of heated exchanges in court as Mr Ibrahim, who had previously remained fairly cool, turned on the lawyer and started asking him questions. |
The judge was forced to step in to remind Mr Ibrahim that he was there to answer questions, she said. | The judge was forced to step in to remind Mr Ibrahim that he was there to answer questions, she said. |
Mr Ibrahim is on trial with Yassin Omar, 26, from New Southgate, north London; Mr Asiedu, 33, of no fixed address; Hussein Osman, 28, of no fixed address; Ramzi Mohammed, 25, of North Kensington, west London; and Adel Yahya, 24, of High Road, Tottenham, north London. | Mr Ibrahim is on trial with Yassin Omar, 26, from New Southgate, north London; Mr Asiedu, 33, of no fixed address; Hussein Osman, 28, of no fixed address; Ramzi Mohammed, 25, of North Kensington, west London; and Adel Yahya, 24, of High Road, Tottenham, north London. |