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Four 21/7 bomb plotters get life Four 21/7 bomb plotters get life
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Four men convicted of the 21 July bomb plot have been imprisoned for life, with a minimum tariff of 40 years each.Four men convicted of the 21 July bomb plot have been imprisoned for life, with a minimum tariff of 40 years each.
Muktar Ibrahim, 29, Yassin Omar, 26, Ramzi Mohammed, 25, and Hussain Osman, 28, were found guilty on Monday.Muktar Ibrahim, 29, Yassin Omar, 26, Ramzi Mohammed, 25, and Hussain Osman, 28, were found guilty on Monday.
The four tried to detonate rucksacks laden with explosives on three Tube trains and a bus in 2005.The four tried to detonate rucksacks laden with explosives on three Tube trains and a bus in 2005.
Two other men - Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 34, and Adel Yahya, 24 - face a retrial over the bombings after a first jury failed to reach a verdict.Two other men - Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 34, and Adel Yahya, 24 - face a retrial over the bombings after a first jury failed to reach a verdict.
'Devastation'
Mr Justice Fulford QC said the failed attacks were connected with the bombings that killed 52 people in London two weeks earlier.
"What happened on July 7 in 2005 is of considerablerelevance to this sentencing.
"I have no doubt that they were both part of an al-Qaeda-inspired andcontrolled sequence of attacks," he said.
He added they had carried out the attempted bombings "with their eyes wide open".
Sue Hemming, head of counter terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the men had seen the "devastation" caused on 7/7 and "could have been in no doubt about the consequences of their actions" on 21/7.