3 convicted for failed London plot in 2005

Three men were convicted on Monday of plotting failed attacks on London8217;s transport system in July 2005, designed to replicate the 7/7 attacks that killed 52 persons, British

media have reported. The men, Muslims of African origin, would have caused carnage on a scale similar to the deadly 7/7 attacks but, although the detonators on their makeshift bombs fired, the main charges failed to explode, police said. The men8212;Muktah Said Ibrahim, Yassin Hassan Omar and Ramzi Mohammed8212;were found guilty of conspiracy to murder after a trial lasting almost six months. The jury is still considering verdicts on three other men. The convicted trio claimed the bombings were a hoax, not designed to kill but to be a protest against the UK8217;s involvement in Iraq.