BBC NEWS <http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/printer_friendly/news_logo.gif> 'Allah instructed' 21/7 suspect An alleged 21/7 bomber has told a court Allah instructed him to put a rucksack on when police came to arrest him. Woolwich Crown Court heard officers almost shot Yassin Omar, who was found standing in a bath wearing what they believed to be a bag of explosives. But the 26-year-old denied wanting to be killed by police with a Koran on his back in order to become a martyr. Six men deny conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions on London transport on 21 July 2005. Earlier this week, Mr Omar admitted setting off a device on a Tube train near Warren Street, but says it was carried out in protest at the Iraq war and was not meant to be deadly. Bucket and books Giving evidence for the fourth day, he was asked if he wanted to die with the Koran on his back. "That is not the case," he replied. "If they saw I had a rucksack on me then they would think twice before they shot me, and it worked. Allah answered my supplication," he said. Mr Omar fled London in a burka following the 21 July attacks and was arrested at a house in Birmingham six days later, the court has heard. The jury was shown the rucksack he was wearing when he was arrested, which had contained a bucket, mobile phone charger and some Islamic books. 'Next bomb' Mr Omar was accused of telling a man he stayed with in Birmingham that his actions on 21 July were a "failed attempted bombing". He denied this. Stephen Kamlish QC, for co-defendant Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, said: "You said you were worried about the next attempt." "These stories just keep on getting more fantastic. That never happened," Mr Omar replied. Mr Kamlish later told the court that the "next one" Mr Omar was referring to was a bomb that had been left in the sideboard at his flat - which Mr Asiedu claims to have dismantled. Mr Omar, of New Southgate, north London, is charged alongside Muktar Said Ibrahim, 29, from Stoke Newington, north London; Ramzi Mohammed, 25, of North Kensington, west London; Hussain Osman, 28, of no fixed address; Adel Yahya, 24, of High Road, Tottenham, north London; and Mr Asiedu, 34, of no fixed address. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk/6643411.stm Published: 2007/05/10 18:43:22 GMT C BBC MMVII . <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=4015662/grpspId=1705043956/msgId =15766/stime=1178834896/nc1=3848570/nc2=3848582/nc3=3848636> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
