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Jury sees 21 July 'burka escape'
BBC News ^ | February 20, 2007 | Staff

Posted on 02/20/2007 8:00:50 AM PST by MadIvan

CCTV images of one of the 21 July bomb suspects apparently fleeing London in a Muslim veil have been shown in court.

The jury at Woolwich Crown Court saw footage prosecutors say is Yassin Omar, 26, wearing a black full-length dress and burka with a handbag over his arm.

He is said to have travelled by bus to Birmingham from Golders Green in north London on 22 July 2005 - the day after an alleged attempt to bomb the Tube.

Mr Omar and six other defendants deny charges of conspiracy to murder.

The footage shows Mr Omar mingling with ordinary commuters at Digbeth coach station in Birmingham on his arrival.

The prosecution said he waited at the site before being picked up by a car.

The jury has also heard he was captured on CCTV wearing the burka at Golders Green coach station earlier in the day.

Mr Omar, Hussein Osman, Ramzi Mohammed, Adel Yahya, Muktar Ibrahim and Manfo Asiedu deny conspiracy to cause explosions and conspiracy to murder.

Conversation disputed

Mr Omar's arrest at a house in Heybarnes Road in Birmingham came six days after the alleged extremist Muslim plot to commit suicide bombings.

The court heard Mr Omar - who allegedly tried to detonate a bomb on a train at Warren Street station - later admitted to police he was on the Tube at the time.

He told them he had not intended to hurt anyone on 21 July.

The prosecution had earlier claimed that Mr Omar's one-bedroom flat in New Southgate, north London, was where the home-made devices were manufactured.

Detective Constable Dave Hillier, who accompanied Mr Omar back to London for questioning, told the court he had said: "I was on the Tube at the time of the explosions. I did not know it was going to go off...

"I did not make the explosives. I was told to collect it."

In cross examination, defence counsel Mr Peter Carter QC suggested DC Hillier had wrongly attributed certain comments to Mr Omar.

According to Mr Carter, the defendant had said: "I knew it was going to go off and I didn't want to hurt anyone."

But DC Hillier stood by his notes.

The trial continues.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: burka; lumberjack; terrorist; womensclothing

"He puts on women's clothing...and hangs around in bars..."

Regards, Ivan

1 posted on 02/20/2007 8:00:52 AM PST by MadIvan
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To: Mrs Ivan; odds; DCPatriot; Deetes; Barset; fanfan; LadyofShalott; Tolik; mtngrl@vrwc; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 02/20/2007 8:01:25 AM PST by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: MadIvan

Yes ... quite the fashion statement for a Lion of Islam.


3 posted on 02/20/2007 8:03:57 AM PST by sono (Global Warming - Cry Havoc and Unleash the Dogs of Gore)
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To: sono
I can imagine the letters of complaint -

"Dear Sir - I strongly object to the article about the Muslim terrorist who wore women's clothes. Many of my best friends are Muslim terrorists, and only a few of them are transvestites. Yours sincerely, Osama bin Laden (Mrs.) - PS - I have never kissed the editor of the Tehran Times"

Regards, Ivan

4 posted on 02/20/2007 8:06:21 AM PST by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: MadIvan

ROFL!


5 posted on 02/20/2007 8:11:01 AM PST by MeekMom (Present your bodies a living sacrifice unto God.)
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To: MadIvan

Perhaps a sex change operation with a dull, rusty knife would be in order.


6 posted on 02/20/2007 8:13:08 AM PST by tgusa (Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .....)
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To: MadIvan

LOL. Loved that letter.


7 posted on 02/20/2007 8:22:19 AM PST by JeeperFreeper
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To: MadIvan; tomkow6; monkapotamus; LUV W; All

That so funny LMAO


8 posted on 02/20/2007 12:22:49 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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