London bomb suspect was convicted robber - papers

[Eugene]

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London bomb suspect was convicted robber - papers
Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:52 AM BST

By Peter Griffiths

LONDON (Reuters) - A prime suspect wanted for last week's attempted
London bombings had served a jail sentence for knifepoint robberies
and grew to hate the British system after his conviction, newspapers
reported on Wednesday.

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Muktar Said Ibrahim, 27, whom police say planted a bomb on a bus in
last week's attempted attacks, was jailed for 5 years in 1996 for
mugging people when he was part of a teenage gang, the Daily
Telegraph said.

The Sun tabloid said Ibrahim arrived in Britain from the East
African country of Eritrea in 1992.

"He was very bitter about getting five years (in jail)," the Sun
quoted an unnamed associate as saying. "He was never the same person
after."

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[Monkie]

1. so do we now attack the prison system,its a terror training camp!

some of the Madrid bombers were petty criminals that morphed into evil al-qaeda terrorists after spending time in prison.
Does prison create terrorists?
Are the terrorist masterminds like Bin-laden hiding in prison?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1234295.htm

"A Spanish judge investigating suspected Islamic militants has drawn links between the September 11 attacks, the Madrid train bombings and a plot to blow up the High Court.
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Thirty men have now been accused of belonging to the cell, which was originally formed in jail."