Suspect: Bombs not meant to harm (UK 7/21)

[sabra]

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/09/london.probe.rome/

Suspect: Bombs not meant to harm

ROME, Italy (CNN) -- One of the suspects in the July 21 failed bomb attacks in London told British investigators Tuesday in Rome the blasts were meant to "make noise" but not harm anyone, according to his lawyer.

Hamdi Issac is suspected of being the fourth man to carry an explosive-laden backpack onto the London transit system two weeks after four bombers killed 52 commuters and themselves on three subway trains and a bus.

The bombs that Issac and the others allegedly carried failed to fully detonate. He told Italian investigators after his arrest in Rome that the bomb he carried was meant scare people and not to kill.

Scotland Yard, however, says the bombs were meant to kill but misfired. Britain has requested Issac's extradition to face charges in connection with the July 21 botched attacks.

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[acmavm]

1. It should be pretty damn easy to figure this one out. Enough explosives

to kill people, well then.

[slackmaster]

2. Criminal defenses don't get much weaker than that

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