Seven men were sentenced on Friday for up to 26 years in prison
over an al-Qaeda-linked plot to kill hundreds in Britain and the
United States.
The sentence was announced at Woolwich Crown Court in east
London, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported.
The men were in a "sleeper cell" led by Dhiren Barot, who is
serving a life sentence for plotting to kill "hundreds if not
thousands" of people using explosive-packed limousines and a
'dirty' radiation bomb, the court heard.
Barot's plans also included using a petrol tanker to cause an
explosion in a London Underground tunnel, said the report.
Six of the men admitted conspiracy to cause explosions and a
seventh was found guilty of conspiracy to murder.
Abdul Aziz Jalil, 34, from Luton, north of London, was jailed
for 26 years, and Junade Feroze, 31, from Blackburn, Lancashire,
for 22 years. Mohammed Naveed Bhatti, 27, and Nadeem Tarmohamed,
29, from London, were each jailed for 20 years.
The seven men were sentenced between them to a total of 136
years for the terror plot.
"The outcome of this trial once again shows the extent of the
very real and serious threat the UK faces from terrorism," said
British Home Secretary John Reid.
(Xinhua News Agency June 16, 2007)
