Bomb plot suspects had other targets in mind, London court told
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In the second day of the trial of the eight men on charges of conspiracy to commit murder and acts of terrorism, prosecutors presented surveillance of a "bomb factory" the men allegedly set up in a run-down London apartment. (article 10)
Prosecutor Peter Wright showed footage from videos alleged to have been made by six of eight British men accused of the massive airline plot, saying the men believed the videos would be discovered following their simultaneous suicide missions. (article 3)
Eight British men planned to set off homemade bombs aboard at least seven airliners flying over the Atlantic to the United States and Canada, hoping to kill hundreds in a mammoth terror attack, a prosecutor said Thursday as their trial opened. (article 4)
Prosecutor Peter Wright said the men had plotted coordinated strikes on United Airlines, American Airlines and Air Canada flights at the height of the summer vacation season in 2006. (article 4)
Air Canada flights to Toronto and Montreal were among the seven planes allegedly targeted in a massive bomb plot that was being planned in Britain, a court in west London heard Thursday. (article 2)
Prosecutors allege eight British men planned to carry small bombs - made with liquid explosives - in plastic drink containers on board the planes in 2006. (article 1)
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- Alleged bomb plot involved Canadian planes, say British prosecutors (cbc.ca, 04/02/2008, 252 words)
- Montreal, Toronto flights targeted in alleged British bomb plot (cbc.ca, 04/03/2008, 745 words)
- Alleged bomb plot was revenge for military action in 'Muslim lands,' London court hears (cbc.ca, 04/04/2008, 546 words)
- ABC News: Plot To Explode 7 Planes Over Atlantic (ABCNews, 04/03/2008, 338 words)
- Police, Seminole County, United Airlines - (baltimoresun.com, 04/04/2008, 425 words)
- Trial begins in trans-Atlantic bomb plot (boston.com, 04/04/2008, 242 words)
- Details emerge in airline bomb plot trial (L.A. Times, 04/04/2008, 628 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD (FOX News, 04/04/2008, 766 words)
- Bomb plot suspects had other targets in mind, London court told (L.A. Times, 04/04/2008, 826 words)
- Bomb plot suspects had other targets in mind, London court told (L.A. Times, 04/05/2008, 823 words)
- 'Plotters made martyrdom videos' (BBC News, 04/04/2008, 835 words)
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