From left, Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain, are guilty of a lesser charge, conspiracy to commit murder. By JOHN F. BURNS and ELAINE SCIOLINO - Sept 8, 2008
"The failure to obtain convictions on the plane-bombing charge was a blow to counterterrorism officials in London and Washington, who had described the scheme as potentially the most devastating act of terrorism since the Sept. 11 attacks seven years ago this week. British and American experts had said that the plot had all the signs of an operation by Al Qaeda, and that it was conceived and organized in Pakistan."
"The failure to obtain convictions on the plane-bombing charge was a blow to counterterrorism officials in London and Washington, who had described the scheme as potentially the most devastating act of terrorism since the Sept. 11 attacks seven years ago this week. British and American experts had said that the plot had all the signs of an operation by Al Qaeda, and that it was conceived and organized in Pakistan."
It's interesting how "terrorists" are never convicted of the charges for which they are originally arrested.
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