July 21st suspect admits bomb plot regret
Ramzi Mohammed said his plot was a "stupid idea"
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Friday, 18, May 2007 07:28
One of the men accused in the July 21st 2005 bomb plot trial has said his actions were "stupid".
Ramzi Mohammed, 25, from north Kensington in west London, told Woolwich crown court today that he regretted his plan to demonstrate against the war in Iraq by making a "popping" noise on a London Underground train.
Mr Mohammed was caught on CCTV running from the Oval tube station in south London while travelling on the London Underground on July 21st 2005.
Today he admitted his plan was a "stupid idea" and said, when it came to helping relations with Muslims in Britain, "it made it worse".
He said in court he moved to Britain from Somalia via Kenya in the early 1990s and grew up as a teenager who enjoyed clubbing and chasing girls with fellow terror suspect Hussain Osman.
When questioned about Arabic writing carved on his cell wall which described al-Qaida as a "sword which gives victory" he insisted he struggled with the language.
Asked to describe al-Qaida, he said: "They are a group of terrorists who live in the mountains."
Mr Mohammed denies conspiracy to cause murder and conspiracy to cause explosions. So do his five fellow suspects, Muktar Said Ibrahim, 28, from Stoke Newington, north London; Yassin Omar, 26, from New Southgate, north London; Mr Osman, 28, of no fixed address; Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 33, of no fixed address; and Adel Yahya, 24, of High Road, Tottenham, north London.
The trial continues.