Banged up for not making a bang

Justice delayed is justice denied. William Gladstone

Muktar Said Ibrahim, 27; Ramzi Mohamed, 23; Yassin Omar, 24; Hussein Osman, 27, and Asiedu, 32. have had a trial date of September 2006 set for plotting to murder passengers on London's transit system in a series of attempted bomb attacks on 28th July 2005.

Prosecuting counsel Nigel Sweeney argued on Thursday that their trial should be delayed as long as possible because of the need for detailed forensic analysis of the explosives, which he described as "hydro-peroxide devices."

Police have said the bombers used a peroxide-based explosive called HMDT, or hexamethylene triperoxide diamine, that can be made using ordinary ingredients such as hair bleach. (These details do not appear in BBC reports of the hearing)

Intriguingly Hussein Osman told an Italian court when being extradited the "bombs" were made of flour. (he was the guy lounging in luxury on Eurostar speeding across Europe whilst Ian Blair of that Ilk assured the public that the "bombers" had not "left the country".

One wonders what the fuck the highly experienced forensic scientists (with decades of experience relating to explosives in Northern Ireland) with matchless equipment will be doing all this time.

(Gypsy Petulengro whispers to me, it’s because they haven’t actually found any explosives – nor will they - but they might find some cathine )

They might perhaps consult the FBI site, and search on HMDT where they will find not only a huge amount about peroxide based explosives but full instructions (including brands to use of hair bleach) how to make a handy home made bomb. Apart from various Wiki references they might also consult some more unorthodox information sources…

http://www.totse.com/en/bad_ideas/ka_fucking_boom/162660.html
ttp://www.powerlabs.org/chemlabs/perox.htm
http://www.bluemud.org/article/23709
http://www.answers.com/acetone+peroxide

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Pic is of Hussein Omar's Italian lawyer, who failed to prevent his extradition from Italy to the UK under the recently introduced fast - track EU procedures. Posted for no other reason than that Postman thinks she is stunning to look at.