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To: Moominoid who wrote (66729)	7/31/2005 5:53:29 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Yeah "Moominoid" is a kool handle I'd agree. Almost a good handle as mine, as I am an optimist. However, I think you will be moving over to the troll side in the next 24 months or so :-)

To: Moominoid who wrote (66729)	7/31/2005 4:25:29 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Good call. The second bombings may have been done by a copy-cat group with no indirect links to the first. Revenge, not religion, was bombers' motive Sydney Morning Herald -- By James "Pearly" Button -- Europe Correspondent London -- August 1, 2005 theage.com.au The five men suspected of trying to explode bombs in London on July 21 were motivated by anger over the Iraq war, not by religion, one of the men has reportedly told Italian judges after his arrest in Rome on Friday. Osman Hussain, 27, whose brother was arrested yesterday by anti-terrorist police in Northern Italy, is also reported to have denied that the group was linked to the July 7 bombers but said it saw those atrocities as a "signal" to launch its own attacks. "The bombs of July 7 in London? That happens every day in Iraq," Hussain was quoted as saying. The July 7 attacks resulted in 56 deaths, including the four bombers. In a virtual carbon copy attack on July 21, devices failed to fully explode on three Underground trains and a bus. Hussain, an Ethiopian-born Briton, said the group devised the plan in a gym in Notting Hill, near where two of the men were arrested on Friday. "Rather than praying, we had discussions about work, politics, the war in Iraq," he said during his interrogation, details of which were leaked to Italian media. The men, all immigrants to Britain from east Africa, watched films, "especially those in which you saw women and children killed and exterminated by the English and American soldiers". Hussain denied the failed bombers wanted to kill anyone but themselves. "A signal had to be given and we did it, but we did not intend to kill nobody. It was just a gesture," he said. He also denied any connection to al-Qaeda, though "we knew that they existed. We had access to their platforms through the internet but nothing direct." The Italian Interior Ministry confirmed that the quotes from Hussain's interrogation were genuine, though it refused to comment on the source of the leaks. However, British police are sceptical about several of Hussain's claims and do not believe the group acted alone. They are still hunting an al-Qaeda mastermind behind both sets of attacks and believe that a third group and possibly others may be planning more attacks. The British Government plans to investigate how Hussain was able to slip out of Britain and flee to Italy. It is believed that Hussain left Britain aboard a Eurostar train last Tuesday before making his way to Rome, where he was arrested. One of his brothers, known as Remzi Issac, in whose Rome flat the fugitive was found, was also arrested. Reports suggested that Hussain's British passport was checked only by French immigration officials at London's Waterloo rail terminal because outgoing British passport checks were abandoned at the station last year. He was apparently let through despite grainy pictures of the suspects being displayed prominently at the station. Another brother of Hussain, Fati Issac, was arrested in Brescia, northern Italy, yesterday. The Italian news agency, ANSA, said he was accused of destroying documents considered important to the investigation. Hussain, who allegedly tried to blow up a tube train at Shepherds Bush before he fled to Italy, was one of four men arrested on Friday. The others were Muktar Said Ibrahim, Ramzi Mohammed and his brother Wahbi, who is alleged to have left a bomb in a park. The fifth man, Yasin Hassan Omar, was arrested on Wednesday. Yesterday, Zambia said it would hand over a British national, Haroon Rashid Aswad, who police suspect was involved in the July 7 bombings, to Britain and turned down a US request for his extradition. Aswad is wanted in the US for allegedly setting up a terrorist camp in Oregon. - With AFP, PA .