Janet Stobart, Los Angeles Times
Today in Britain, eleven men were sentenced to fifteen years to life in prison. The reason for their conviction was that they had a terrorist plot which was going to surpass the magnitude of the London bombings in 2005 which killed fifty-two people. These eleven men were led by three main terrorists, Ifran Naseer, Ifran Khalid, and Ashik Ali. Naseer who was supposedly the ringleader of this plot was sentenced to life because of five previous terrorism plannings within the past few years. Khalid got eighteen years in prison while Ali got fifteen years. Naseer was accused of persuading people to go to Pakistan for terrorist training. The three men were also accused of obtaining $55,000 from Birmingham's Muslim community for charity but they used that money to fund their terror plans. These terrorists belonged to the notorious Al Qaeda terrorist group which openly stated that these bombing were going to kill many people. Even though there were no specific targets, the plans revealed that there were going to be eight bombs to be left in crowded areas to kill as much people as possible. This terrorist plan was going to turn the city of Birmingham into a war zone.
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