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Britain
Man charged over failed London bombings
2007-08-03
A 23-year-old man will appear in court on Thursday in connection with the failed bombings in London launched two weeks after the July 7, 2005 attacks that killed more than 50 people in the capital.

British police on Wednesday charged Lukimon Sulaimon with failing to disclose information “which might help in bringing a terrorist to justice in the UK,” London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. He will appear before City of Westminster Magistrates Court in central London on Thursday. Sulaimon was arrested on Tuesday afternoon in Brighton, southern England by officers of the Metropolitan Police’s Counter-Terrorism Command.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Everytime I wait 10 minutes for granny to slip off her orthopedic shoes at the airport I contemplate reducing Richard Reid's sentence.
Posted by: regular joe   2007-08-03 08:50  

#3  If Mr. Sulaimon is not a citizen, he can look forward to being sent home upon completion of his sentence. Otherwise, I suspect he'll be closely watched (and rearrested as necessary) for the rest of his life... and no doubt his friends and relations as well. And of course, he's already labelled a failure. In some ways prison is easier.

But no, I don't think they should get time off for being incompetent at their chosen trade.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-08-03 06:51  

#2  Lukimon "Pokemon" Sulaimon

that nickname will come in handy in prison
Posted by: Frank G   2007-08-03 06:38  

#1  I'll ask others to contribute their own opinions as to whether convicted terrorists should receive foreshortened sentences due to lack of success in their endeavours.

Terrorism is such a hideous enterprise whereby even an unsuccessful attempt should garner penalties equal to that of perpetrators who actually commit such an atrocity.

I've argued this before. In cases such as this, it is the intent that matters. Those who hold human life in such incredibly low esteem represent the absolute nadir of morality. Civilized society has little choice but to regard anyone willing to participate in such atrocities as one intent upon genocide.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-08-03 05:15  

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