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Three men found guilty of a planning to bring down transatlantic planes using liquid explosives have been sentenced in London to between 32 and 40 years in jail.
Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, the ringleader, was sentenced to a minimum of 40 years in jail, Assad Sarwar, 29, was jailed for at least 36 years and Tanvir Hussain, 28, will serve a minimum of 32 years in prison. The three British Muslims planned to kill thousands of people by blowing up transatlantic passenger jets bound for North America using explosives smuggled aboard the aircraft disguised as soft drinks. Richard Henriques, the judge at Woolwich Crown Court, said the men were guilty of a "grave and wicked conspiracy" and that, had the plot been successful, it would "stand alongside the events of September 11, 2001, in history". The suspected al-Qaeda suicide plot, just days from being put into operation according to British detectives, had huge worldwide ramifications leading to restrictions on the amount of liquids passengers could take on board aircraft.
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