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Terror plot leaders jailed

The leaders of a Birmingham-based gang that plotted a suicide bomb terrorist attack that had the potential to be more devastating than the July 7 attacks have been jailed. The judge said: "Your plot had the blessing of al Qaida."

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Terror plot ringleader 'is a skilful bomb-maker'

Terror plot ringleader Irfan Naseer, 31, "is a skilful bomb-maker", Mr Justice Henriques has said.

Irfan Naseer has been sentenced to life over a terror plot in Birmingham. Credit: PA

Mr Justice Henriques added: "Clearly nothing was going to stop you, short of intervention of the authorities."

"Many deaths were planned by a determined team of individuals who were fully radicalised and you, Naseer, were their leader.

"No lack of assets, skill or manpower was going to stop you."

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