[Telegraph-UK] John Steele and Sally Peck - A plot to kill innocent commuters in a series of suicide bombings two weeks after the July 7, 2005, bombings failed at the last moment because of problems with the explosive mixture and simple "good fortune," a London court heard Monday. Six alleged Muslim extremists plotted to bring carnage to the London transport system with home-made chemical bombs loaded with shrapnel, a jury at Woolwich Crown Court in southeast London was told. Four of the men tried to detonate their bombs - three on Tube trains and one on a bus. However, the bombs failed to go off. The plot was hatched before the July 7 attacks and was not a "copy cat" attack, but was, rather, a long-planned operation.
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