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"More than praying we discussed work, politics, the war in Iraq ... [W]e always had new films of the war in Iraq ... [M]ore than anything else those in which you could see Iraqi women and children who had been killed by US and UK soldiers." -Osman Hussain

Yasin Hassan Omar, Osman Hussain, Muktar Said Ibrahim, and Ramzi Mohammed were four London men who perpetrated the July 21, 2005 bombings at three London Underground stations and a city bus.

Yasin Hassan Omar
Very little is known of Omar's background, other than he was born in Somalia on New Year's Day of 1983. In 1992, when he was around nine years old, he arrived in the United Kingdom as a child dependent of asylum seekers. In 2000, at the age of seventeen, he was granted indefinite leave to remain in the country.

Osman Hussain
No sources have specified Hussain's background, other than he was born in Ethiopia (the only bomber to be from the country, as the rest were from Somalia), and he was motivated to participate in the attacks after watching videos of the Iraq War.

Muktar Said Ibrahim
Like Omar, Ibrahim was born in Somalia and arrived in the United Kingdom as a child dependent of asylum seekers when he was twelve years old. He was granted residency two years later. In 1996, when he was eighteen, Ibrahim was convicted of robbery and sentenced to five years in prison for the crime, as well as carrying a knife. Allegedly, Ibrahim applied for naturalization as a British citizen in November 2003 and was issued with a British passport on September of the following year. Prior to the attacks, he lived in the London district of Stoke Newington.

Ramzi Mohammed
No sources have specified Mohammed's background, other than he was a Somali national who, at some point prior to the bombings, attempted to have the local imam at the Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre in North Kensington removed due to religious disagreements.

The July 7 Bombings
"Your democratically elected governments continuously perpetuate atrocities against my people all over the world. And your support of them makes you directly responsible, just as I am directly responsible for protecting and avenging my Muslim brothers and sisters. Until we feel security, you will be our targets. And until you stop the bombing, gassing, imprisonment and torture of my people we will not stop this fight. We are at war and I am a soldier. Now you too will taste the reality of this situation." -Mohammed Sidique Khan in his homemade video

On July 7, 2005, at 8:50 a.m., three bombs exploded on London Underground passenger trains, all timed to detonate within fifty seconds of each other. First, a bomb exploded on a six-car London Underground C69 and C77 Circle line sub-surface train, number 204, traveling from Liverpool Street to Aldgate, killing eight people and damaging a parallel track. Then, a second bomb exploded on another London Underground C69 and C77 Circle line sub-surface train, number 216, traveling from Edgware Road to Paddington, killing seven people and damaging a nearby train (it was unoccupied) and a wall (it later collapsed). Finally, the third bomb exploded on a six-car London Underground 1973 Stock Piccadilly line deep-level train, number 311, traveling from King's Cross-St. Pancras to Russell Square, killing 27 people and damaging the surrounding tunnel. Initial reports of the train bombings were extremely confusing. First of all, they indicated that there were six explosions, not three, likely because the blasts occurred on trains located between tube stations, leading to assumptions that explosions had occurred at both stations on all three counts. Secondly, they also indicated that they occurred under a half-hour-long period due to confusions at London Underground, and that the explosions were caused power surges. It should be noted that there were more fatalities on the Russell Square train due to the fact that the Piccadilly line is a deep-level tunnel, allowing its confined space to concentrate the effect of the bombing and therefore inflict more casualties. At 9:47 a.m., a fourth explosion occurred at Tavistock Square, aboard a number 30 double-decker bus that had been picking up evacuees from another London Underground tube station; fourteen people were killed, mostly at the rear of upper and lower decks, where the explosion's effect was mostly concentrated at. A couple of hours after the bombings, it was confirmed by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair on 11:10 a.m. that the incidents were all coordinated suicide terrorist attacks. In addition to the 52 people killed, there were around 700 others injured, 21 of them seriously.

On July 12, at 6:30 a.m., three of the suicide bombers were identified through security camera footage, a missing person's report, and documents found at the bombing sites. As a result, five raids were conducted, three of them in the Beeston and Holbeck areas of Leeds, the other two at the nearby town of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire. At 11:30 a.m., a sixth raid was conducted in the Burley area of Leeds, and up to 600 residents were evacuated from the area when explosive devices were discovered, preventing residents from returning to their homes for two days. The next day, the fourth and final suicide bomber was identified. The four suicide bombers were officially identified as:


 * Mohammad Sidique Khan (b. October 20, 1974):
 * Responsible for the Edgware Road train bombing
 * Born at Leeds, West Yorskhire, England, U.K.
 * Parents were Tika Khan, a foundry worker, and Mamida Begum
 * Grew up in Beeston and moved to Lewsbury in early 2005
 * Attended South Leeds High School, where Hasib Hussain was also a student
 * Became influenced by radical Muslim cleric Abdullah el-Faisal
 * Worked at Hillside Primary School as a "learning mentor" to children of immigrant families recently entering Britain
 * Described as being quiet and never forthcoming about his religious and political views
 * Also involved in the Hamara Youth Access Point, a teen drop-in center located in Beeston, which was also frequented by Hasib Hussain and Shehzad Tanweer
 * Married Hasina Patel, whom he had a child with
 * Alleged to have also been directly involved with the 2002 Bali bombings
 * Allegedly tried to get into the U.S., but was put on a no-fly list by officials due to suspicions
 * Knew Mohammed Junaid Babar, who later testified against the July 21 bombers
 * Police found a videotape made by him, which was shown on September 1, 2005
 * Shehzad Tanweer (b. December 15, 1982):
 * Responsible for the Aldgate train bombing
 * Born at Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, U.K.
 * Parents were Mohammed Mumtaz Tanweer, a local businessman, and Parveen Akhtar
 * Moved to Beeston in 1984 and attended Wortley High School
 * Left for Pakistan in 2004 to attend an Islamic study course
 * Believed to work occasionally at his father's fish-and-chip shop at the time of his death

Victims
''All of the following were killed during the July 7, 2005 bombings. 51 people died at the scene, while one person died at a hospital.''


 * The London Underground bombings:
 * Seven killed at the Aldgate station:
 * Lee Baisden, 34
 * Benedetta Ciaccia, 30
 * Richard Ellery, 21
 * Richard Gray, 41
 * Anne Moffat, 48
 * Fiona Stevenson, 29
 * Carrie Taylor, 24
 * Six killed at the Edgware Road station:
 * Michael Brewster, 52
 * Johnathan Downey, 34
 * David Foulkes, 22
 * Colin Morley, 52
 * Jennifer Nicholson, 24
 * Laura Webb, 29
 * 26 killed at the Russell Square station:
 * James Adams, 32
 * Samantha Badham, 35
 * Phillip Beer, 22
 * Anna Brandt, 41
 * Ciaran Cassidy, 22
 * Elizabeth Daplyn, 26
 * Arthur Frederick, 60
 * Karolina Gluck, 29
 * Gamze Gunoral, 24
 * Lee Harris, 30
 * Ojara Ikeagwu, 56
 * Emily Jenkins, 24
 * Adrian Johnson, 37
 * Helen Jones, 28
 * Susan Levy, 53
 * Shelley Mather, 25
 * Michael Matsushita, 37
 * James Mayes, 28
 * Behnaz Mozakka, 47
 * Mihaela Otto, 46
 * Atique Sharifi, 24
 * Ihab Slimane, 24
 * Christian Small, 28
 * Monika Suchocka, 23
 * Mala Trivedi, 51
 * Rachell Chung For Yuen, 27
 * Thirteen killed aboard the double-decker bus in Tavistock Square:
 * Anthony Fatayi-Williams, 26
 * Jamie Gordon, 30
 * Giles Hart, 55
 * Marie Hartley, 34
 * Miriam Hyman, 31
 * Shahara Islam, 20
 * Neetu Jain, 37
 * Sam Ly, 28
 * Shyanuja Parathasangary, 30
 * Anat Rosenberg, 39
 * Philip Russell, 28
 * William Wise, 54
 * Gladys Wundowa, 50

Known Accomplices

 * Adel Yahya:
 * Born in Ethiopia, but lived at Yemen as a child
 * Moved to the U.K. to complete his education
 * Began a computer networking degree at the London Metropolitan University
 * Became attracted to Islamist extremism alongside Omar around 2000 or 2001
 * Joined a "mysterious training camp" alongside the bombers and more than 20 others in May 2004
 * Left Britain a month before the July 7 and July 21, 2005 bombings
 * Tracked down in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in November 2005 and extradited in December
 * Police seized a CD including 97 chapters concerning Islamist extremism and bomb-making
 * Tasked with identifying efficient ingredients for organic peroxide
 * Accused of assisting in the planning of the July 21 bombings
 * Plead guilty to collecting information useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism
 * Found guilty and jailed for six years and nine months
 * Manfo Kwaku Asiedu:
 * A drifter
 * Real name suggested to be George Nanak Marquaye or Sumaila Abubakari
 * Raised in Ghana and immigrated to Britain in late 2003
 * Turned himself in to police after the fifth bomb was discovered
 * Charged on August 7, 2005 with conspiracy to murder and conspiring to cause an explosion
 * Testified against Omar, Hussain, Ibrahim, Mohammed, and Yahya
 * Plead guilty to conspiring to cause an explosion
 * Found guilty on November 20, 2007 and jailed for 33 years
 * Judge recommended that he be deported back to Ghana upon release

Modus Operandi
Omar, Hussain, Ibrahim, and Mohammed used improvised explosive devices fueled by concentrated organic peroxide, which were based on the bombs constructed by Khan, Tanweer, Lindsay, and Hussain. Three of the bombs were placed in rucksacks, while the fourth, which was smaller than the others, was housed in a plastic box. Allegedly, one of the bombers had to shoot a handgun in order to activate at least one of the explosives.

Known Victims

 * 2005:
 * July 21:
 * The London Underground bombings:
 * A victimless bombing on the Shepherd's Bush train
 * A victimless bombing on the Oval train
 * A victimless bombing on the Warren Street train
 * A victimless bombing on a bus in Shoreditch
 * July 23, Little Wormwood Scrubs: No victims, the bomb was found and underwent a controlled explosion
 * Note: Although there were no casualties in the four bombings, one person suffered an indirect asthma attack during one of the London Underground bombings (it is unknown which bombing).

On Criminal Minds
Omar, Hussain, Ibrahim, and Mohammed were all mentioned in the Season Four episode Mayhem.