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Flewitt said the locations the group visited "bore a striking similarity" to the targets three of the bombers later identified during a hostile reconnaissance two weeks before the bombings.
"the London Eye, the Natural History Museum and the London Aquarium" on 28 June?
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Friends of 7/7 bombers 'identified targets' By Richard Edwards, Crime Correspondent Last Updated: 12:46pm BST 10/04/2008
Three friends of the July 7 suicide bombers identified the targets for the attacks during a reconnaissance mission in London in which they also visited the Natural History Museum, London Eye and the Aquarium, a court heard today.
The three men on trial are alleged to have made a scouting trip to London
Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil are the first people to be tried over the terrorist atrocity, which killed 52 innocent people on the London transport network in 2005.
Jurors were told they were part of a plot to identify the targets seven months before the "appalling" attacks.
The areas they toured "bore a striking similarity" to the locations on the Tube at which the bombs were detonated, the court heard.
Although the the defendents also visited the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium, they will claim it was for "purely social reasons", the court heard.
In his opening speech at Kingston Crown Court, Neil Flewitt, QC, prosecuting said: "You will, I’m sure, immediately recognize the names Mohammed Siddique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermaine Lindsay and Hasib Hussain. They are, of course, the men who, on 7th July 2005, detonated four bombs on the London Transport network killing not only themselves together with 52 innocent civilians but also injuring many hundreds of others who were unfortunate enough to be caught within the range of their bombs.
"It is the prosecution case that the defendants were associated with and shared the belief and objectives of the London bombers and so were willing to assist them in one particular and important aspect of their preparation for the London bombings."
The three men traveled from Leeds to London with one of the bombers, Hasib Hussain, in December 2004 where "over a period of two days, they conducted a reconnaissance of potential targets", it is alleged.
The jury was shown the first live images of the suicide attacks and a detailed account of how July 7, 2005 unfolded, with CCTV images capturing the bombers from when they left their home in Leeds in the early hours to the moment they detonated their bombs in London just before 10am.
The images capture them strapping their rucksack bombs on to their backs and boarding a train at Luton train station.
They departed at Kings Cross, walking along a busy platform and forecourt alongside hundreds of people, before they set off separately towards their targets.
Footage from the platform at Aldgate station showed a train pulling away and commuters running for cover after a shuddering blast blew smoke and dust back out of the tunnel.
Pictures from inside the Tube tunnels where three of the blasts took place showed the charred wreckage of the bombs, which carriages ripped apart.
Extraordinary CCTV pictures captured the last journey of bus bomber Hussain, for whom, the court heard, "things did not go to plan".
Having failed to get to his original target on the Northern Line, and having apparently had problems with his bomb in his rucksack, he left Kings Cross station at 9am, walking outside amongst thousands of people in the morning rush hour.
He was seen calmly walking into a WH Smith newsagents where it is believed he bought a new battery, before later boarding a 91 bus and setting off his bomb, killing 13 people.
Mr Flewitt said the he had "no doubt" that people remained "justifiably appalled and outraged" by the bombings. But he added that it was important that jurors did not allow their "understandable disgust" to cloud their judgment on the three defendents.
Mr Ali, 24, Mr Saleem, 27, and Mr Shakil, 31 all deny conspiring unlawfully and maliciously to cause by explosive an explosion likely to endanger lives or cause serious injury to persons or damage property in the UK.
Flewitt said the locations the group visited "bore a striking similarity" to the targets three of the bombers later identified during a hostile reconnaissance two weeks before the bombings.
"the London Eye, the Natural History Museum and the London Aquarium" on 29 June?
London Eye : Waterloo on the Northern, Bakerloo or Waterloo & City lines Westminster on the Circle, Jubilee & District lines
London Aquarium: same as London Eye
NHM: South Ken on the Circle, Central & Piccadilly lines
Bears no resemblance to Edgware Rd, Aldgate, KX & RS. I suppose that shows the importance of 'reconnaissance'.
Page last updated at 11:58 GMT, Thursday, 10 April 2008 12:58 UK Three men helped the 7 July suicide bombers to find potential targets in London, a court has heard.
Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil scouted for possible locations, including the Natural History Museum and the London Eye, jurors were told.
Although the men were not directly responsible for the 2005 attacks, they shared the bombers' "objectives", said prosecutors at Kingston Crown Court.
All three men deny conspiracy to cause an explosion between 2004 and 2005.
The trio are accused of assisting Mohammed Saddique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Jermain Lindsay and Hasib Hussain in what prosecutors say was a "reconnaissance" mission for the 2005 attacks.
Khan, Tanweer, Lindsay and Hussain killed 52 people in four separate suicide bombings on London's transport network on 7 July that year.
It is the case that the defendants associated with and shared the beliefs and objectives of the London bombers Neil Flewitt QC
Neil Flewitt QC, prosecuting, said: "It is not the prosecution's case that the defendants were directly involved in the London bombings in the sense that they were responsible for making or transporting the bombs that were detonated with such catastrophic consequences.
"However, it is the case that the defendants associated with and shared the beliefs and objectives of the London bombers - and so were willing to assist them in one particular and important aspect of their preparation for the London bombings."
Mr Flewitt said that between 16 and 17 December 2004, the defendants travelled from Leeds to London along with Hussain, one of the four bombers.
Over the course of two days the men "conducted a reconnaissance of potential targets" and met another of the bombers, Lindsay, the court was told.
The two other bombers, Khan and Tanweer were not on the trip, jurors heard.
Targets
The alleged December reconnaissance included various locations on the London Underground, the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium.
Mr Flewitt told the court that all the locations scouted "bore a striking similarity" to the final targets chosen by the bombers.
The men admit visiting London - but say the trip was purely social, including a visit to Mr Ali's sister.
Mr Flewitt said that both Mr Saleem and Mr Shakil would admit visiting the Natural History Museum, the London Eye and the London Aquarium - but would say their intentions were entirely innocent.
Bus in Tavistock Square, London, destroyed on 7 July 2005 The 7 July bombers killed 52 people in attacks on London's transport
"Although the defendants all accept that they knew the London bombers, it is their case that their friendship was entirely innocent and that they know nothing of and took no part in their plan to cause explosions in the UK," said Mr Flewitt.
The prosecution went on to show CCTV footage of the events of 7 July 2005, the first time the material had been seen other than by police and security services.
The footage showed the four bombers assembling in the early morning and heading to Luton railway station.
In the grainy CCTV images, time-stamped at 0716, the men could be seen opening the boot of a car in the main station car park, pulling on the rucksacks containing their bombs and walking to a platform to take a commuter train to London.
The CCTV footage continued as the men disembarked at Kings Cross Thameslink, where they were seen mingling with other rush-hour passengers before getting on the London Underground.
The trial is expected to last between three and four months.
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Footage from the platform at Aldgate station showed a train pulling away and commuters running for cover after a shuddering blast blew smoke and dust back out of the tunnel.
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In the grainy CCTV images, time-stamped at 0716, the men could be seen opening the boot of a car in the main station car park, pulling on the rucksacks containing their bombs and walking to a platform to take a commuter train to London.
In what way do grainy CCTV images of people "pulling on their rucksacks" prove, or even suggest, the contents of the rucksacks? Contents which, to date, have never yet been officially identified.
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Jury sees July 7 blasts
Previously unseen footage of the moments that two of the July 7 bombers detonated their devices has been screened in public for the first time.
The conspiracy trial of Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil was shown footage of a blinding flash that engulfed Liverpool Street Tube station.
Kingston Crown Court also saw the horrified reaction of those who saw the No 30 bus blow up in Tavistock Square.
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