Mohammed Hamid
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Mohammed Hamid (born 1957 in Tanzania to an Indian family) is a British national convicted of training terrorists for the unsuccessful 21 July 2005 London bombings.[1] He is a reformed crack cocaine addict who found religion in the 1990s after a life of crime.[1]
He has been nicknamed "Osama bin London".[2]
Before the bombing, Hamid was paid by BBC Two to appear in a program about Muslims paintballing that aired on June 12, 2005. He contacted the BBC after the bombing but they did not turn him in to the police.[3][4]
[edit] External links
- Don't Panic, I'm Islamic -- Mohammed Hamid paintballing on the BBC
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Top extremist recruiter is jailed", BBC News.
- ^ "Terror trainer 'Osama bin London' jailed", The Guardian
- ^ BBC knew of link to failed 21/7 bombers, The Daily Telegraph, February 27, 2008
- ^ BBC 'took terrorist trainers paintballing', The Times, December 5, 2007
