Hamdi Adus Issac

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Hussain Osman after his arrest by Italian police

Ethiopian Hamdi Adus Issac, originally reported as Osman Hussain is suspected of having placed an explosive at the Shepherd's Bush tube station during the failed 21 July 2005 London bombings^[1]. Born in Ethiopia, Hussain is a naturalised British citizen married to Yeshshiemebet Girma.

On July 29 [2005]], he was arrested during a 40-officer raid at his brother-in-law's apartment in Rome, after mobile phone calls led police to believe he was hiding there^[2]. Italian police took Hussain from the first-floor apartment draped in a black hood^{[citation needed]}. He was later extradited to the UK in September under the European arrest warrant and charged with attempted murder^[2]. Along with five other suspects he is currently (February 2007) standing trial^[1].

1 Claimed objectives
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[edit] Claimed objectives

Bombing suspect, allegedly Hussain, at Westbourne Park station, 21 July 2005

During the initial investigation in Rome, Hussain said he was motivated to participate in the attacks after viewing videos of war-torn Iraq. "I am against war," Osman said. "I've marched in peace rallies and nobody listened to me. I never thought of killing people." He explained that the bombs were never meant to detonate or kill anybody, only to draw attention to the Iraq war^[3].

Hussain was alleged to have stated: "More than praying we discussed work, politics, the war in Iraq ... we always had new films of the war in Iraq ... more than anything else those in which you could see Iraqi women and children who had been killed by US and UK soldiers."^[4]

Other news sources reported that the bombers watched videos of British and American troops killing women and children in Iraq before embarking on their mission^[5]. Some quoted him as saying "Muktar showed us some DVDs with images of the war in Iraq, especially women and children killed by American and British soldiers," Hussain said, adding that they were not to talk about these videos with others^[5]

"There was a feeling of hatred and conviction that it was necessary to give signal — to do something." Hussain denied links with either the Al-Qaeda or the July 7 bombers^[3]. He claimed there was no bomb in his rucksack, just ordinary flour and a detonator meant to make the loud popping sound that was heard^[6].