Peaceful Religious Men Admit Bomb Plot Role

They look like such fine, upstanding young men, don't they?

Well, they're admitting to having a role in a plot to bomb Heathrow, but aren't quite ready to divulge all.

Though the way things are going in Britain, they'll probably be walking free by the weekend.

Three British Muslims accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic planes flying out of Heathrow with liquid bombs admitted today attempting to cause explosions.

Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 27, Assad Sarwar, 28, and Tanvir Hussain, 27, admitted the offence at Woolwich Crown Court, in South-East London.

But they still deny that their bombs were part of a wave of suicide attacks on US-bound passenger jets using homemade devices made of hydrogen peroxide smuggled on board in Lucozade and Oasis soft drinks bottles.

Instead they claim they were only planning to set off small devices around London in protest at UK foreign policy and had no intention to kill or cause injuries.

The three men listed potential targets as the Houses of Parliament, Heathrow Terminal Three, other 'iconic' buildings or sites such as oil refineries.

The jury must now decide whether they - and five other defendants - are guilty of conspiracy to murder.

The three men also admitted conspiring to cause public nuisance by distributing videos threatening suicide bomb attacks in Britain.

Two of their co-defendants, Ibrahim Savant, 27, and Umar Islam, 30, also admitted conspiring to cause a public nuisance.

Threatening to blow up an airport is now a nuisance?