Al-Qaida-inspired plotters planned attacks on high-profile London targets

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Al-Qaida-inspired plotters planned attacks on high-profile London targets

Men plead guilty to planning bombings of targets including stock exchange, US embassy and Boris Johnson’s homeAn al-Qaida-inspired gang of terrorists have admitted plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange, and targeting Big Ben and Westminster Abbey after an 11th-hour plea bargain in court. The terror plot was drawn up on a handwritten list and included the names and addresses of the London mayor, Boris Johnson, two rabbis, the US embassy and the London Eye, as potential targets to attack in the run-up to Christmas 2010.