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2nd LD Writethru: British bomb-maker found guilty of killing U.S. soldier in Iraq

Xinhua, May 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

A British bomb-maker has been found guilty of using improvised explosive devices to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq, local media reported Thursday quoting a ruling from London's Woolwich Crown Court.

Anis Abid Sadar, a 38-year-old black cab driver from Wembley in northwest London, made bombs as part of a "deadly" campaign to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq, Woolwich Crown Court has heard.

The explosive devices were planted in or around the road near Baghdad in 2007, and one of the bombs killed 24-year-old Sergeant First Class Randy Johnson in September 2007, according to the court verdict.

The man denied all of the charges and claimed his target was not U.S. soldiers.

He told the jury he became involved in the insurgency to protect Sunni Muslims from Shia militias, British Sky News reported.

Sardar was stopped at Heathrow Airport two months after Johnson's death, when he was on his way back to Britain from Syria.

Investigators found an Arab language bomb making manual in his home. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday morning. Endit