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Plotters 'hoped attack would rival July 7 strike'

Terrorist plotters planned to detonate a series of suicide bombs in an attack that could have been more deadly than the July 7 atrocities in London, a court has heard.

Irfan Naseer, 31, and Irfan Khalid, 27, travelled to Pakistan for terrorist training before returning to the UK in July last year, jurors at Woolwich Crown Court were told yesterday.

In one conversation, Naseer was heard agreeing that the July 7 attacks had not done enough damage because there were no nails in the bombs.

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