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British Bomb-Maker Guilty Of Killing US Soldier
A British bomb-maker from Wembley, Anis Sardar, has been found guilty of the murder of a US soldier in Iraq.
Sardar built improvised explosive devices with "deadly intent" in a campaign against American soldiers in Iraq, the court heard.
In what is thought to be a legal first, he was tried at London's Woolwich Crown Court over his alleged role in the Iraqi insurgency.
The 38-year-old was accused of making bombs in Syria that were planted on the road west out of Baghdad throughout 2007.
One of them is said to have caused the death of 34-year-old Sergeant First Class Randy Johnson, of 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, when it hit the armoured vehicle he was travelling in on September 27 2007.
Other US soldiers were seriously injured by the blast and also in a firefight while dealing with another IED that Sardar had made.
Sardar denied murder, conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion.
He's due to be sentenced on Friday.
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