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"Briton Made Deadly Iraq Bombs"

A bomb-maker from Wembley built improvised explosive devices with "deadly intent" in a campaign against American soldiers in Iraq, a court heard.

In what is thought to be a legal first, Anis Abid Sardar is being tried at London's Woolwich Crown Court over his alleged role in the Iraqi insurgency.

Sardar, 38, is 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, the court heard.

Sardar denies murder, conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion.