Samar Alami

Samar Alami, a Lebanese-Palestinian woman, and daughter of a banker/[1] She graduated with a BSc in chemical engineering from University College London and an MSc from Imperial College London.[2]

She and Jawad Botmeh were convicted of conspiracy to cause explosions in the United Kingdom in a case that arose in connection with the 1994 London Israeli Embassy attack.[3] During the trial she and Botmeh were accused of being part of a team that had planned the bombing but were not accused of planting the bomb themselves. There was no direct evidence linking the suspects to the bombing. The woman who is believed to have carried through the bombing has never been found. In the course of the trial, both suspects did admit that they had conducted experiments using home made explosives in order to pass information back to Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories. Alami received a 20 year sentence.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "UK | Israel embassy bombers to appeal". BBC News. 10 May 1999. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
  2. ↑ "The bomber who never was". The Independent. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Beckett, Andy (21 October 2000). "Caught in the blast". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  4. ↑ Campbell, By Duncan; Norton-Taylor, Richard (1999-03-27). "M15 role in inquiry into Israeli embassy blast under scrutiny". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-08-11.



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