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Plot suspects discussed making bombs more deadly

October 26, 2012 | Modified: October 26, 2012 at 10:47 am
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Photo -   This undated combination image released by Britain's West Midlands Police shows three British Muslim men, from left, Irfan Naseer, 31, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali, both 27, who on went trial at Woolwich Crown Court, London on Monday Oct. 22, 2012 accused of plotting a bombing campaign that prosecutors say could have been deadlier than the 2005 London transit attacks. Prosecutors say Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali, were part of a plot to mount a terrorist attack "on a scale potentially greater than the London bombings in July 2005." (AP Photo/West Midlands Police, HO)
This undated combination image released by Britain's West Midlands Police shows three British Muslim men, from left, Irfan Naseer, 31, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali, both 27, who on went trial at Woolwich Crown Court, London on Monday Oct. 22, 2012 accused of plotting a bombing campaign that prosecutors say could have been deadlier than the 2005 London transit attacks. Prosecutors say Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali, were part of a plot to mount a terrorist attack "on a scale potentially greater than the London bombings in July 2005." (AP Photo/West Midlands Police, HO)

LONDON (AP) — Prosecutors say three British Muslim men accused of plotting a mass casualty attack were recorded discussing how to make bombs more deadly and criticizing the London transit bombers for not putting nails in their devices.

Transcripts read in court Friday allegedly feature Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali talking about the July 7, 2005, bombings.

Naseer allegedly agrees with another man that not enough damage had been done in the bombings, which killed 52 commuters.

Naseer is alleged to have said the four suicide bombers "didn't put the nails and stuff in, man."

Prosecutors allege the suspects are members of a homegrown terror cell inspired by the anti-Western sermons of U.S.-born Islamist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed in Yemen last year.

The men deny the charges.