Two Palestinians convicted of involvement in two 1994 car bombings in London are requesting permission to appeal. Samar Alami and Jawad Botmeh are serving 20 years for organizing a bombing that injured 14 people at the Israeli Embassy and another that injured five people a day later at the offices of the Joint Israel Appeal. The two claim that relevant information was kept from their lawyers.
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