Sheikh Omar was later convicted of the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002 and is appealing against a death sentence.

BBC: Mumbai: A Pakistan militant link?

Washington had warned American citizens and staff of US embassies and businesses to be extra vigilant after the 1995 conviction of Sheikh Omar and others on terrorism charges.

BBC: How the US became a target

So with a sizeable detachment of the British and foreign media camped outside, Sheikh Omar Bakri and co began preaching to the converted in the shape of supporters already on the inside.

BBC: Waiting for the fatwa