Italy approves 7/21 extradition

Hamdi Issac, also known as Osman Hussain, was arrested in Rome.

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ROME, Italy (CNN) -- An Italian judge ruled Wednesday that British terror suspect Hamdi Issac should be extradited to Britain in the next 35 days.

His lawyer is likely to appeal. Issac is wanted for his alleged role in one of the failed July 21 bombings on London's transport system.

Issac, who was arrested in Rome on June 29, was present at Wednesday's extradition hearing in a Rome court, courthouse official Salvatore Frezzetto told The Associated Press.

A British citizen also known as Osman Hussain, Issac told British investigators last week in Rome the blasts were meant to "make noise" but not harm anyone, according to his lawyer.

His lawyer said there were nails in his backpack, but the explosives were not meant to kill anyone. The bombs that Issac and the others allegedly carried failed to fully detonate.

He told Italian investigators after his arrest in Rome that the bomb he carried was meant scare people and not to kill. Scotland Yard, however, says the bombs were meant to kill but misfired.

Britain has requested Issac's extradition to face charges in connection with the July 21 botched attacks.

Issac's attorney, Antonietta Sonnessa, who was present during the August 9 interrogation, told reporters that her client again said the bomb was meant to "make noise" and demonstrate his opposition to the Iraq war.

"There were some nails (in the backpack)," she said, "but the explosive was not meant to kill."

The other three men suspected of carrying the bombs -- Ibrahim Muktar Said, Yassin Omar and Ramzi Mohamed -- along with Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, suspected of abandoning his backpack in a London park, have been charged in London with conspiracy to murder. Said, Omar and Mohamed have also been charged with attempted murder.

Sonnessa told reporters that Judge Domenico Massimo Miceli and four or five British officers, including a translator, were present during the two-hour questioning at Rome's Regina Coeli prison.

Issac, she said, answered questions in Italian. She also said British investigators showed Issac several photographs, including some of the other suspects, and that he recognized several.

It was not clear, however, which of the other suspects were included in the photographs and who he recognized.

Issac repeated his claim that he did not prepare the backpack himself, but that one of the other suspects gave it to him, his lawyer said.

CNN Rome Bureau Chief Alessio Vinci contributed to this report.