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Glasgow Bomb Suspect Dies in Hospital

Neal Colgrass — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:39:13 CDT

A man who cops say crashed a Jeep full of explosives into a Glasgow airport a month ago has died of his injuries, the AP reports. Kafeel Ahmed suffered critical burns during the attack and died without emerging from a subsequent coma at a local hospital. Police say he attacked...

Aussie Police Blame Scotland Yard for False Terror Arrest

Max Brallier — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:58:12 CDT

Australian police yesterday blamed Scotland Yard for sending them inaccurate information that led to the arrest of an innocent Indian doctor in the failed British bomb plots. Mohammed Haneef was detained for 27 days before being freed; he was welcomed by cheering crowds in Bangalore.

Cleared Terror Suspect to Leave Australia

Caroline Zimmerman — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:04:46 CDT

An Indian doctor cleared of involvement in the failed UK bomb attacks is flying home to India to be with his family, but his Australian work visa won't be restored, the immigration minister announced today. Lawyers for Mohamed Haneef are demanding that his name be cleared completely and will mount...

4th Doc Charged In Bomb Attacks

Colleen Barry — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:05:00 CDT

A fourth doctor has been charged in the car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow. Mohammed Jamil Asha, 26, is accused of conspiring with two men who tried to blow up a Jeep in the doorway of the Glasgow International Airport, and "others unknown," according to the indictment. Asha is...

UK Bomb Plot Doctors Tried to Come to US

Greg Atwan — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:46:06 CDT

Two of the suspects in last week's failed UK bomb plot attempted to come to the US, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The FBI says Mohammed Jamil Asha and another, unspecified member of the gang of eight doctors and medical students arrested last week began applications to US medical schools through...

Aussie Cops Quiz 5 More Docs in Bomb Probe

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:45:08 CDT

Australian police questioned five more foreign doctors and raided two hospitals in the ongoing probe into last week's car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow, authorities said yesterday. Four Indian physicians who had worked for the British health system were questioned in Perth and Kalgoorlie, and a fifth Indian doctor...

UK Tightens Screening of Foreign Docs

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:13:48 CDT

The UK is scaling up background checks on foreign doctors and other health workers in response to the revelation that eight suspects in the attempted London and Glasgow car bombings last weekend worked for the National Health Service, the Telegraph reports. PM Gordon Brown, in his first Question Time in...

Bomb Plots Hatched in Brit Hospitals

Dustin Lushing — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:16:01 CDT

A secret Al-Qaeda cell of foreign doctors working under cover of British hospitals is being investigated as the key source of the string of car bombing attempts that rocked Britain over the weekend, the Independent reports. Five of of eight people who have been arrested are believed to be doctors,...

Same 2 Men Suspected in Airport, Car Bombings

Caroline Miller — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:53:51 CDT

The two men who rammed a flaming Jeep into a Glasgow airport terminal Saturday are suspected of being the same people who parked two explosives-packed cars in London the day before, sources tell CNN. One is a doctor who is being treated for severe burns in the hospital where he...