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Bungled Europe Bombings Linked to Iraq Al-Qaeda

Peter Fearon — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:09:00 CST

Terrorist plotters behind bungled bombings in London and Glasgow six months ago have been linked to an al-Qaeda group in Iraq. The bombings are the first attacks attempted by the group Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia outside the Mideast, reports the New York Times . The plotters drove a vehicle packed with gas...

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...

Two More Docs Charged in UK Bomb Plot

Wesley Oliver — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:00:00 CDT

Two more Indian-born doctors have been formally charged with contributing to last month's UK car-bomb plot. A doctor living in Australia appeared in a Brisbane court today, accused of providing “reckless” support to the suspected terrorists, hours before British police charged a Liverpool resident with failing to alert authorities to...

UK Charges 1st Bomb-Plot Suspect

M. Morris — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 16:19:08 CDT

The first of the eight suspects in the failed car-bomb attacks on Glasgow and London appeared in court today to answer to a charge of conspiracy to cause explosions. Bilal Abdullah, 27, a native of Britain who trained as a doctor in Iraq, confirmed his name and address but otherwise...

British Terror Suspect Has Long History of Angry Islamism

Sam Gale Rosen — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:18:54 CDT

Bilal Abdullah, a young Iraqi doctor who is one of the chief suspects in last week's terror attacks in Britain, was a militant Islamist as far back as medical school in Baghdad and while studying for British exams in Cambridge, friends say. Abdullah would cheer at reports of insurgent attacks...