http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gla/ en-us Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:47:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149924/posts The good doctor on the day of his grand jihad Cambridge alum guilty of plotting the jihad deaths of untold numbers. Poverty Causes Terrorism Update: "Iraqi doctor found guilty of Glasgow airport bomb plot," by Steve Bird in the Times, December 16 (thanks to all who sent this in): An NHS doctor who waged a terrorist car-bomb campaign intended to kill and maim hundreds of people in London and Glasgow has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder. Dr Bilal Abdulla was part of a cell that set up a bomb-making factory and bought five cars to convert into firebombs... JihadWatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149924/posts#comment Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:47:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131020/posts An NHS doctor accused of the Glasgow airport attack today admitted planning to set cars on fire to give Britain a "taste of fear". Bilal Abdulla, 29, an Iraqi, said he had wanted the incendiary devices to throw the spotlight back on the devastating effect of war on his homeland. He branded the British government "democratically elected murderers" and said he wanted Muslims to escape oppression and leave Britain. But Abdulla told Woolwich crown court in London that he knew the "horror and terror" of the July 7 attacks and had not wanted to injure or kill anyone. Going into... guardian.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131020/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:49:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000267/posts Islamic extremists planned to carry out a series of spectacular terror attacks against British nightclubs, the Old Bailey has heard. Hundreds of people at one club in London escaped death only because two car bombs packed with improvised explosives and gas cylinders failed to go off. One of the devices was left directly outside the Tiger Tiger club in the capital’s Haymarket area and the second was positioned further down the street. The bombers tried to set them off with mobile phones but the fume-filled cars did not ignite and the club was successfully evacuated. Details of the attempted bombing... UK Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000267/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:29:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918101/posts MI5 says Saudi king's 7/7 claim is 'a myth' By Robert Winnett and James Kirkup Last Updated: 9:03pm GMT 29/10/2007 The intelligence services have become embroiled in a rare public row with the Saudi government by describing comments about the 7/7 London bombings made by the Saudi king as a "myth". King Abdullah, currently on a state visit to Britain, said in an interview that his country had "sent information before the terrorist attacks" which was not acted upon and which "may have been able to avert the tragedy". King Abdullah accepted that al-Qa'eda remains a problem in his country... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918101/posts#comment Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:10:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893448/posts Hero baggage handler at 9/11 event 5 hours ago Hero baggage handler John Smeaton has travelled to the US, where he will take part in a ceremony marking the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The airport worker, who found worldwide fame after his courage during the terror attack on Glasgow Airport, has been invited to this year's commemoration service at the World Trade Centre in New York. The 31-year-old, from Renfrewshire, jetted off from Heathrow airport in London. He was pushed into the limelight after he raced to help when a burning Jeep was driven into the airport terminal.... PA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893448/posts#comment Sun, 9 Sep 2007 13:20:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883448/posts Theodore Dalrymple: How Societies Commit Suicide - Scots and Italians surrender to Islam. 17 August 2007 In an effort to ensure that no Muslim doctors ever again try to bomb Glasgow Airport, bureaucrats at Glasgow’s public hospitals have decreed that henceforth no staff may eat lunch at their desks or in their offices during the holy month of Ramadan, so that fasting Muslims shall not be offended by the sight or smell of their food. Vending machines will also disappear from the premises during that period. Apparently the bureaucrats believe that the would-be bombers were demanding sandwich-free offices in Glasgow... City Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883448/posts#comment Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:28:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1876198/posts The Scottish Procurator Fiscal ordered a postmortem on the body of Dr. Kafeel Ahmed, one of the two terror suspects involved in the terror attack at Glasgow Airport on June 30.Kafeel, a 27-year-old from Bangalore in India, died late Thursday evening at Glasgow Royal Infirmary as a result of 90 degree burns he received to his torso after driving a blazing Jeep Cherokee laden with gas and petrol cylinders, and nails, into the main terminal building at the airport.Because of the severity of his burns he was later transferred to the specialist burns unit at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where doctors... Arab News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1876198/posts#comment Sat, 4 Aug 2007 04:37:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1876029/posts PM applauds hero airport workerAn airport baggage handler who restrained a terror suspect was hailed a hero by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. John Smeaton met Mr Brown during a visit to 10 Downing Street. Mr Smeaton, 31, shot to fame after helping police tackle a man who was in a blazing jeep which was driven into the Glasgow Airport terminal building. The PM arranged to meet Mr Smeaton to thank him personally on Thursday after being told he was in London to film a television interview. Mr Brown said: "This is a very brave man and a very courageous man... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1876029/posts#comment Fri, 3 Aug 2007 21:24:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875580/posts A terror suspect being treated for severe burns following a car bomb attack on Glasgow Airport has died in hospital. Kafeel Ahmed, 27, was being cared for at a specialist unit at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. After being doused with a fire extinguisher by an off-duty policeman, Ahmed was taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital, in Paisley. Ahmed, who is also known as Khalid, suffered 90% burns. The alleged attack on Glasgow airport came a day after two attempted car bombings failed in London on June 29. Ahmed spent 33 days in hospital before succumbing to his injuries. A spokesman for... Sky News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875580/posts#comment Fri, 3 Aug 2007 03:14:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875485/posts LONDON - A man critically burned after allegedly crashing an explosive-laden Jeep into Glasgow Airport died of his injuries Thursday, Strathclyde Police said. Kafeel Ahmed, 27, had been in the hospital for a month with burns from the alleged attack on June 30, which followed a day after two failed car bombings in London. The other man in the car, Iraqi doctor Bilal Abdullah, has been charged with conspiring to set off explosions. "We can confirm that the man seriously injured during the course of the incident at Glasgow Airport on Saturday June 30 has died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary,"... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875485/posts#comment Thu, 2 Aug 2007 23:32:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875443/posts Glasgow Terror Suspect Dies Updated: 23:08, Thursday August 02, 2007 The terror suspect badly burned in the failed attack on Glasgow airport has died. Kafeel Ahmed, 27, is believed to have been the driver of the Jeep Cherokee which burst into flames as it was rammed into the terminal building. Scene of the failed attackAfter being doused with a fire extinguisher by an off-duty policeman, Ahmed was taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital, in Paisley. Sky News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875443/posts#comment Thu, 2 Aug 2007 22:20:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875438/posts Glasgow Airport attack man dies A man injured in the Glasgow Airport attack on Saturday 30 June has died in hospital, police have confirmed. A spokeswoman for Strathclyde Police said that the man seriously injured during the incident died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Kafeel Ahmed, one of two men held at the airport after a Jeep struck the terminal, died on Thursday evening. The circumstances surrounding the death have been reported to the procurator fiscal. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875438/posts#comment Thu, 2 Aug 2007 22:11:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1874183/posts “Any attempt to identify a murderous ideology with a great faith such as Islam is wrong, and needs to be denied,” declared Jacqui Smith, the new British Home Secretary, starting her job with a bang, or near-bang, as a flaming Jeep Cherokee (doing a fine impression of a Chevy Blazer) crashed through the terminal at Glasgow Airport, with one of its passengers staggering fron the wreckage screaming, “Allah! Allah!” The following day, nine persons, including seven Spanish tourists, were killed by a somewhat more efficient suicide bomber in Yemen. National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1874183/posts#comment Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:47:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873702/posts Bangalore, July 30 (PTI): Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef, who returned here after Australian authorities dropped terror charges against him, today said he wanted Australia to apologise to his "peace-loving country". "I don't expect an apology from the Australian government or the authorities but I would appreciate if they apologise to my peace-loving country and citizens," he told a press conference here. Asked whether he would sue the Australian Government for the trauma he had suffered, Haneef said "I have not sought any legal advice at this time. That will be later on." "I would like to return. I want the... The Hindu http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873702/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:56:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873194/posts SEVERELY burned Glasgow Airport attack suspect Kafeel Ahmed is being kept alive on the orders of MI5, senior police sources have told Scotland on Sunday. Ahmed has third degree burns to 90% of his body and virtually no chance of surviving but insiders claim the security services are keeping him alive to avoid a backlash from radical Muslims. The 27-year-old doctor is on life support at Glasgow Royal Infirmary but two separate police sources - as well as medical staff - claim the decision to keep him alive has more to do with politics than clinical judgment. One insider estimated... Scotland on Sunday @ Scotsman.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873194/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:00:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873252/posts Police are hunting three Iraqi doctors who went on the run in Glasgow after terrorists tried to blow up the city's airport. The men arrived in the UK in May to take part in a Government-backed training programme, but failed to turn up for their flights back to Baghdad earlier this month. They disappeared just two weeks after Bilal Abdullah, an Iraqi-trained doctor who worked at a Glasgow hospital, was arrested and charged with terrorist offences over the airport attack on June 30. He was a passenger in a Jeep driven by Kafeel Ahmed, an engineer who is being treated... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873252/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:18:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873180/posts Australian Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews said on Sunday it was "suspicious" that the Indian doctor held over failed UK bombings had left the country so quickly after charges against him were dropped. Andrews said Mohamed Haneef's departure from Australia after he was released from custody made the 27-year-old Muslim look more suspicious. "If anything, that actually heightens rather than lessens my suspicion," he said. Andrews also ruled out reinstating the Haneef's visa. Haneef, whose second cousin Kafeel Ahmed was allegedly involved in last month's failed bombing attempt on Glasgow airport, was detained on July 2 as he attempted to leave... AF-Presse – Hindustan Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873180/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:55:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872463/posts Iraq's Al Qaida network mentored cells behind British strikes The Al Qaida network in Iraq has been linked to British strikes in Glasgow and London in July. MI5 and MI6 have been investigating the extent of the direction provided to the Muslim insurgency networks by Al Qaida in Iraq. The assessment was that the Al Qaida network in Iraq provided the indoctrination and training for British Muslims to assemble explosives for attacks throughout Britain. __ Full Text, Subscribers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Focus on Iran 50 German firms investigated for helping Iran nuke program __ Full Text, Subscribers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northeast Asia Report China... Geostrategy Direct http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872463/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:50:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870913/posts Doctors use shark skin grafts to treat burned terror suspect 24.07.07 Surgeons treating the terror suspect burned in the Glasgow Airport car bomb attempt are going to use "grafts" of a skin substitute made from shark cartilage and cow tendons. Kafeel Ahmed, 27, is being treated at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The process is called Integra Dermal Regeneration Template. "It tricks the body into creating new skin cells," explained Steve Jeffrey, a surgeon who worked in Australia perfecting the treatment. Silicone implanted with shark skin extracts is laid on the burns for two weeks before it is removed and replaced... thisislondon.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870913/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:27:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866295/posts Our way of life is tolerant, spirited and full of humour. We should make no apologies for fighting the moral descendants of Stalin and Hitler who would destroy it On a rare dry evening last week I walked to a meeting in London. The streets were full and the pubs overflowing with drinkers, many of whom are on the pavements because of the smoking ban: people having a good time at the end of an average working day, smiling and joshing each other. Too often we forget that we have built a successful and good-natured society over the last 10... The Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866295/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:29:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865648/posts Gold Coast-based doctor Mohammed Haneef has now been charged with a terrorism offence. The 27-year-old has been in Australian Federal Police (AFP) custody since his arrest almost a fortnight ago over alleged links to the recent UK terrorism plots. He has been charged with recklessly supplying a mobile phone sim card to a terrorist. Dr Haneef will face the Brisbane Magistrates Court later this morning. Yesterday afternoon AFP officers dropped a court application for more time to investigate whether Dr Haneef is linked to the failed terrorism plots in the UK, and a 12-hour questioning period began. Dr Haneef's... Australia Broadcasting Corp. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865648/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:34:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864007/posts EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) -- A suspect in the failed terror attack on Scotland's busiest airport was unlikely to survive his severe burn injuries, a doctor who treated him said Tuesday. An off-duty officer uses a fire extinguisher on s an occupant of the Glasgow attack car. Khalid Ahmed, 27, is in a Scottish hospital with burns suffered after allegedly crashing a Jeep Cherokee into the Glasgow airport a day after police found two unexploded car bombs in central London. "The prognosis is not good and he is not likely to survive," a member of the medical team that treated him... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864007/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:48:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863727/posts EDINBURGH, Scotland - A man who was engulfed in flames after allegedly crashing a Jeep Cherokee loaded with gas cylinders into Glasgow's airport is unlikely to survive his severe burns, a doctor who treated him said Tuesday. Police believe Kafeel Ahmed, 27, was driving the Jeep when it rammed into the airport entrance June 30, shattering the glass doors, and then ignited into a raging fire. Witnesses saw his body in flames after the attack, which came a day after police found two unexploded car bombs in central London. "The prognosis is not good and he is not likely to... Yahoo!News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863727/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:09:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863206/posts A young Muslim was booted off a plane at a North airport after asking cabin crew if he could pray before his flight, we can reveal. The incident happened when the country was on high alert last weekend after an alleged terrorist attack at Glasgow airport. A source told us that the man - who has not been named - boarded a Thomsonfly flight at Newcastle International Airport bound for a holiday in Malaga, Spain, with friends. He asked staff if he could go in the galley area - which can be curtained off from passengers - and offer... The Sunday Sun (Newcastle, UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863206/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jul 2007 21:09:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1862780/posts <p>Ever have "one of those days?" Sure, all of us go through the occasional rough patch, but I swear there are times when I think Allah must really have it in for me. I mean, I know the "Big Guy" is supposed to have a sense of humor, but do I always have to be the punchline?</p> iowahawk.typepad.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1862780/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jul 2007 01:09:09 GMT