http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/glasgow/ en-us Thu, 9 Apr 2009 13:37:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225570/posts Dramatic daylight terror raids on a university may have been linked to a plot to blow up a shopping centre or nightclub, police fear. Students at Liverpool John Moores University watched in shock yesterday as two men were hauled outside and forced to the ground by armed police.  Witnesses said the duo  -  students at the university's Business School  -  were wearing combat trousers and hiking jackets, and claimed there were rumours of 'a bomb' on the premises.  (edit) The raid was one of a series carried out simultaneously across the North-West in which 12 suspects believed to be... The Daily Mail (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225570/posts#comment Thu, 9 Apr 2009 13:37:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167107/posts GLASGOW, MONTANA... GLASGOW - Police have identified the woman shot outside a hospital in Glasgow as 37-year-old Melissa Greenhagen. Greenhagen, of Glasgow, was a part-time emergency medical technician and clerk of state district court in Valley County. She was killed Saturday evening in what police term a sniper-style shooting in the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital parking lot that wounded two others and resulted in the shooter dying later. No other names were released. AP via ABC MONTANA.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167107/posts#comment Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:14:31 GMT 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/2102490/posts Two alleged terrorists threw petrol bombs and shouted "Allahu Akbar" - meaning God is great - as they drove a flaming Jeep into Glasgow airport, a court heard. The vehicle, driven by Kafeel Ahmed, a PhD student from India, smashed into the airport at 3.13pm on June 30 last year. Ahmed, 28, who died a month after the attack, had prepared a will addressed to Osama bin Laden and the leaders of jihad [holy war] in Iraq, Woolwich Crown Court was told. UK Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102490/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:33:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000420/posts Glasgow Airport bombers 'planned nightclub terror campaign' By Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent Last Updated: 11:23pm BST 11/04/2008 Islamic extremists planned to carry out a series of spectacular terror attacks against British nightclubs, the Old Bailey has heard. Glasgow Airport bomber's email to brother Hundreds of people at one club in London escaped death last June only because two car bombs packed with improvised explosives and gas cylinders failed to go off. Sabeel Ahmed will be deported as soon as he is released One of the devices was left directly outside the Tiger Tiger club in the capital’s Haymarket area and... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000420/posts#comment Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:27:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901423/posts Party applause for airport hero The prime minister used part of his Labour Party conference speech to praise the airport baggage handler who restrained a terror suspect. John Smeaton accepted the applause of the Bournemouth crowd after Gordon Brown highlighted his heroic efforts. The 31-year-old shot to fame after helping police tackle a man who drove a jeep into Glasgow's terminal building. Mr Smeaton had already met Mr Brown at Downing Street and been praised by First Minister Alex Salmond. Mention of Mr Smeaton came at the start of Mr Brown's first conference address as prime minister. The prime minister... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901423/posts#comment Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:44:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898011/posts A British born Muslim student found guilty of Islamist terrorism offences was a "wannabe suicide bomber" who police believe could have been planning to take part in alleged al-Qa'eda attacks in Canada. Mohammed Atif Siddique has been found guilty on four separate terror charges Siddique will be sentenced on Oct 23 Mohammed Atif Siddique, 21, who has been described as Scotland's first homegrown terrorist, provided instruction on weapons and booby-trap bomb making over the internet, and showed videos of beheadings and suicide bombers to fellow students at the Glasgow Metropolitan College. The small town shopkeeper's son told friends that Osama... The Telegraph, UK. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898011/posts#comment Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:32:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887807/posts "Here's to his heroism, his straightforward belief in right and wrong, his support for law and order, and his willingness to give a good kicking to someone richly deserving it." This shows what happens when terrorists take on more than they can chew. John Smeaton is a hero, but any Glaswegian in this situation would have done the same. As John so eloquently put it, "Glasgow does not accept this. We will set aboot ye." "Only in Glasgow do suicide bombers need rescued from the locals by the police." "John just surpassed himself on the National ITV news. The interviewer... johnsmeaton http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887807/posts#comment Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:43:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887920/posts Terror trial hears of raid By ONLINE REPORTER August 28, 2007 A TERROR suspect was stopped at Glasgow Airport and released days before his house was raided by police, a court has heard. The High Court in Glasgow heard Mohammed Atif Siddique had been trying to fly out to Pakistan with an uncle. But after searching his cases and computer, officers found nothing connected with terrorism and released him that evening. The court heard Detective Constable Murray switched on and looked at Siddique’s laptop but found nothing more than photographs of family gatherings. He conceded he was not aware of... The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887920/posts#comment Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:32:19 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/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/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/1875129/posts FREED terror suspect Mohamed Haneef was regularly in contact with Islamic radicals under surveillance by British spy agency MI5. Highly classified intelligence documents leaked yesterday reveal the former Gold Coast doctor – still considered a person of interest by British and Australian investigators – made contact using medical chat rooms, international phone cards and phone boxes. The intelligence suggests this was to avoid detection and suspicion. Leaked dossier The leaked dossier, part of the information that formed a key plank in Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews' decision to revoke Dr Haneef's visa, alleges the Indian-born doctor spoke to a number... Courier-Mail (Australia) (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875129/posts#comment Thu, 2 Aug 2007 07:40:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872315/posts Gold Coast-based doctor Mohamed Haneef has been released from the Wolston Correctional Centre, west of Brisbane. He was driven out of the prison by immigration officials a short time ago. It is unclear at this stage where he is being taken. Prosecutors dropped a charge of recklessly providing support to a terrorist organisation against Dr Haneef this afternoon. Late this afternoon, Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews said while he had not reinstated Dr Haneef's visa, the Gold Coast-based doctor would not be moved to a detention centre. Mr Andrews says he is seeking advice on whether to reverse his decision... Australia Broadcasting Corp. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872315/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:22:37 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/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/1865329/posts A woman arrested in connection with the alleged London and Glasgow car bomb plots has been released without charge. Marwa Asha, 27, was arrested with her husband, Mohammed Asha, 26, of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, on the M6 motorway in Cheshire on June 30. The arrests came hours after a burning jeep was driven into the Glasgow airport terminal. The attempted attack followed the discovery of two car bombs in London that had failed to detonate. A Scotland Yard spokesman said the woman was released at 7.40pm yesterday. Muhammad Haneef, an Indian doctor who was arrested in Australia on July 2 in... Guardian Unlimited http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865329/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:08:56 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/1862327/posts GLASGOW -- Last Saturday afternoon, baggage handler John Smeaton was standing in front of Glasgow Airport smoking a cigarette when a Jeep Cherokee burst into flames nearby. He watched its burning driver emerge. A police officer pursued the passenger. What happened next has turned Mr. Smeaton, 31 years old, into an unlikely folk hero. When he saw the passenger hitting the officer, Mr. Smeaton ran over and kicked the assailant. Mr. Smeaton has been interviewed on the BBC, CNN and other networks about his response to the attack in which two suspected terrorists attempted to ram into the airport's main... Wall Street Journal Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1862327/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jul 2007 20:37:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861970/posts BANGALORE: "I am involved in a large scale confidential project. It is about global warming. I cannot reveal the details. It involves a lot of travelling. I have to present a lot of papers at various places. The project has to be started in the United Kingdom. After starting it there, I will come back to Bangalore and continue it from here. Various people from various countries are involved in this. There is an Indian with me and he is helping me out. He has given his car to me for travelling. During the project work in the UK, I... Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861970/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jul 2007 23:47:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861372/posts Duo who attacked Glasgow airport 'were resigned to death', say officers   (Daily Record) One of the men who attacked Glasgow airport being hosed down with a fire extinguisher. He is currently in a critical condition (Daily Record)       Adam Fresco   Two police officers today described the moment they foiled the plans of two would-be bombers to bring death and destruction to Glasgow aiport. The officers said that the two men, one of whom was trying to keep them away from the car while the other was covered in flames, “were resigned to death”. Constable Stewart... The Times (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861372/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jul 2007 21:07:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861234/posts With doctors in custody over attempted terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow, British police have now discovered a group of 45 Muslim doctors threatened an attack in the U.S. with car bombs and rocket grenades. The threat was found in an Internet chat room run by Younis Tsouli, 23, of London, one of three members of a "cyber-terrorist" gang, according to the Daily Telegraph of London. World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861234/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jul 2007 15:35:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861040/posts Glasgow airport bomber left suicide note By Duncan Gardham and Richard Edwards Last Updated: 2:40am BST 05/07/2007 One of the two men accused of trying to bomb Glasgow airport left a suicide note, it was claimed last night. The focus is now on the role of Bilal Abdulla, the Iraqi doctor who was a passenger in the Jeep that rammed into the terminal at Glasgow airport Police were said to have found the note, describing the men's motives and grievances, CNN reported. Officers suspect that some of the doctors arrested in connection with the failed car bombings in London and... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861040/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jul 2007 02:10:09 GMT