- Bilal Abdullah
Bilal Talal Samad Abdullah (born 1980) is a suspect arrested after the
2007 Glasgow International Airport attack . Dr. Abdullah and the driver of the Jeep Cherokee that was rammed into the terminal and set ablaze, engineerKafeel Ahmed , who died from third degree burns on2 August 2007 , are believed by police to have been responsible for leaving car bombs inLondon two days earlier. Dr. Abdullah was the owner of the Jeepcite news|title = Police link suspects held over failed attacks |publisher =The Independent |date =2007-07-05 |accessdate = 2007-07-05|url = http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2737136.ece] and has been charged with conspiracy to cause explosions.cite news|title = British police charge Iraqi doctor over failed car bombings|publisher =The Hindu |date =2007-07-07 |accessdate = 2007-07-07|url =http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200707070301.htm] He was remanded in custody, and is currently injail , awaitingtrial . While Ahmed was aflame in the car, Abdullah reportedly attacked Sergeant Torquil Campbell at the scene, in an attempt to prevent him from approaching the burning vehicle, and running back to try to open the back hatch. During the scuffle, Stewart's colleague, constable Stewart Ferguson, was spraying the burning man with a fire extinguisher. Popping and banging could be heard coming from the vehicle.cite news|title = Duo who attacked Glasgow airport 'were resigned to death', say officers |publisher =Times Online |date =2007-07-05 |accessdate = 2007-07-05|url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2033389.ece] A suicide note left behind indicates that the duo intended to die in the attack.cite news|title = Glasgow suspects left suicide note|publisher = The Australian|date =2007-07-06 |accessdate = 2007-07-06|url = http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,22026060-601,00.html]A resident of Neuk Crescent, Houston, outside
Glasgow , Bilal Abdullah was bornSeptember 17 ,1980 cite news|title = Our son is not a fanatic. This is a mistake|publisher =The Daily Telegraph |date =2007-07-04 |accessdate = 2007-07-04|url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/03/nterror303.xml] inAylesbury ,Buckinghamshire ,cite news|title = Airport terrorist in flaming Jeep was born in UK|publisher =Edinburgh Evening News |date =2007-07-04 |accessdate = 2007-07-04|url = http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1041142007] where his father, also a doctor, worked. He qualified inBaghdad in 2004 and first registered as a doctor in the UK in 2006. He was given limited registration by the General Medical Council (GMC) from5 August 2006 to11 August 2007 . He worked at theRoyal Alexandra Hospital , Ward 10, inPaisley as alocum house-officer in thediabetes department, dealing with outpatients at a drop-in clinic and obstetric clinics.cite news|title = Who are the car bomb suspects?|publisher =BBC |date =2007-07-04 |accessdate = 2007-07-04|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6264230.stm] cite news|title = The middle-class militants seeking bloody martyrdom|publisher =Edinburgh Evening News |date =2007-07-04 |accessdate = 2007-07-04|url = http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1041142007] He had links to theSunni Wahabistcite news|title = MI5 knew of some doctor suspects|publisher = Malaysia Sun|date =2007-07-04 |accessdate = 2007-07-04|url = http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/262119/cs/1/] sect and radical islamic groups,cite news|title = Terror warning in code|publisher =Herald Sun |date =2007-07-04 |accessdate = 2007-07-04|url = http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1041142007] and had been disciplined for spending too much time on the internet at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.cite news|title = NHS terror plot: police investigate global email network used by 'bombers'|publisher = ThisIsLondon.co.uk|date =2007-07-04 |accessdate = 2007-07-04|url = http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23402861-details/Police+track+bomb+plotters+by+email+across+the+world/article.do] He is also said to have come to the notice of the security service, after visiting Islamist websites.cite news|title = Police link suspects held over failed attacks |publisher =The Independent |date =2007-07-05 |accessdate = 2007-07-05|url = http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2737136.ece]A silver Vauxhall Astra, which was subject to a controlled explosion by police on
3 July 2007 , was believed to have been rented by Dr. Abdullah.cite news|title = Scottish Muslims vow to fight divisive terror evil|publisher = NewKerala.com|date =2007-07-04 |accessdate = 2007-07-04|url = http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=44341]It has been reported that his motive was to avenge the death of a friend killed in the
Iraq War by a Shia death squad,cite news|title = Police link suspects held over failed attacks |publisher =The Independent |date =2007-07-05 |accessdate = 2007-07-05|url = http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2737136.ece] hate against the West overPalestine , and that he had been radicalized by the teachings ofal Qaeda andal-Zarqawi . The radical organizationHizb ut-Tahrir denies reports from the Telegraph that Abdullah was a member.cite news|title = He Wanted Revenge|publisher = Mirror.co.uk|date =2007-07-04 |accessdate = 2007-07-04|url = http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2007/07/04/he-wanted-revenge-89520-19402038/] cite news|title = Ties that bind terror car bomb suspects |publisher =Telegraph |date =2007-07-05 |accessdate = 2007-07-05|url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/05/nterror205.xml]There are indications that
Kafeel Ahmed and Bilal Abdullah were behind the2007 London car bombs plot, and investigations are being carried out to unearth a possible involvement with the deadly2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting , an attack with unknown suspects that are still at large.cite news|title =Bangalore terror link puts IISc attack under scanner = ibnlive.com|date =2007-07-10 |accessdate = 2007-07-10|url = http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bangalore-terror-link-puts-iisc-attack-under-scanner/44429-3.html]As of
4 July 2007 , 13:53 BST, he is detained at thePaddington Green Police Station in London.Abdullah had been given limited registration by the United Kingdom's General Medical Council (GMC) from the period of 5 August 2006 to 11 August 2007.cite news|title = Australia drops doctor's terrorism charge as 'embarrassing mistake'|publisher =
The Scotsman (Online)|date =2007-07-28 |accessdate = 2007-09-27|url =http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1177062007] The GMC's interim orders panel made a determination, subsequent to the Glasgow International Airport attacks, that Abdullah's registration should be suspended for 18 months, as an interim measure. However, since Abdullah's registration was already to expire on11 August 2007 , his registration was actually suspended only until then.References
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* [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23402861-details/Police+track+bomb+plotters+by+email+across+the+world/article.do NHS terror plot: police investigate global email network used by 'bombers'] - Photograph of Dr. Bilal Abdullah's arrest.
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