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Bomb Plots Hatched in Brit Hospitals

Extremist cell of immigrant doctors linked to UK terror

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(Newser) – 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, and one is a physician's wife and medical assistant.

A man also believed to be a medical worker was captured in Australia yesterday as the police carried out 19 raids and detained nationals from Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Foreign nationals working in a respected  profession with no known record present a new set of challenges for UK law enforcement. Past attacks have been attributed to native-born extremists.

A bomb disposal team, deploy at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, Scotland, Monday, July 2, 2007. The unidentified driver of the Jeep, involved in the failed car bomb attacks at Glasgow airport which burst into flames, is being treated for serious burns at Paisley's Royal Alexandra Hospital where he is...
A bomb disposal team, deploy at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, Scotland, Monday, July 2, 2007. The unidentified driver of the Jeep, involved in the failed car bomb attacks at Glasgow airport which...   (Associated Press)
A policeman patrols on a Segway at Washington's Ronald Reagan...
A policeman patrols on a Segway at Washington's Ronald Reagan...   (Getty Images)
The Amman clinic of Dr. Ahmad Asha, brother of terror suspect, Mohammad Asha, a Jordanian allegedly linked to the recent failed bombings in London, who is also a qualified medical doctor. Police have declined to identify any of the suspects, but British television and newspapers widely identified one as Mohammed...
The Amman clinic of Dr. Ahmad Asha, brother of terror suspect, Mohammad Asha, a Jordanian allegedly linked to the recent failed bombings in London, who is also a qualified medical doctor. Police have...   (Associated Press)
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