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UK Bomb Plot Doctors Tried to Come to US

Two in failed attacks began petition at medical student organization

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(Newser) – Two of the suspects in last week's failed UK bomb plot attempted to come to the US, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The FBI says Mohammed Jamil Asha and another, unspecified member of the gang of eight doctors and medical students arrested last week began applications to US medical schools through a Philly-based organization.

Asha, 26, a Jordanian neurosurgeon, was arrested with his wife in a dramatic sweep near Manchester after a failed car-bomb attempt in Glasgow. The organization where he and his possible associate made application inquiries places foreign-trained doctors in US med schools; Asha got his medical degree in Jordan in 2004.

mmed Jamil Asha, 26, contacted the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates in Philadelphia, said FBI spokeswoman Nancy O'Dowd, confirming a report Friday in The Philadelphia Inquirer (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
mmed Jamil Asha, 26, contacted the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates in Philadelphia, said FBI spokeswoman Nancy O'Dowd, confirming a report Friday in The Philadelphia Inquirer (AP...   (Associated Press)
A family photo made by a cellphone of Mohammed Jamil Asha holding his baby boy Anas, left, with his mother in law Eslah, center, and his wife Marwa Da'na, right, made available in Amman, Jordan Tuesday July 3, 2007. Mohammed Asha and his wife were among those arrested by British...
A family photo made by a cellphone of Mohammed Jamil Asha holding his baby boy Anas, left, with his mother in law Eslah, center, and his wife Marwa Da'na, right, made available in Amman, Jordan Tuesday...   (Associated Press)
A family photo of Mohammed Asha made available in Amman Jordan in a Monday July 2, 2007 photo. The FBI confirmed Friday, July 6, 2007, that Asha is one of two suspects in the failed car bombings in Britain who had contacted a clearinghouse for foreign doctors about working in...
A family photo of Mohammed Asha made available in Amman Jordan in a Monday July 2, 2007 photo. The FBI confirmed Friday, July 6, 2007, that Asha is one of two suspects in the failed car bombings in...   (Associated Press)
News crews work in front of a building with offices of Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates in Philadelphia, Friday, July 6, 2007. Two suspects in the British terrorism case contacted a U.S. agency that certifies foreign doctors about coming to the United States, the FBI said Friday. Mohammed...
News crews work in front of a building with offices of Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates in Philadelphia, Friday, July 6, 2007. Two suspects in the British terrorism case contacted...   (Associated Press)
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