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UK Charges 1st Bomb-Plot Suspect

Iraqi-trained doctor appears in court at Old Bailey, does not seek bail

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 7, 2007 4:19 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The first of the eight suspects in the failed car-bomb attacks on Glasgow and London appeared in court today to answer to a charge of conspiracy to cause explosions. Bilal Abdullah, 27, a native of Britain who trained as a doctor in Iraq, confirmed his name and address but otherwise did not speak and was returned to custody, Reuters reports. 

Abdullah was in the Jeep that rammed the Glasgow airport terminal with Khalid (aka Kaleef) Ahmed, an Indian engineer who remains hospitalized with severe burns. The two were the masterminds of the Al-Qaeda-linked plot, the New York Times reports, and investigators are trying to determine what roles the other six men and one woman identified as suspects played.

An armed police officer stands on guard outside Scotland Yard, in central London, Tuesday, July 3, 2007. Britain has moved to the highest level of terror alert, 'critical', after two car bombs were defused in the capital, and a suspected terrorist attack at Glasgow airport. (AP Photo/Simon Dawson)
An armed police officer stands on guard outside Scotland Yard, in central London, Tuesday, July 3, 2007. Britain has moved to the highest level of terror alert, 'critical', after two car bombs were...   (Associated Press)
A police forensic officer wlaks near a car outside the Forth Street Mosque in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, July 3, 2007, after bomb disposal officers performed controlled explosions on a vehicle in the car park. The controlled explosion was carried out early Tuesday morning on a suspicious car parked outside the...
A police forensic officer wlaks near a car outside the Forth Street Mosque in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, July 3, 2007, after bomb disposal officers performed controlled explosions on a vehicle in the...   (Associated Press)
Armed British police patrol through Glasgow Airport, in Scotland...
Armed British police patrol through Glasgow Airport, in Scotland...   (Getty Images (by Event))
A police van believed to be carrying Iraqi doctor Bilal Abdullah arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in central London Saturday July 7, 2007, where he will appear on charges relating to recent car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow. Abdullah was arrested at Glasgow airport after the car he was...
A police van believed to be carrying Iraqi doctor Bilal Abdullah arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in central London Saturday July 7, 2007, where he will appear on charges relating to recent car...   (Associated Press)
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