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Aussies Drop Terror Charge Against Doc

"No prospect of conviction' for man who loaned out SIM card

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 27, 2007 4:48 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Australian government today dropped a terrorism charge against an Indian doctor who had been linked to a series of attempted car bomb attacks in Britain. The top prosecutor said the charges against Mohammed Haneef, 27, had been withdrawn because there "was no reasonable prospect of conviction." 

Haneef  had been accused of giving his mobile phone SIM card to a second cousin, presumably for use in the bomb plot. The relative was one of two brothers who crashed their SUV into the Glasgow airport in a failed terror attack earlier this month. Haneef remains in custody; it was unclear if he would be released or deported.

Firdous Arshiya, wife of Muhammad Haneef, an Indian doctor looks on as she rests at her parents home in Bangalore, India, Friday, July 6, 2007. Police launched fresh raids Friday in connection with the failed terrorist plot in Britain, seizing computer files and other material from two hospitals in western...
Firdous Arshiya, wife of Muhammad Haneef, an Indian doctor looks on as she rests at her parents home in Bangalore, India, Friday, July 6, 2007. Police launched fresh raids Friday in connection with the...   (Associated Press)
Firdous Arshiya, wife of Muhammad Haneef, an Indian doctor speaks on phone with an Australian lawyer, at her parents home in Bangalore, India, Friday, July 6, 2007. Police launched fresh raids Friday in connection with the failed terrorist plot in Britain, seizing computer files and other material from two hospitals...
Firdous Arshiya, wife of Muhammad Haneef, an Indian doctor speaks on phone with an Australian lawyer, at her parents home in Bangalore, India, Friday, July 6, 2007. Police launched fresh raids Friday...   (Associated Press)
In this undated photo provided by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef is seen. Australia's top prosecutor on Friday, July 27, 2007 dropped a terror charge against Haneef, who was accused of supporting June's failed bomb attacks on London and Glasgow, Scotland.  (AP Photo/RGUHS, HO)
In this undated photo provided by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef is seen. Australia's top prosecutor on Friday, July 27, 2007 dropped a terror charge...   (Associated Press)
Muhammad Shuaib, brother of Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef, looks on as he speaks to The Associated Press at his home in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, July 11, 2007. On Wednesday morning, Haneef detained in Australia in connection with last month's UK terror plot, spoke to his wife, Arshiya Firdaus. It was...
Muhammad Shuaib, brother of Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef, looks on as he speaks to The Associated Press at his home in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, July 11, 2007. On Wednesday morning, Haneef detained...   (Associated Press)
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