Bomb Plots Hatched in Brit Hospitals

Extremist cell of immigrant doctors linked to UK terror

By Dustin Lushing, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 3, 2007 5:16 AM CDT

(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... Read full story »

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