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NEWS ABOUT: Glasgow Airport

Glasgow Airport stories: 12 news summaries

Glasgow Bomb Suspect Dies in Hospital

Brother of alleged attacker faces
charges in botched airport attack

Aug 2, 07 8:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A man who cops say crashed a Jeep full of explosives into a Glasgow airport a month ago has died of his injuries, the AP reports. Kafeel Ahmed suffered critical burns during the attack and died without emerging from a subsequent coma at a local hospital. Police say he attacked... More »

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terrorism • Scotland • Glasgow Airport • British terror attacks • Bilal Abdullah • Mohammed Jamil Asha • Mohamed Haneef • terrorist • Kafeel Ahmed • Sabeel Ahmed • Britain

Aussie Police Blame Scotland Yard for False Terror Arrest

Doctor back home,
talks of 'trauma'

Jul 30, 07 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Australian police yesterday blamed Scotland Yard for sending them inaccurate information that led to the arrest of an innocent Indian doctor in the failed British bomb plots. Mohammed Haneef was detained for 27 days before being freed; he was welcomed by cheering crowds in Bangalore. More »

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Australia • Glasgow Airport • Scotland Yard • British terror attacks • doctor • Mohammed Haneef • arrest

Cleared Terror Suspect to Leave Australia

Going home to India; but his work visa won't be restored

Jul 28, 07 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Indian doctor cleared of involvement in the failed UK bomb attacks is flying home to India to be with his family, but his Australian work visa won't be restored, the immigration minister announced today. Lawyers for Mohamed Haneef are demanding that his name be cleared completely and will mount... More »

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Australia • India • Glasgow Airport • British terror attacks • visa • Mohamed Haneef • prisoners • detainee

4th Doc Charged In Bomb Attacks

Accused of conspiracy in London & Glasgow explosion plots

Jul 20, 07 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A fourth doctor  has been charged in the car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow. Mohammed Jamil Asha, 26, is accused of conspiring with two men who tried to blow up a Jeep in the doorway of the Glasgow International Airport, and "others unknown," according to the indictment.... More »

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London • Glasgow Airport • London car bombs • Glasgow airport attack

UK Bomb Plot Doctors Tried to Come to US

Two in failed attacks began petition at medical student organization

Jul 6, 07 2:46 PM CDT
(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... More »

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immigration • War on Terror • London • United Kingdom • Glasgow Airport • British terror attacks • Mohammed Jamil Asha

Aussie Cops Quiz 5 More Docs in Bomb Probe

Investigation extends
to Sydney

Jul 6, 07 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Australian police questioned five more foreign doctors and raided two hospitals in the ongoing probe into last week's car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow, authorities said yesterday. Four Indian physicians who had worked for the British health system were questioned in Perth and Kalgoorlie, and a fifth Indian doctor... More »

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Glasgow Airport • terrorist doctors • London car bombs

UK Tightens Screening of Foreign Docs

PM orders review of recruiting in wake of attempted bombings

Jul 4, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UK is scaling up background checks on foreign doctors and other health workers in response to the revelation that eight suspects in the attempted London and Glasgow car bombings last weekend worked for the National Health Service, the Telegraph reports. PM Gordon Brown, in his first Question Time in... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Glasgow Airport • British terror attacks • car bomb • doctor • terrorist • Glasgow • Britain • al-Qaeda

Bomb Plots Hatched in
Brit Hospitals

Extremist cell of immigrant doctors linked to UK terror

Jul 3, 07 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 are believed to be doctors,... More »

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Iraq • London • United Kingdom • Glasgow Airport • car bomb • terrorist • Glasgow • foreign doctors • al-Qaeda

Same 2 Men Suspected in Airport, Car  Bombings

Officials were on trail before Glasgow attack

Jul 2, 07 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The two men who rammed a flaming Jeep into a Glasgow airport terminal Saturday are suspected of being the same people who parked two explosives-packed cars in London the day before, sources tell CNN. One is a doctor who is being treated for severe burns in the hospital where he... More »

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London • United Kingdom • Scotland • Glasgow Airport • British terror attacks • car bomb • Britain

UK Arrests 2 More in Bomb Spree

Suspects 6 and 7 captured in Scotland in failed car-bombings

Jul 2, 07 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two new arrests have been made in the failed Glasgow airport attack after houses were searched in several Scottish neighborhoods last night. The two men were 25 and 28 years old, and didn’t appear to be native to the country, the BBC reports. Seven suspects are now in custody. More »

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terrorism • London • United Kingdom • Scotland • Glasgow Airport • bombing • arrest • al-Qaeda

Brit Police Raid Al-Qaeda Cells

Doctor among arrested as cops hunt for others

Jul 2, 07 4:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - British police raided homes and sealed roads in a nationwide hunt for al-Qaeda terrorists linked to botched car bomb attacks aimed at key London landmarks and the Glasgow Airport, the Guardian reports.  Four men and one woman, including a physician, are  in custody, but detectives continue to search for... More »

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London • Glasgow Airport • Scotland Yard • Piccadilly Circus • Trafalgar Square • British terror attacks • car bomb • Glasgow • al-Qaeda

Car Rams Glasgow Airport

Jeep Cherokee in flames, with two occupants, crashes at high speed into terminal; all flights suspended

Jun 30, 07 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A burning Jeep Cherokee was driven at high speed into the main terminal building at the Glasgow airport today. Two men in the vehicle, described as Asian, survived the crash and were taken into custody, the BBC reports. The airport was evacuated and all flights were suspended. More »

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terrorism • security • Scotland • Glasgow Airport • car crash • airport • Glasgow

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