Bilal Abdullah
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Dr. Bilal Talal Samad Abdullah (b. 1980) is a suspect arrested after the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack. Dr. Abdullah and the driver of the Jeep Cherokee that was rammed into the terminal and set ablaze, fellow doctor Khalid Ahmed, critically ill with burns after the attack, are believed by police to have been responsible for leaving car bombs in London two days earlier. Dr. Abdullah was the owner of the Jeep.[1]
The resident of Neuk Crescent, Houston, outside Glasgow was born September 17, 1980[2] in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire,[3] where his father, also a doctor, worked. He qualified in Baghdad in 2004 and first registered as a doctor in the UK in 2006. He was given limited registration by the General Medical Council (GMC) from 5 August 2006 to 11 August 2007. He worked at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Ward 10, in Paisley as a locum house-officer in the diabetes department, dealing with outpatients at a drop-in clinic and obstetric clinics.[4] [5] He had links to the Sunni Wahabist[6] sect and radical islamic groups,[7][3] and had been disciplined for spending too much time on the internet at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.[8]. He is also said to have come to the notice of the security service, after visiting Islamist websites[1].
A silver Vauxhall Vectra, which was subject to a controlled explosion by police on 3 July 2007, was believed to have been rented by Dr. Abdullah.[9]
It has been reported that his motive was to avenge the death of a friend killed in the Iraq War by a Shia death squad[1], hate against the West over Palestine, and that he had been radicalized by the teachings of al Qaeda and al-Zarqawi. The radical organization Hizb ut-Tahrir denies he was a member.[10]
As of 4 July 2007, 13:53 BST, he is detained at the Paddington Green Police Station in London.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Police link suspects held over failed attacks". The Independent. 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Our son is not a fanatic. This is a mistake". The Daily Telegraph. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b c "Airport terrorist in flaming Jeep was born in UK". Edinburgh Evening News. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Who are the car bomb suspects?". BBC. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "The middle-class militants seeking bloody martyrdom". News.Scotsman.com. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "MI5 knew of some doctor suspects". Malaysia Sun. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Terror warning in code". Herald Sun. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "NHS terror plot: police investigate global email network used by 'bombers'". ThisIsLondon.co.uk. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Scottish Muslims vow to fight divisive terror evil". NewKerala.com. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "He Wanted Revenge". Mirror.co.uk. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
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External links
- NHS terror plot: police investigate global email network used by 'bombers' - Photograph of Dr. Bilal Abdullah's arrest.
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