I support Iraq insurgents but I loved England, says terror accused

Source: Scotsman

Published Date: 12 November 2008
By Chris Greenwood

... Bilal Abdulla said he was born in England, studied in Cambridge, held a British passport and saw the UK as home.

But he said the aftermath of the second Gulf war had left him shocked at the brutality of western governments, even though he welcomed the downfall of Saddam Hussein ...

Abdulla is accused of trying to murder hundreds of people by leaving car bombs outside a nightclub in London's West End. The prosecution alleges that, when the gas canister and petrol devices failed to detonate, he joined a suicide attack on Glasgow Airport the next day.

Abdulla is on trial with a second doctor, Mohammed Asha, 28, accused of conspiracy to murder and to cause explosions. They deny the offences ...

Read more: http://news.scotsman.com/uk/I-support-Iraq-insurgents-but.4683962.jp

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Doctor on Trial for Glasgow Attack Supported Iraqi Insurgency
By James Lumley

Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- ... Iraqi-trained hospital doctor Bilal Abdulla, 29, told jurors today at Woolwich Crown Court in London that following the fall of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in April 2003 he was ``extremely happy,'' and looked forward to seeing the U.S. rebuild the country. Instead they acted with ``total ruthlessness'' and the country descended into anarchy, he said ...

Abdulla, who holds Iraqi and British citizenship, and Mohammad Asha, 28, were arrested in June 2007 after two terrorist incidents in three days. The first was a failed attempt to remotely explode car bombs made with propane canisters, gasoline and nails outside a nightclub in London near Piccadilly Circus.

Two days after the first attack a burning jeep rammed the main terminal of Glasgow airport. Abdullah was in the vehicle along with another man, Kafeel Ahmhed.

By pure ``fortune'' none of the travelers lining up for their flights were killed, prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw said when the trial started in October. The men were arrested at the scene. Ahmhed died a month later from his burns ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aiLaa30WnAOQ&refer=home



Failed London bombing suspect supported Iraq insurgency

LONDON (AFP) — ... Asked by his lawyer whether he supported the insurgency in Iraq, he replied: "Definitely, I looked high upon those fighting the invaders. I supported the insurgency" ...

A third man, 26-year-old Sabeel Ahmed, was found guilty by a British court in April of withholding information from police about the failed attacks, and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment.

He was deported to his home country India in May after being released from custody due to the amount of time he had already served in jail.

The only other man charged in connection with the plot -- Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef, who was detained in Australia -- was exonerated by a court of charges that he had abetted a group involved in the failed bombings, after the case against him collapsed for lack of evidence ...

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5guyNBb0v8_kUpnjC9Ap4ibsOiryA

And that in itself is fucked up.

Bring the troops home!!!
China's getting your oil anyway.