From: Philip Dunn (hyl0morph@YAHOO.CO.UK)
Date: Tue Sep 25 2007 - 16:14:41 EDT
The Doctors' Plot On Saturday June 30 2007, following two parking offences in the Haymarket area of London the day before, a car fire occurred at Glasgow International airport. At 5.50pm it was reported that: "BBC News executive Helen Boaden, who was at Glasgow airport, told BBC News 24 that at least at two of the men were restrained by the public. "A man got out of it on fire - he said there were actually two Asian-looking men but this guy was the one that was on fire. "Some holidaymaker tried to restrain him, then the police came over and wrestled him to the ground - the fire was burning through his clothes - and finally put him out with a fire extinguisher. Strathclyde police said four people had been arrested and detained in connection with the incident." http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2115676,00.html The number of arrests soon dropped to two and finally to one as it transpired that the burnt man was never arrested despite appearances: http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/06_03/HosingDM0107_468x373.jpg http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/06_03/pageoneDM0107_468x321.jpg http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/dailyrecord2/jul2007/8/1/CE151661-07B3-96E6-3A20E090EB33D552.JPG "British police have not formally arrested Ahmed. British law dictates that after being arrested, a terror suspect can be held for a maximum of 28 days before being charged or released." http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20070712/API/707120664 Three names for the burnt man have emerged: Khalid Ahmed, a Lebanese doctor Kalil Ahmed, an Iraqi doctor Kafeel Ahmed, an Indian aeronautical engineer, brother of Sabeel Ahmed who was arrested and charged for having prior knowledge. Then there was this strange story. "MI5 'is keeping bomber alive' RICHARD ELIAS SEVERELY burned Glasgow Airport attack suspect Kafeel Ahmed is being kept alive on the orders of MI5, senior police sources have told Scotland on Sunday. Ahmed has third degree burns to 90% of his body and virtually no chance of surviving but insiders claim the security services are keeping him alive to avoid a backlash from radical Muslims. The 27-year-old doctor is on life support at Glasgow Royal Infirmary but two separate police sources - as well as medical staff - claim the decision to keep him alive has more to do with politics than clinical judgment. One insider estimated the combined cost of round-the-clock security and medical treatment for Ahmed for the month since the attack had reached £150,000. On June 30, two men allegedly drove a vehicle packed with petrol and gas cannisters into the main terminal building at the airport, causing a huge fire and widespread panic. Ahmed, a doctor at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, has been in a coma since the incident and most burns experts believe he is already effectively dead. But last week it emerged that special shark skin implants costing £20,000 were being used to treat his injuries. A senior police source said: "It has been made very clear to the doctors by the 'powers that be' that they are to do anything and everything to keep Ahmed alive." Another police insider said: "Obviously, MI5 is hoping they will be able to speak to Ahmed but the possibility of him ever being fit for interview is virtually nil. The one thing the authorities do not want is anything to exacerbate the situation and they believe the longer he lives, the calmer things will get." Ahmed was originally treated at his own hospital but a few days after the incident was transferred to the Royal Infirmary where he remains. A medical source said: "It was MI5 who wanted him moved because, at the time, they did not know if there were more suspects operating in the hospital. They made sure that it was known he was to be kept alive as long as possible." Glasgow human rights lawyer Amar Anwar said: "It is barbaric that we are stooping to such levels against this individual, no matter how heinous the crimes he is accused of committing." Another leading human rights lawyer, John Scott, said: "It is quite wrong for anyone to be dealt with differently medically because of who they are or what they are said to have done. It is entirely inappropriate to keep anyone alive for political reasons." The burnt man died on Aug 2. Is he Kafeel or not? Doubt still persists Wednesday, August 8, 2007 By Bala Chauhan, Bangalore, DH News Service: Is the man, who died in the Royal Glasgow infirmary on August 2, really Kafeel Ahmed? In a shocking disclosure, a highly placed source from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), Scotland, told Deccan Herald that they can only confirm that “the man who was seriously injured during the course of the incident at Glasgow Airport on the June 30 has subsequently died”. “We have never divulged the identity of the man because we have not been able to establish it so far. The doctors treating him were more concerned about his condition than in establishing his identity. He was in the infirmary with 90 per cent burn injuries. The UK police have so far not established his identity,” said a source. The COPFS is responsible for the prosecution of crime in Scotland, the investigation of sudden or suspicious deaths, and the investigation of complaints against the police. When asked why the UK police never contradicted international media reports that the deceased was Kafeel Ahmed, son of Dr Maqbool and Zakia Ahmed from Bangalore, he said they were not “aware of the source of information. We have been maintaining throughout that the man, who died in the Royal Glasgow Infirmary, is the man involved in the Glasgow airport attack on June 30,” he added. The source said contrary to some media reports, no DNA test has been conducted on the deceased so far. Though the UK police have seized his documents, they may not be enough to establish his identity. “There could be a possibility that he is Kafeel but it has not been proved so far. We are getting in touch with his solicitor in London,” he added. Steven D’Arcy, communications officer, COPFS, said: “The procurator fiscal would soon instruct a post mortem on the deceased, and on being satisfied that a cause of death (and identity) has been properly established, would authorise the release of the remains to the next-of-kin, or other persons lawfully entitled to receive them, for disposal.” Mother applies for visa to go to UK for Sabeel's trial Sunday September 2 2007 00:00 IST PTI BANGALORE: The mother of Safeel Ahmed, charged with having links to a botched terror plot in Britain, has applied for a visa to go to that country to be present during her son's trial slated for September 10. "Zakia Ahmed has applied for a visa to go to the UK as she wants to attend the trial of her son, Sabeel, who is in the custody of police for his alleged involvement in the failed Uk terror plot," a senior police official told PTI on condition of anonymity. "She should not have any problem in getting the visa," he said, emphasising that none of the kin of brothers Kafeel and Sabeel had gone to the UK after they were arrested in connection with the plot. The body of the man who drove a burning jeep into Glasgow airport and died of burns after battling for his life for over a month still lies unclaimed in an infirmary in Scotland, the official said. Neither [Bangalore] police nor the Ahmed family has received any communication confirming that the body is that of Kafeel. UK bombing suspect case delayed August 13, 2007 - 11:29PM A court case involving one of Gold Coast doctor Mohamed Haneef's cousins, who's accused of being linked to the failed London and Glasgow bombings, has been delayed. A London judge granted prosecutors an extra four weeks to prepare for the case against Haneef's second cousin Sabeel Ahmed. Ahmed, 26, is charged with possessing information which could have prevented an act of terrorism. He appeared before Westminster Magistrate's Court via a video-link from Belmarsh prison during the brief hearing. Sitting with his arms folded and dressed in a short-sleeved shirt and long grey trousers, Ahmed listened silently as Judge Caroline Tubbs adjourned the case until September 10. Prosecutor Viv Goddard had asked for a four-week adjournment, saying the case against Ahmed was linked to a larger investigation involving two other bombing suspects, Bilal Abdullah and Mohammed Asha. Ms Goddard told the court it was proposed that Ahmed's case would ultimately be heard in conjunction with those against Abdullah and Asha. Ahmed's solicitor Nadeem Afzal said he did not want any more delays in the case. "I will be asking for this matter to be dismissed should the Crown not be ready ... on the next occasion," he said. The cas continues. ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! 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