THE TELEGRAPH: Two NHS doctors planned a campaign of "indiscriminate" murder involving at least four car bombs but turned their mission into a suicide attack when their plans went awry, a court has heard.
Bilal Abdulla from Iraq and Moahmmed Asha [sic] from Jordan were part of a terrorist cell of Islamic extremists who tried to launch attacks on busy urban areas including a night club in central London, Woolwich Crown Court heard.
But the men allegedly turned their plans into a suicide attack after the first mission failed and a third member of the cell died after driving a burning Jeep into Glasgow airport.
"These men were intent on committing murder on an indiscriminate and a wholescale" level, said Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting.
"Attacks such as these: the terrorist would call them 'spectaculars'" he added.
But he said the most shocking aspect of the case was that the plot was carried out by two doctors, who had dedicated themselves to saving lives.
"Apart from the shocking nature of the activity these two defendants were engaged in, the extraordinary thing about this case is that both men are doctors," Mr Laidlaw said.
"Having studied at universities in their homelands they sought and obtained work in British hospitals to complete their medical training.
"While here they turned their attention away from the treating of illness to the planning of murder." Terror Trial: Doctors Planned Campaign of 'Indiscriminate Murder['] >>> By Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent | October 9, 2008
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