Jeep bomb driver was engineer not MD

Scotsman:

THE terror suspect critically ill in a hospital burns unit is an engineer with the skills to make the explosives used in the Glasgow and London attacks.

It has emerged that Kafeel Ahmed, who allegedly drove the Jeep into a Glasgow Airport terminal last Saturday, is a doctor of engineering, not medicine.

Police believe he may have made the two bombs found in vehicles in London, as well as the one in the foiled Glasgow attack.

Ahmed, 28, who was previously thought to be called Khalid, has a masters degree in aeronautical engineering and a doctorate in computational fluid dynamics, a highly specialised subject in which computers are used to simulate the flow of fluids and gases.

The bombs from London and Glasgow consisted of gas cylinders, petrol and a detonating system using mobile phones.

Ahmed was today reported to have left Bangalore, India, in May, telling his family that he was going to Britain to work on "a large-scale confidential project" about global warming.

The Times of India said he told family members: "It involves a lot of travelling. The project has to be started in the United Kingdom. Various people from various countries are involved in this."

It was also reported today that Dr Ahmed phoned his family in India last Saturday, the day after the foiled bombings in London.

He is reported to have told them: "My earlier presentation failed . . . please pray for me."

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This gives a little more detail about the makeup of the Doctors' Plot and adds some sinister details. It will be interesting to find how he was recruited for the project and made contact with the docs. It appears to be something more than just a bunch of docs sitting around talking about how to commit mass murder. We need to find out much more about where this man has been and who he has been in contact with. There appears to be a strong connection to Indian Muslims in this plot. The Indian government has already offered it assistance to the Brits and it appears they may be able to play a much bigger role than early indications anticipated.

We can all be grateful that the "earlier presentation failed."