Two in the doc plot tried to come to US

Fox News:

Two doctors accused of plotting last weekend's failed terror bombings in London and Glasgow inquired about coming to the United States to continue their medical studies, the FBI confirmed Friday.

FBI spokeswoman Nancy O'Dowd confirmed a report in The Philadelphia Inquirer that the pair took preliminary steps to apply for graduate medical programs in the U.S.

This is the first suggestion that any of the suspected Islamic terrorists in Britain wanted to come to the United States.

One of the doctors was identified as Mohammed Jamil Asha, 26, a neurologist from Jordan who was arrested in a car on the M6 Highway near Manchester, England, with his wife and 1 1/2-year-old son after the failed attacks.

The Inquirer could not determine the identity of the second doctor.

Click here to read the report in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

According to the report, FBI agents visited the Philadelphia headquarters of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates after the failed terror attack on the Glasgow airport. The commission certifies the qualifications of foreign-trained doctors to work as medical residents in the U.S.

The agents found records there of Asha and the other unidentified doctor alleged to have plotted the attacks in London and Glasgow, the Inquirer reported.

O'Dowd said Asha contacted the agency within the last year, but apparently did not take the test for foreign medical school graduates.

"He was applying, (but) we don't believe he took the test," she said.

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This is consistent with attempts by some in the group to also infiltrate into Australia. It appears their ambitions exceeded their abilities in this regard too. They apparently viewed their education as their ticket to terrorize those who did not agree with their weird religious beliefs.