July 14, 2007

27-year-old Indian doctor suspected al Qaeda linked plot in Britain

Australian Federal Police charged a 27-year-old Indian doctor over his reckless links with the alleged perpetrators of the attempted car bomb attacks in Britain on June 29 and 30. After being held for 12 days, Mohamed Haneef, 27, appeared in a Brisbane court charged with providing support to a terrorist organization. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty said the police charge cited recklessness, rather than intention. The Queensland-based doctor is one of six Indian doctors questioned in Australia over the suspected al Qaeda linked plot in Britain. The others have been released. Lawyers for Haneef told the court the doctor was not a flight risk as his passport has been confiscated.

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