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| An NHS doctor wanted last June's car bomb attacks on London and Glasgow Airport to give the public a "taste of fear", Woolwich Crown Court has heard. | An NHS doctor wanted last June's car bomb attacks on London and Glasgow Airport to give the public a "taste of fear", Woolwich Crown Court has heard. |
| Bilal Abdulla, 29, said he had intended to bring the issue of Iraq back into the public's attention. | Bilal Abdulla, 29, said he had intended to bring the issue of Iraq back into the public's attention. |
| The doctor, who has Iraqi and UK dual nationality, also condemned the 7 July 2005 terror attacks in London. | The doctor, who has Iraqi and UK dual nationality, also condemned the 7 July 2005 terror attacks in London. |
| He denies conspiracy to murder and to cause explosions. Dr Mohammed Asha denies helping him arrange the attacks. | He denies conspiracy to murder and to cause explosions. Dr Mohammed Asha denies helping him arrange the attacks. |
| Dr Abdulla said: "I wanted the public to have a taste of what the decisions their democratically elected murderers did to my people." | Dr Abdulla said: "I wanted the public to have a taste of what the decisions their democratically elected murderers did to my people." |
| The court heard details of an online conversation Dr Abdulla had with Kaseel Ahmed, who was also accused of taking part in the bomb attacks. | The court heard details of an online conversation Dr Abdulla had with Kaseel Ahmed, who was also accused of taking part in the bomb attacks. |
| The action of killing innocent people is an atrocity Dr Bilal Abdulla Ahmed died of burns a month after driving a Jeep into Glasgow Airport in the alleged bomb attack of June 2007. | |
| During the online conversation, Ahmed had said he could try to design a "device", the jury heard. | During the online conversation, Ahmed had said he could try to design a "device", the jury heard. |
| Dr Abdulla told the court he had intended it to look professional from the outside but that it would not have killed people. | Dr Abdulla told the court he had intended it to look professional from the outside but that it would not have killed people. |
| He said: "The plan in its essence... Kaseel will use cars that will have petrol cannisters at the back of the car and he will use mobile phones to ignite that petrol and the cars will burn." | He said: "The plan in its essence... Kaseel will use cars that will have petrol cannisters at the back of the car and he will use mobile phones to ignite that petrol and the cars will burn." |
| When the judge asked Dr Abdulla his views on the 7 July 2005 terror attacks on London, Dr Abdulla said: "The opinion of all of us was that the action of killing innocent people is an atrocity. It's not acceptable by any religion." | When the judge asked Dr Abdulla his views on the 7 July 2005 terror attacks on London, Dr Abdulla said: "The opinion of all of us was that the action of killing innocent people is an atrocity. It's not acceptable by any religion." |
| Dr Abdulla told the court he loved England as his second home and had even considered joining the British army. | |
| He said he had been born in the UK and that his parents had been middle-class Iraqis from a large family with a tradition of medical careers. | |
| They had moved to Iraq when he was five years old and he had gone on to become one of the brightest students in the country, the court heard. | |
| He had completed his studies at Baghdad University and returned to Britain in 1999. |