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Car bomb accused 'aimed to scare' Car bomb accused 'aimed to scare'
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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 said he had plotted last June's car bomb attack in London 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, described how he had intended to highlight the Iraq issue by setting two cars on fire in London.
The doctor, who has Iraqi and UK dual nationality, also condemned the 7 July 2005 terror attacks in London. But the doctor, who has Iraqi and UK dual nationality, said he did not mean to injure or kill anyone.
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. "We intended to bring a device that would give just a taste, the taste of fear. It will look professional, it was dangerous, but in reality it is not."
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. I felt the horror and terror of 7/7 as you people felt it. I felt exactly the same as you Dr Bilal Abdulla The court heard details of an online conversation Dr Abdulla had with Kafeel Ahmed.
During the online conversation, Ahmed had said he could try to design a "device", the jury heard. Ahmed died of burns a month after driving a Jeep into Glasgow Airport in the alleged bomb attack of June 2007. Dr Abdulla is also accused of involvement.
Dr Abdulla told the court he had intended it to look professional from the outside but that it would not have killed people. Ahmed had said he could try to design a "device", the jury heard.
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." Dr Abdulla told the court the plan was "to have burning cars somewhere in London".
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." The devices had been intended to look professional from the outside but would not have killed people.
Dr Abdulla told the court he loved England as his second home and had even considered joining the British army. He said: "The plan in its essence... Kafeel will use cars that will have petrol canisters at the back of the car and he will use mobile phones to ignite that petrol and the cars will burn."
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. When the judge asked Dr Abdulla his views on the 7 July 2005 terror attacks on London, Dr Abdulla said he had felt "horror and terror" at them.
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. "The opinion of all of us was that the action of killing innocent people is an atrocity. It's not acceptable by any religion," he said.
He had completed his studies at Baghdad University and returned to Britain in 1999. 'Clues left'
The court heard Dr Abdulla dealt with matters like buying Sim cards and sorting out the cars, while Ahmed worked on logistics and mechanics.
One of the plans was to choose a day when Brown was taking over from Tony Blair Dr Bilal Abdulla Ahmed made false IDs and driving licences and carried out experiments on the explosive potential of petrol, the court was told.
Dr Abdulla also revealed the attack had been planned for the day in June 2007 when Gordon Brown took over as prime minister from Tony Blair - but that they had had to delay it until the following week.
Dr Abdulla told the court that on the day of the London attack, they drove for 13 hours from Scotland with the devices in the back covered with duvets.
He said they then splashed the duvets with petrol to increase the possibility of the devices igniting.
But he said the choice of venue outside London's Tiger Tiger club, near Piccadilly Circus, was random. He denied looking at clubs and bars on the internet before hand.
Dr Abdulla told the court he had stayed in the car for six minutes to see if he was being watched, before running across the road.
Shortly after he used his phone to trigger the device, he realised it had not worked properly and told the court his first reaction was "disappointment".
He said: "We were scared. We knew we left clues."
'No further act'
Dr Abdulla said they spent that night in a hotel in east London and that he decided to leave the country the following morning.
He said he planned to return to Scotland, where the security would be more relaxed, and then leave the country, while Ahmed planned to "keep a low profile" in Liverpool.
"The plan was to travel and leave the country eventually. However, Kafeel decided to accompany me to Scotland," he said.
Asked if he intended to undertake any further "act", Dr Abdulla replied: "I did not intend to do any further act at all."
The case continues.