Australia's top prosecutor on Friday dropped a terror charge against an Indian doctor accused of supporting last month's failed bomb attacks on London and Scotland.
Officials confirmed Tuesday that an Indian suspect in the failed car bombings in Britain had worked as an aeronautical engineer at a company contracted by the biggest names in aviation.
Britain's new security chief warned on Sunday that the battle against domestic militancy could take up to 15 years.
When two doctors crashed a Jeep Cherokee into Glasgow's Airport and then set it on fire it was clear to a policeman on the scene that they were on a suicide mission.
Britain has lowered the terrorism threat level following the capture of eight people connected with three failed car bombings and increased scrutiny of foreigners recruited for their skills.
"Those who cure you are going to kill you." was the cryptic warning made to a British priest by a purported al-Qaida chief months before the failed car bombings in London and Glasgow.
Investigators worked Wednesday to untangle the ties between the eight suspects arrested in connection to the failed car bombing attacks in Britain.
Police search streets around Haymarket, the London street where a vehicle containing an explosive device was discovered, June 29, 2007. [Reuters]
At least three physicians were identified Monday among suspects arrested in Britain's failed car bomb attacks.
Britain raised its terror alert to "critical" - the highest possible level and the Bush administration also boosted security on mass transit.Glasgow Linked to London
British investigators headed to a closed-door hearing Wednesday to argue that suspects arrested in an alleged plot to blow up as many as 10 trans-Atlantic jetliners should be kept in custody without charge.
