DAR AL HARB - U.K.: JIHAD IN THE U.K. UPDATE

2 more terror suspects arrested in U.K.
By ROB HARRIS

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -- Britain announced two new arrests Monday in the failed car bombings in London and at Glasgow's airport, and a witness said police were closing in on the terror network just before attackers rammed the Scottish terminal building.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said police had searched at least 19 locations as part of a "fast-moving investigation" into what British officials have called an al-Qaida-linked network. Media reports have said two of the seven suspects arrested so far may be doctors working in Britain, including an Iraqi.

In a statement to the House of Commons, Smith urged Britons to remain united.

"Let us be clear: Terrorists are criminals, whose victims come from all walks of life, communities and religious backgrounds," she said. "Terrorists attack the values that are shared by all law-abiding citizens."

Daniel Gardiner, a rental agent whose company leased a Glasgow-area home searched by police, said authorities contacted his firm 10 minutes before the airport attack, saying they had tracked phone records there linked to the two foiled car bombings in central London.

"A card was put through one of my colleague's door, asking if we would contact them," he said. "A couple of hours later, they (police) came back to us with a name, and we were able to trace their records," he said. "The police wanted to know why we had dialed a certain phone number. They had the phone records from the situation down in London."

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Two More Arrested Over UK Bomb Attacks

(RTTNews) - The police have arrested two young doctors in connection with the failed car bombings at Glasgow airport and in London. With this, detectives investigating the incident that shook the whole of Britain have taken a total of seven people into custody.

Strathclyde Police said that the suspected men, aged 25 and 28, are not believed to be of Scottish origin. One of the men arrested, Dr Mohammed Asha, has worked as a junior doctor at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. He was arrested on the M6 in Cheshire on Saturday night.

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Car bombs mark grisly UK milestone
By Frank Gardner

British counter-terrorism and intelligence officials are now working on the assumption that all three failed bomb attacks in the UK have some connection to al-Qaeda - at the very least in motivation and ideology, if not in organisation.

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Man arrested in Glasgow attack is Iraqi doctor: British TV

LONDON (AFP) - One of two men arrested in a failed car bomb attack at Glasgow airport is an Iraqi doctor identified as Bilal Abdulla, the BBC and Sky News television said Monday.

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