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A British court convicted Bilal Abdulla for his role as the leader of a terror cell that attacked a nightclub and the Glasgow airport. Abdulla, an Iraqi who worked as a a doctor in Britain, directed the attacks. He is a member of al Qaeda in Iraq and was selected to lead the cell because of his ability to blend into the population.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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