Aussies Drop Terror Charge Against Doc

"No prospect of conviction' for man who loaned out SIM card
By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 27, 2007 4:48 AM CDT
Aussies Drop Terror Charge Against Doc
Firdous Arshiya, wife of Muhammad Haneef, an Indian doctor looks on as she rests at her parents home in Bangalore, India, Friday, July 6, 2007. Police launched fresh raids Friday in connection with the failed terrorist plot in Britain, seizing computer files and other material from two hospitals in...   (Associated Press)

The Australian government today dropped a terrorism charge against an Indian doctor who had been linked to a series of attempted car bomb attacks in Britain. The top prosecutor said the charges against Mohammed Haneef, 27, had been withdrawn because there "was no reasonable prospect of conviction." 

Haneef  had been accused of giving his mobile phone SIM card to a second cousin, presumably for use in the bomb plot. The relative was one of two brothers who crashed their SUV into the Glasgow airport in a failed terror attack earlier this month. Haneef remains in custody; it was unclear if he would be released or deported. (More British terror attacks stories.)

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