Glasgow bomb plot: Profile of airport terrorist Kafeel Ahmed

Dec. 16, 2008
Glasgow airport bomb plotter Kafeel Ahmed was the 'quiet bomber' the unassuming academic whose main interest outside work seemed to be his motorbike.
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