BILAL Abdullah, who is serving a life sentence for his part in the failed suicide bombing at Glasgow Airport, has spoken of remorse for the first time over the attack.
The NHS junior doctor turned convicted terrorist has admitted the attack was "not justifiable".
The 34-year-old Iraqi-born terrorist, is serving a life sentence for his part in conspiring to kill hundreds of people through a failed suicide bombing in Glasgow on June 30, 2007 and a day earlier in London's West End.
Abdullah, who worked as a locum doctor at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley spoke about the attack to Moazamm Begg, the British man who was imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay for three years on suspicion of being a member of Al Qaeda.
Begg, who was released without charge, met Abdullah in jail, where he is serving a 32-year sentence.
In an interview in the New Statesman magazine, Begg said the airport bomber "would be the first person to say" that the attack was "not justifiable".
The admission is believed to be the first comment Abdullah has made on the horror incident since being sentenced in 2008.
Begg described Abdullah as "unbelievably warm, kind, gentle, loving, unextreme to the maximum".
He added: "Because he is an Iraqi and he did it at the height of the Iraq war, it is understandable, isn't it?"
Asked if it was justifiable, Begg responded: "No, it is not justifiable and he's the first person to say it."
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