By Paul Tate
JABAL ZAHOUR - The father of a Jordanian doctor being held on suspicion of involvement in the failed UK terror attacks denied media reports Wednesday that he was friends with the father of the Iraqi national arrested after ramming a jeep into Glasgow airport.
Jamil Asha, whose 26-year-old son Mohammad is currently being questioned by police at Paddington Green in England along with his wife Marwa Dana, 27, said he had never met Abdullah's father and had no Iraqi friends.
Speaking at his home in the Jordanian capital, Mr Asha said: "These reports are all lies. I have never met this man and neither has my son, adding that there are no Iraqis living in his neighbourhood and he had never visited Iraq.
The Times of London on Wednesday quoted intelligence sources as saying that Dr Abdulla had met Mohammed Asha through their fathers, who were friends.
"The two young doctors kept in touch after they came to Britain two or three years ago," the paper said.
Mr Asha said he hopes the whole ordeal will be over by July 12, when his son and wife were due to fly back to Amman.
"We are hoping it will all be cleared up by then and our family will be reunited, he said, adding that his two-year-old grandson, Anas, is currently being looked after in foster home in England.
"If we have to we will fly over to Britain to collect the child we will. We have been in touch with the foreign office and they have assured us he being taken care of."
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