Theresa May and an 'understanding' on Abu Qatada
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View ArticleAnders Behring Breivik planned to film beheading of former prime minister
• Gro Harlem Brundtland visited Utøya just before massacre• Anti-Muslim fanatic had planned to set off three car bombsAnders Behring Breivik has told a court that his "primary target" in last year's...
View ArticleAbu Qatada could be free within weeks, warns judge
Theresa May says she will resist an application to release al-Qaida-linked Islamist cleric on bailThe British judge at the centre of the Abu Qatada case has warned that the al-Qaida-linked Islamist...
View ArticleHow Theresa May came close to deporting Abu Qatada
Analysis: Home Office tried 'to pull a fast one' on terror suspect lawyer's. All they needed to do was wait for 24 hoursAlan Johnson's wry observation that in his experience as home secretary the...
View ArticleShoe-bomber Saajid Badat describes meeting Osama bin Laden
Saajid Badat, jailed over a plot to blow up a plane, has told a US terror trial about his 'direct interaction' with the late al-Qaida leaderA British man convicted in an aborted shoe-bombing mission...
View ArticleAnders Behring Breivik trial: day five to focus on Utøya killing spree - video
Pprosecution and defence lawyers warn survivors and bereaved relatives that Friday's focus will be on the killing spree on Utøya
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We comb over every word from Oslo, but disregard al-Qaida's rants. The lack of consistency speaks volumesDoes Abu Qatada play World of Warcraft? Did he once, like Anders Behring Breivik, dedicate a...
View ArticleThe Assault – review
In this lean, fast-moving docudrama, Leclercq reconstructs the 1994 hijacking of an Air France plane in Algiers by a terrorist group intending to crash it into the Eiffel tower. The events are seen...
View ArticleShoe-bomber tells court Osama bin Laden wanted follow-up to 9/11
Shoe-bomber Saajid Badat tells US court that Osama bin Laden believed a follow-up attack could cripple US economyA British man who trained to be a shoe-bomber a decade ago says Osama bin Laden told him...
View ArticlePentagon sets up new spy agency to eavesdrop on a changing world
Defense Clandestine Service will focus on global threats and emerging economic and military powersThe Pentagon is to create a new spy service to focus on global strategic threats and the challenges...
View ArticleAnders Behring Breivik trial: police officer describes chaos after Oslo bomb
Thor Langli says initial reports suggested there were two suspects and two more bombs due to go off in Norwegian capitalA police official has described how an explosion outside the government...
View ArticlePass notes No 3,164: Defense Clandestine Service
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View ArticleKenyans allege British involvement in rendition and torture in Uganda
Claims by two Muslims accused of role in bomb attack during 2010 World Cup date from after coalition came to powerTwo men facing terrorism charges in east Africa are accusing the British government and...
View ArticleTeenager admits terror charges over al-Qaida magazine found on computer
Inspire magazine on Mohammed Abdul Hasnath's computer contained material useful for terrorism, prosecutors sayA teenager is facing jail after admitting four terror charges at the Old Bailey.Mohammed...
View ArticleBoko Haram suspected as bombs kill at least seven at Nigerian newspapers
Radical Islamist sect Boko Haram suspected of detonating two bombs at ThisDay newspaper offices in Abuja and KadunaA suicide bomber detonated a car loaded with explosives on Thursday at the offices of...
View ArticleOsama bin Laden's three widows and children deported from Pakistan
A statement from the interior ministry said that 14 members of the family had been sent to Saudi ArabiaOsama bin Laden's three widows and his children have been deported from Pakistan and were en route...
View ArticleChris Tappin denies terror links amid US charge over Iran arms deal
New focus on extradition treaty after retired businessmen being tried in US says he was a victim of an FBI sting operationA retired British businessman who was extradited to the US in February on...
View ArticleBlasts rock Ukrainian city
Authorities say at least 15 people have been injured in four blasts in eastern city of DnipropetrovskFour blasts within minutes of each other have rocked the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of...
View ArticleUkraine bomb blasts injure dozens ahead of Euro 2012
Authorities treat as terrorism series of explosions injuring at least 29 in city of Dnipropetrovsk just weeks before football finalsAt least 29 people were injured on Friday in a series of explosions...
View ArticleMartin McGuinness hints he may meet the Queen on diamond jubilee tour
Northern Ireland deputy first minister says Republicans must make new compromisesFormer IRA chief of staff turned Northern Ireland deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, has given his broadest hint...
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