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The spectacle of terror and its vested interests | Naomi Wolf
A cycle of overhyped terror plots involving government agency entrapment feeds a multimillion-dollar surveillance industryThe news stories, which quickly surface, long enough to cause scary headlines,...
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Sting operation secures al-Qaida bomb, but questions persist
More details emerge of undercover operation, but success carries dangersWhile serious questions remain about the origins and source of the Yemeni "bomb plot", a clearer picture is emerging of an...
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FBI urges renewal of surveillance measures after foiled al-Qaida plot
As details of underwear bomb emerge, Robert Mueller tells House committee al-Qaida is still intent on high-profile attacksThe head of the FBI has said his agency was "exploiting" the seizure of an...
View ArticleYousaf Raza Gilani rejects claims Pakistan sheltered Osama bin Laden - video
Pakistan's prime minister insists his country was not complicit in sheltering Osama bin LadenLuke Harding
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Pakistan's PM denies authorities knew Osama bin Laden was living in country
Global 'intelligence failure' to blame for al-Qaida leader going undetected for so long, says Yousaf Raza GilaniPakistan's prime minister has insisted his country had not been "complicit" in sheltering...
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The takeaway from the Yemeni 'underwear bomber' plot | Karen Greenberg
Counterterror policy since 9/11 has often been ineffective, even illegal. At last, trusted traditional methods are paying offAs the news of this week's intelligence sting against al-Qaida in the...
View ArticleDamascus explosions - in pictures
Syrian government spokesman says 40 people were killed and a further 170 wounded in two rush-hour bomb attacks
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Russia 'foils Islamist plot to attack Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics'
Anti-terror committee says agents have arrested three suspects and found surface-to-air missiles, TNT and grenade launchersRussia says it has foiled a plot by Islamist rebels to attack the southern...
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Iranian interference pushes young Yemenis towards jihad
The 'Guevara of south Yemen' describes how activists fighting for independence have become pawns in a larger power struggleJemajem is a young, dark-eyed militant leader who bears the self-important nom...
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Agent in underwear bomb plot 'was British'
Claims that British passport holder played central role in mission that led to death of top al-Qaida operative in YemenA British citizen played a central role in foiling the latest "underwear" bomb...
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Syria suffers worst terror attack since start of uprising
Government and opposition blame each other for twin car bombings in Damascus that leave dozens deadSyria suffered its worst terrorist attack since the start of the uprising when 55 people were reported...
View ArticleAl-Qaida has presence in Syria, says Leon Panetta - video
US defence secretary Leon Panetta says intelligence indicates an al-Qaida presence in Syria
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Underwear bomb plot: British officials maintain wall of silence
But reports that a British agent infiltrated al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula will do MI5 and MI6 no harm at allThe British officials who speak on behalf of the UK's intelligence agencies were...
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Drone attacks: MI5 and MI6 will have to get used to prying eyes | Richard...
As the role and reach of British security and intelligence agencies increases, they are being watched – and rightly soThe last thing MI5 and MI6 wanted after the exposure of their involvement,...
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Q&A with Naomi Wolf: the spectacle of terror
Join Naomi Wolf to discuss whether US counterterrorism strategy is turning America into a surveillance societyThis week, Naomi wrote about post 9/11 terrorist plots and US counterterror strategy – and...
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Italian anarchists kneecap nuclear executive and threaten more shootings
Group named after Greek anarchist warns it will strike seven more times at nuclear firm's parent company, FinmeccanicaAn anarchist group claimed responsibility on Friday for kneecapping an Italian...
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Anti-Islam teachings 'widespread' in US law enforcement, campaigners warn
Activists point to past incidents in the FBI and NYPD after military course urged soldiers to prepare for 'total war' with IslamA course at a military academy that taught US officers to prepare for...
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Underwear bomb plot: British and US intelligence rattled over leaks
Leak about UK involvement described as despicable by CIA as anger turns to Obama administration for compromising missionDetailed leaks of operational information about the foiled underwear bomb plot...
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Drone strikes in Yemen: US expert warns of anti-western sentiment
Former CIA counter-terrorism chief says US military strategy in the region is forcing Yemenis into violent extremismThe former head of the CIA's counter-terrorism centre has warned that the use of...
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Islamist group al-Nusra Front claims responsibility for Damascus bombings
Video posted online says twin car bombings that killed 55 people in Syrian capital were revenge for Assad regime's aggressionAn obscure Islamist group, the al-Nusra Front, has posted a video online...
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