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Democrats parade Osama bin Laden's corpse as their proudest achievement |...
It's one thing for Democrats to fete Obama's tougher-than-thou national security credentials, but this ghoulish jingoism is warped[Updated below - Update II]One of the formative events shaping my views...
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Why declaring the Haqqanis terrorists presents a problem for the US
Branding the clan-based militia as terrorist may make any diplomatic solution more difficult to fashionIt was one of the paradoxes of the dirty conflict under way along the Afghan-Pakistan border that...
View ArticleKabul suicide attack outside Nato offices kills at least six - video
Afghan security forces patrol Nato headquarters after a suicide bomb attack killed at least six people
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Peer raises fears over UK charity's alleged links to Boko Haram
British charity is under scrutiny amid claims funds ended up in hands of Nigerian terrorists blamed for killing hundredsA British charity is under scrutiny amid claims some of its funds have ended up...
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9/11 health fund to cover cancer treatment
Those exposed to toxic compounds from the wreckage of the September 11 attacks will be entitled to free treatmentThe 70,000 surviving firefighters, police officers and other first responders who raced...
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New York 9/11 museum deal reached
Mayor Bloomberg announces deal to resume construction of museum on eve of 11th anniversary of attack on twin towersA deal has been reached to resume construction on a National September 11 Museum in...
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Babar Ahmad case: we must not outsource our criminal justice system | David...
The DPP should be bold and take over a private prosecution, so that two terrorism suspects avoid US extraditionKeir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions (DPP) must be tearing his hair out. The...
View ArticleBarack Obama observes 9/11 anniversary silence - video
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle mark the 11th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks
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9/11: is it time to stop talking? | Open thread
Every year since 2001 Americans have relived a mass tragedy. Is it time for the coverage – and conversation – to fade?For 11 years, Americans have remembered the victims of the 9/11 attacks in a series...
View ArticleSeptember 11 memorial events – in pictures
Tuesday marks the 11th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks. This year's events in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania are smaller, more private affairs compared to last year's 10th anniversary
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Letters: Why I launched a private prosecution against Babar Ahmad and Talha...
Since my private prosecution against both Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan was announced last week (Briton launches prosecution against terror suspects to prevent extradition, 6 September), I have been more...
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Libya's new democracy must not be derailed by the Benghazi murders | Oliver...
Diplomats do not always get immunity: I lost several colleagues to terrorist attacks. But the US must show restraint in LibyaWhat are we to make of the murder of the American ambassador and members of...
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Middle East unrest: how involved is al-Qaida really?
Eleven years after 9/11 people are quick to link the group with violence in Libya and Syria. But things aren't that simpleWithin hours of the death of the US ambassador to Libya, a familiar refrain was...
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UN security council resolutions should not trump basic rights | Eric Metcalfe
Strasbourg's Nada v Switzerland judgment shows we do not need to dismantle rights to make sanctions work in the fight against terrorismOn the shores of Lake Lugano in Switzerland, is the small town of...
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US citizens' due process rights saved from the NDAA's indefinite detention |...
Thanks to determined citizens and a stalwart judge, American liberty is preserved from the NDAA's most Orwellian provision[Update below]You can't change the world if you don't believe in impossible...
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Danny Dyer: why them 9/11 slags are freaking his nut
The actor and TV presenter offers his thoughts on the 11th anniversary of the twin towers attacksYou may recall LiS's dismay a couple of weeks ago at the British public's waning interest in the doings...
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Americans killed in Benghazi include former Seal and an air force veteran
Glen Doherty's sister describes 'an American hero' as Sean Smith's friends recall final message saying he was under attackGlen Doherty, former Navy SealGlen Doherty was a former US navy special forces...
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Conservatives, Democrats and the convenience of denouncing free speech |...
Westerners love to decry censorship aimed at them by Muslims while ignoring the extreme censorship they impose on themNothing tests one's intellectual honesty and ability to apply principles...
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Libyan parliamentary speaker hints at military strike after consulate attack
Magariaf confirms US officials intercepted communications that linked al-Qaida in Maghreb to Islamist brigade Ansar al-ShariaThe president of Libya's parliament, Mohamed al-Magariaf, has said military...
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Egyptian soldier killed and seven injured in Sinai attacks
Security forces had been carrying out raids arresting suspected militants linked to killing of 16 border guardsAn Egyptian soldier was killed and seven were injured in a set of retaliatory attacks on...
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