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Camp Nama: British personnel reveal horrors of secret US base in Baghdad
Detainees captured by SAS and SBS squads subjected to human-rights abuses at detention centre, say British witnessesView Baghdad's secret torture facilityBritish soldiers and airmen who helped to...
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Deprived of justice, the Guantánamo detainees' last resort is to hunger...
Stuck in a Kafkaesque legal limbo created by 'war on terror' exceptions to rights, the prisoners have no redress but protestTensions continue to rise at Guantánamo, where the US military acknowledges...
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Afghan suicide attack on provincial courthouse kills scores
Suicide squad dressed as soldiers leaves 44 people dead and over 100 injured in deadliest day for civilians in more than a yearNine suicide attackers disguised as Afghan army soldiers stormed a...
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Terrorists planning Somali attacks, government warns
British government warns terrorists in final stages of planning attacks in Mogadishu, following statement by Foreign OfficeTerrorists are in the final stages of planning attacks in the Somali capital,...
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Suicide attack in Iraqi city leaves at least 22 people dead
More than 50 people injured when a hand grenade was thrown into a tent at a political rally in BaqubaA suicide bomber has killed at least 22 people and wounded more than 50 in an attack at a political...
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The General: The Ordinary Man Who Challenged Guantánamo by Ahmed Errachidi –...
One man's powerful account of his imprisonment in Guantánamo Bay reveals great courageThere are two stories that are impossible to make proper sense of in Ahmed Errachidi's graphic and powerful memoir...
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Trial for Osama bin Laden's son-in-law may be delayed by sequester furloughs
Suleiman Abu Ghaith's defense attorneys want trial moved from lower Manhattan, claiming a New York jury would be prejudicedA landmark civilian trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law may be delayed until...
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Mali conflict could spill over into Western Sahara, warns Ban Ki-moon
UN secretary general says al-Qaida-backed Islamists may try to recruit from refugee camps in disputed territoryThe conflict in Mali could be creating a "ticking time bomb" for neighbouring Western...
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Al-Qaida in Iraq admits links to Syrian jihadist fighters
Jabhat al-Nusra's growing role among anti-Assad rebels has alarmed west, polarising views on how to deal with humanitarian crisisAl-Qaida in Iraq has confirmed its links to a jihadist group fighting in...
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Afghanistan's future after Nato troops leave uncertain, admits Hammond
Afghans will determine their own fate, says defence secretary, as MPs warns country could descend into civil war within yearsThe defence secretary has admitted that no one can predict what will happen...
View ArticleAfghanistan: we must reach out to insurgents, says defence secretary - video
Philip Hammond says that as British troops withdraw from Afghanistan, Nato allies must embrace insurgents who renounce violence
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Guantánamo Bay hunger strike could be deadly, warn detainees' lawyers
Lawyers describe prisoners' dramatic weight loss as guards attempt to end the protest through force-feeding and isolationLawyers representing hunger-striking detainees at America's controversial...
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Pakistan bus bomb kills at least eight passengers
Police say seven also wounded in attack near Peshawar in troubled province on border with AfghanistanPolice said a bomb planted in a bus has killed at least eight passengers in north-western Pakistan.A...
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The Gatekeepers – review
Dror Moreh's first-rate film has rightly been compared with The Fog of War, Errol Morris's revealing documentary on US secretary of defence Robert S McNamara. His austere The Gatekeepers briefly...
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Syria: Jordan to spearhead Saudi Arabian arms drive
Fears over rising power of al-Qaida-linked groups drives move to channel weapons to moderate rebel fighters through JordanJordan has agreed to spearhead a Saudi-led push to arm rebel groups through its...
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Somalia supreme court attack kills at least 20
Militants fire guns and set off explosions during suspected Al-Shabaab assault on main court buildings in MogadishuAt least 20 people were killed in Mogadishu after al-Shabaab extremists stormed the...
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Pakistani Taliban target ANP leaders during election campaign
Mukarram Shah dies and Masoom Shah wounded in twin bomb blasts as militants attempt to wipe out political opponentsPakistani Taliban have attacked two leaders of an anti-militant political party,...
View ArticleIraq terrorised by wave of bomb attacks - video
A number of car bombs and shootings took place across Iraq on Monday, killing 27 people and leaving more than 100 injured
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Syrian minister says UK and France are 'directly or indirectly' backing al-Qaida
Faisal al-Miqdad attacks 'new colonialists' providing support to opposition fighters in SyriaBritain and France are "directly or indirectly" supporting al-Qaida in an escalating war against Syria,...
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Nigerian Christian group threatens retaliation over Islamist attacks
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta says it will launch terror campaign 'in defence of Christianity'Nigeria could face a battle between rival terrorist groups after Christian militants...
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