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What is the relationship between Iran and al-Qaida?
There is no evidence of a working relationship between the Iranian state and al-Qaida or its various offshootsThe claim that two terror suspects in Canada received guidance from "al-Qaida elements" in...
View ArticleTamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's mother: my sons are not the Boston Marathon...
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva says she is sure her children were not involved in the Boston Marathon bomb attack of 15 April
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America's greatest asset against radicalisation: Muslim Americans | Ed Husain
The threat of extremism inspired by foreign troublespots is real, but what makes the US strong is its tradition of religious freedomWatching the American television news cycle, it is as though the...
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev: experts puzzled as hunt for terror links gleans little
Lack of connections to terrorist groups means experts are increasingly seeing the elder Tsarnaev as a self-radicalised lone wolf – underlining the daunting task of piecing together a motiveFederal...
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Suspect in alleged Canadian terror plot claims charges 'based on appearances'
Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser accused of conspiring to derail passenger train and receiving guidance from al-QaidaOne of the suspects in an alleged al-Qaida terror plot to derail a Canadian...
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MI6 to be investigated over treatment of three more terror suspects
Inquiries to centre on mistreatment of prisoners at US-run detention centre in Bagram, north of Kabul, in 2002Scotland Yard has opened investigations into three further allegations that British...
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Shaker Aamer and the dirty secrets of the war on terror | Seumas Milne
The scandal of Britain's last Guantánamo inmate encapsulates the barbarity of a mutating conflict without endMore than four years after Barack Obama pledged to close the US internment camp at...
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Boston bombings: concern over possible communication failures
Briefing to senators raises questions about whether information was effectively passed on by FBI to other agenciesCommunication failures between US intelligence agencies may have prevented the...
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Calling Tsarnaev an 'enemy combatant' creates a vicious double standard |...
Eric Rudolph, the anti-abortion bigot behind the 1996 Atlanta bombing, was tried as a criminal. What makes Boston different?When is a violent attacker a terrorist, an enemy combatant or a criminal? To...
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Timeline: Abu Qatada
Key events since the radical preacher described as al-Qaida's spiritual leader in Europe arrived in the UK 15 years agoSeptember 1993Abu Qatada arrives with his family in the UK on a forged United Arab...
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The same motive for anti-US 'terrorism' is cited over and over | Glenn Greenwald
Ignoring the role played by US actions is dangerously self-flattering and self-delusionalNews reports purporting to describe what Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told US interrogators should, for several reasons, be...
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should not face the death penalty, even for a capital crime...
The US Justice Department faces enormous pressure to seek the execution of Tsarnaev. But against terror, we should choose lifeNow that the surviving marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has been charged...
View ArticleJohn Kerry: Boston bomber came to US with a 'willingness to kill' – video
The US secretary of state, John Kerry, says there is 'no room' for people who 'just want to kill people
View ArticleBoston Marathon bombs: memorial for officer Sean Collier – video
Thousands of law enforcement officers and civilians attend a memorial service for Officer Sean Collier, the policeman shot in the Boston bombers' manhunt
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Boston bombing suspect was put on terrorist database 18 months ago
Amid accusations of intelligence failings, officials admit Tamerlan Tsarnaev was on list of known and suspected terroristsThe name of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect was added to a terrorist...
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Why are religion and violence now so closely linked? | Andrew Brown
The settled world order is secular, and fanaticism thrives when people feel alienated and threatened for their beliefsIt's a commonplace that wars and religions are closely associated. Since about 1945...
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Mother of Boston bombing suspects regrets moving to US
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva maintains sons' innocence, while Vladimir Putin criticises west over attitude to terror in RussiaThe mother of two men suspected of the Boston marathon bombings has said she regrets...
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Boston, the Tsarnaevs and terrorism: no, it really is complicated | Oliver...
To explain the Boston Marathon bombing by blaming violent Islamism may be satisfying to some, but it's not sufficientA narrative is quickly congealing to explain last week's bombings in Boston:...
View ArticleBoston bomb suspects' mother: they didn't need to kill my son – video
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, mother to Dzokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, says the police killed 26-year-old Tamerlan unnecessarily
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Boston suspects planned attack on New York City, Mayor Bloomberg says
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said to have told FBI investigators of plan to drive to New York and detonate explosives in Times SquareThe Boston marathon bombing suspects planned to drive to New York with their...
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