Abu Qatada could be freed from jail in days
Time running out for UK government to fight lifting of restrictions on radical Muslim cleric suspected of terror linksRadical cleric Abu Qatada is expected to be freed from jail on Monday and will have...
View ArticleBali bombings: 'Demolition Man' trial begins
Umar Patek accused of making explosives used in 2002 blasts and leaving trail of terror from Indonesia to PakistanThe trial has begun in Jakarta of the top suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings: a militant...
View ArticleNew Delhi blast hits Israeli diplomat's car
Two people injured in Indian explosion, while device found under car of driver for Israeli embassy in Georgia is defusedIsraeli diplomatic missions in India and Georgia have been targeted in bomb...
View ArticlePakistan spy agency forced to present 'abducted' men in court
Suspected militants detained by ISI – possibly unlawfully – appear looking sick and confused, four years after disappearingPakistan's supreme court on Monday forced the authorities to present seven men...
View ArticleHow spooks are undermining peace in Northern Ireland | Paul Larkin
The myth that the IRA was riddled with spies feeds the ire of those who oppose the Good Friday agreement with violenceThe refusal of the star witness, journalist Toby Harnden, to undergo cross...
View ArticleFort Dix Five: 'They don't want our side, our view, our words'
From super-maximum security prison, Shain Duka, one of the Fort Dix Five, maintains he was set up in a terrorism plot by the FBI, and is now appealing to the supreme court for helpAs a child Shain Duka...
View ArticleBali bombing suspect's trial begins in Indonesia – video
The trial of Umar Patek, the principal suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings, has started in Jakarta. Patek is accused of masterminding an attack in Kuta, Bali, that killed 202 people
View ArticleBinyamin Netanyahu blames Iran and Hezbollah for embassy attacks – video
The Israeli prime minister calls Iran the biggest exporter of terror in the world after attacks on diplomatic missions in India and Georgia
View ArticleIsraeli embassy attacks in Delhi and Tbilisi could set off a conflagration
The immediate damage could have been worse, but the consequences for the Middle East could still be disastrousIt could have been worse: one bomb slightly injured the wife of an Israeli diplomat and...
View ArticleThe rule of law: why Abu Qatada's release matters | Editorial
The case for his deportation from this country is immensely strong but the rule of law must not be tossed asideBarring the jihadist preacher himself, there is probably not a soul in this country who...
View ArticleShaker Aamer, the Briton still locked in Guantánamo, will not be forgotten |...
Ten years since he was incarcerated in Guantánamo Bay, Aamer has been abandoned by successive British governmentsWhen the allied invasion of Afghanistan began in October 2001 with the bombing of Kabul,...
View ArticleIsrael accuses Iran of attacks in Delhi and Tbilisi
Tehran describes accusations that it was behind bomb attacks targeting Israeli diplomatic missions as 'sheer lies'Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has accused Iran of being behind twin...
View ArticleWhy is Abu Qatada not on trial? | Richard Norton-Taylor
That Qatada has not been prosecuted under criminal and conspiracy laws makes a mockery of our legal systemMuch of the media, with no shortage of encouragement from Tory MPs eager to use the case to...
View ArticleIran behind Thailand blasts, claims Israel's Ehud Barak
• Three blasts in Bangkok wound bomber and five others• Two men in custody with a third on the run• Israeli defence chief blames Iran 'terror cell'Israel has accused Iran of being behind three blasts...
View ArticleThai bombers linked to Indian terror attacks, says Israeli ambassador
Itzhak Shoham said he believed Israeli diplomats were likely targets of magnetic bombs found in Bangkok houseThe bombs discovered in a Bangkok house after a series of blasts in the city were similar to...
View ArticleBangkok bombings: CCTV footage of Iranian suspects – video
CCTV footage shows three Iranian men suspected of detonating a bomb in a house and throwing grenades at police in Bangkok
View Article'Bangkok bombers' were assassins not terrorists, says Thai official
Senior security official seems to corroborate Israel's claim that explosions were part of thwarted Iranian assassination plotThe three "Bangkok bombers" suspected of attempting to carry out an attack...
View ArticleAbu Qatada's release – what would the jihadists think? | Maajid Nawaz
Qatada's appeal to 'manmade' justice will damage his credibility. It's obeying the rule of law that makes Britain strongerNarratives – the way any story is portrayed and how it acquires its power to...
View ArticleThai officials search for Bangkok bombers' target
Police investigate who 'assassins' were trying to kill as Israel and Iran trade accusations and Ahmadinejad raises nuclear stakesThe three "Bangkok bombers" suspected of trying to mount an attack in...
View ArticleIran seems an unlikely culprit for the attacks on Israeli diplomats | Arshin...
Tehran has good relations with Thailand, India and Georgia. Why would it endanger that by planting bombs there?Let's assume that sections of the military and security apparatus in Iran are responsible...
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