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Terrorism

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Rizwaan Sabir: "Innocent until proven Muslim" »

Rizwaan Sabir

On 14 May 2008, Rizwaan Sabir was arrested and detained for seven days under the Terrorism Act. The reason: downloading an Al-Qaeda training manual — copies of which can be freely purchased from high street book stores for under £...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Olivia Pires | Read more »

Death of a terrorist »

Osama bin Laden

As The Journal went to press, we heard the news of a dawn raid in Pakistan that resulted in the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at the hands of American soldiers. In a stern White House press conference early on Monday morning, President Barac...

Wed 04 May 2011 | Read more »

Council workers given counter-terrorism training »

Council chiefs have been accused of taking a 'big brother' approach to counter-terrorism after it emerged last week that 60 staff had been given training on reporting suspicious activity to the police. Support workers, concierges, and community safety...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Steven Campbell-Harris | Read more »

In need of attention »

Wootton Bassett's processions have become an iconic symbol of Britain's war dead

Since Islam4UK’s proposal to march through Wootton Bassett—dubbed ‘the most patriotic town in Britain’ for brief yet powerful ceremonies held for every repatriated British military casualty passing through from nearby RAF Lyne...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Iman Qureshi | Read more »

The US-led Pak-Afghan Disaster »

A recent terrorist attack on the Pakistan army headquarters (GHQ) is another manifestation of the fragile peace and security in the country, as well as having broader implications on the region as a whole. Peace in Pakistan is not an internal issue but...

Thu 15 Oct 2009 by Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi | Read more »

Secret deal to release Megrahi to Libya alleged »

Lockerbie bomber

MSPs expressed "deep unease" in parliament last week as revelations regarding the appeal process stirred fears that the Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, may be sent to back to Libya, abandoning his upcoming appeal. Claims ...

Wed 28 Jan 2009 by Rebecca Sibbett | Read more »

Milliband discredits "war on terror" »

“The term ‘war on terror’ lumps terrorist groups together and draws battles as simple struggles between good and evil,” claimed British foreign secretary, David Miliband in a disparaging Guardian article published on 15 January ...

Sun 25 Jan 2009 by Jodi Mullen | Read more »

The Gitmo redemption »

James Yee

To tread among the “worst” of us can bring out the worst in us. Or so learnt James Yusuf Yee when he saw a cell door at Guantanamo Bay detention centre suddenly creak open some 20 yards away during one of his daily rounds at a prison block...

Tue 25 Nov 2008 by Nazry Bahrawi | Read more »

Dying Lockerbie bomber denied bail »

Lockerbie bomber

The Libyan man imprisoned for the Lockerbie bombing has been refused bail, despite having incurable and fatal cancer. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, 56, was convicted in 2001 for the hijacking and bombing of Pan Am flight 103 which killed 270 peopl...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Demian Hobby | Read more »

Animal rights "terrorist" in court »

Animal terrorist in court

An animal rights activist was behind the 'terrorist campaign' that destroyed two Oxford University buildings with home made pipe bombs to stop the building of research facilities, a court has heard. Mel Broughton, 48, is accused of planning and carryi...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Demian Hobby | Read more »

Damning testimony for police at de Menezes inquiry »

Jean Charles de Menezes

The inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell tube station on 22 July 2005 heard this week that the Brazilian could have been stopped safely before he was killed by anti-terrorist officers from the Metropolitan Police. A senior po...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Matthew Moore | Read more »

British students being recruited to jihadist Facebook groups »

Facebook

Radical British Jihadist groups are actively operating and recruiting students on the social networking site Facebook and other forums, an investigation by The Journal can reveal. A private Facebook group called ‘Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama'ah&rsquo...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 | Read more »

UK terror expert claims attack on capital is imminent »

Britain’s most senior anti-terrorism officer has branded Edinburgh an “extremely attractive” destination for a devastating terrorist attack. Superintendent Brett Lovegrove, the head of the City of London Police’s counter-terrori...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 by Graham Mackay | Read more »

Talking at Liberty »

David Blunkett

“I don’t miss the six-and-a-half day weeks, sixteen hours a day; I don’t miss the backbiting; and I don’t miss the inability to go and see Sheffield Wednesday when there are home games,” laughs David Blunkett. Today, howev...

Tue 20 Nov 2007 | Read more »

Knowing your enemy »

The key to defeating terrorism is to understand it

Something odd is happening in the War on Terror. Although there have been apparent successes, the overall picture is by no means rosy. In the United States the media has turned on the architects of the war, President Bush and Vice-President Cheney, wit...

Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Phillip Knightley | Read more »

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