British al-Qaida turncoat to testify in trial of Bin Laden's son-in-law
Saajid Badat released early in return for cooperation Suleiman Abu Ghaith on trial for conspiring to kill AmericansA British man who plotted to shoe-bomb a plane for al-Qaida will on Monday begin a...
View ArticleThe CIA has brought darkness to America by fighting in the shadows | Gary Younge
After 9/11 the agency was given free rein to break the rules but when allowed to play dirty abroad, it's difficult to stop at homeLittle more than a week after 9/11, Cofer Black gave instructions to...
View ArticleUK man who plotted shoe bombing to testify at Bin Laden son-in-law trial
Prosecutors use Saajid Badats testimony to show that Abu Ghaith Suleiuman conspired to create a second wave of terrorist attacks after 9/11A British man who was supposed to take down an airplane with a...
View ArticleMake justice, not Gitmo: terrorists face real consequences in US civilian...
Want closure for attacks on America? Youll get more at a trial near Ground Zero than a torturous commission at GuantánamoThe American public has had a pretty good demonstration over the last couple of...
View ArticleAl-Qaida spokesman takes stand in his own terrorism trial
In courtroom surprise, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith testified through an Arabic interpreter that he had wanted to get to know Bin LadenIn a courtroom surprise, al-Qaidas spokesman after the September 11 attacks...
View ArticleFormer navy Seal says public has right to know how he killed Osama bin Laden
Robert ONeill took part in the mission against the al-Qaida leader but some special forces personnel criticise him for breaking code of silenceThe former navy Seal Robert ONeill, who says he fired the...
View ArticleIran fears Isis militants are part of wider Sunni backlash
With Islamic State militants just kilometres from the country’s western border, and increasingly radical anti-Shia militants to the east in Pakistan, Gareth Smyth examines Iran’s Sunni problemNearly...
View ArticleVetereran US Seal on the Bin Laden raid: ‘There are major inconsistencies’
Ex-navy seal Matt Bissonette wrote a bestseller on the raid in Abbottabad, but is now being threatened by the US government and contradicted by his former colleague Robert O’Neill in the press. So why...
View ArticleSudan: pyramids, souqs and Gaddafi's hotel in land tourism forgot
Western sanctions mean credit cards don’t work and iPhones crash on arrival, with few visitors witnessing the wealth of attractions on offer The fine stone carving shows a wide-hipped Nubian queen...
View ArticleCharlie Hebdo: Now is the time to uphold freedoms, not give in to fear |...
Terrorists can kill and maim, but they cannot topple governments. We must not hand them victory by treating this massacre as an act of warWhy does it happen? Whenever a political outrage is committed,...
View ArticleMarathon of bringing al-Qaida’s Africa attackers to justice continues in New...
Khalid al-Fawwaz will appear charged with planning attacks and setting up al-Qaida’s media office, among other things• Analysis: attacks that propelled Bin Laden into the limelightOn the morning of 7...
View ArticleAfrica embassy bombings: attacks that propelled Bin Laden into the limelight
Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania allowed Saudi and al-Qaida to also claim leadership of a fragmented Islamist militant movement• Marathon of bringing attackers to justice continues in New YorkWhen news...
View ArticleNicolas Cage to play Osama bin Laden hunter in comedy Army of One
Helmed by Borat director Larry Charles, the film is based on the true story of Gary Faulkner, a US construction worker who became determined to pursue the terrorist leaderNicolas Cage will play an...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia and the west: how a cosy relationship turned toxic
Oil has always given the Gulf monarchy huge power. But the US may be less dependent in future – and the world is fast losing patience with Saudi Arabia’s stance on human rights and extremism. Will King...
View ArticleZacarias Moussaoui says al-Qaida was backed by Saudi Arabia. But can he be...
Extremist serving life in prison for his role in the 9/11 attacks makes new claims about dealings with the kingdom that while intriguing don’t pass the smell testZacarias Moussaoui, who was sentenced...
View ArticleBritish spies don disguises to testify in New York terrorism trial of Pakistani
MI5 agents appear in Brooklyn court wearing wigs, glasses and false beardsAbid Naseer accused of al-Qaida plot to bomb New York subway British spies testifying at the trial of an al-Qaida suspect in...
View ArticleOsama bin Laden in Tora Bora in 1996 – in pictures
Rare images of the al-Qaida leader in a mountainous region of Afghanistan released by US prosecutors during the trial of Khaled al-Fawwaz. The photographs were shot by Abdel Barri Atwan, the founder...
View ArticleLawyer for Pakistani doctor who helped CIA find Osama bin Laden shot dead
Two militant groups claim responsibility - one claiming the killing of Samiullah Afridi was in retaliation for his support of Dr Shakil AfridiA Pakistani lawyer under death threats for defending a...
View Article'Corruption has opened door to al-Shabaab in Kenya'
As government ministers and top businessmen are charged over the Anglo Leasing scandal, whistleblower John Githongo argues this fraud has played into the hands of terroristsAfter 12 years of scandal...
View ArticleSudan: an unlikely path to jihad for nine British medical students
A group of young medics recently travelled to Syria to work in Islamic State-controlled hospitals. Khalid Abdelaziz visited Khartoum to investigate their path to radicalisationTasneem Hussein was a...
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