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'Terrorists' like Abu Hamza will never get real justice until the real 9/11...

Sure, not every alleged terrorist is totally innocent. But every juror's subconscious will be clouded until KSM gets his day in court. Let's have the big verdict instead of surrogate casesOne month...

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Surrogate mother jailed for faking pregnancies

Louise Pollard, who agreed to act as a surrogate mother for one of Osama bin Laden's sons, jailed for faking pregnanciesA woman who achieved notoriety by agreeing to act as a surrogate mother for one...

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First it was Osama's lust for Whitney, now we can ogle the Isis sex symbol

The Mail's singular mission to find the romance in the jihadist struggle offers us a dreamy new hunk. It's just a pity that his blood-crazed antics are not so adorable Kanye West tells Annie Leibovitz:...

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Riyadh rage: inside Saudi Arabia's joyriding craze

Fuelled by boredom, anger and alienation, young people are stealing cars and racing them at terrifying speeds through Saudi Arabia's biggest cities. Even Osama bin Laden's bodyguard cut his teeth as a...

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The sad legacy of 9/11: Isis and al-Qaida are stronger than ever | Ali Soufan

We havent been fighting a 13-year war. Weve been fighting a new one-year war, 13 times. What now?In the years leading up to the attacks of 11 September 2001, the west saw al-Qaida rising but didnt...

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Bin Laden spokesman sentenced to life in prison for al-Qaida role after 9/11

Osama bin Ladens son-in-law Suleiman Abu Ghaith, convicted in March, became voice of al-Qaida recruitment after 9/11The sad legacy of 9/11: Isis and al-Qaida are stronger than everDefiant to the end,...

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Bin Laden's killer? Robert ONeills claim challenges Seals code of silence

Publicity around shooting of al-Qaida leader goes against ethos of quiet professionals and undermines Obamas military coupSilence had long been a matter of pride for the US special forces. Dirty,...

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Pentagon: leaked special forces mission details could endanger national security

Statement comes after identification of two members of the team that killed Osama bin LadenThe Pentagon has expressed concern that US national security could be endangered by former special forces...

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Veteran US Seal who claims he shot Bin Laden rounds on critics

Robert ONeill says that he no longer cares if anyone believes his account of secret missionThe former navy Seal who claims to have killed Osama bin Laden said he no longer cared if anyone believed him...

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The p-word the New York Post just could not bear to use...

How about this! In the land of the free, at a newspaper that makes much of asserting its freedom to say what it likes, there is one word it feels it shouldn't use: pussy.Jim Romenesko reports that a...

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Richard Dawkins's honey and other high-profile airport confiscations

Dawkins tweeted 'Bin Laden has won' after his jar of honey was confiscated by airport security. Which other items of celebrity baggage have famously fallen foul of airport regulationsHe may have been...

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Sketching Guantánamo

Court artist's new book offers a rare and unique insight into the drama of the military hearings at US detention centreJanet Hamlin has been covering Guantánamo for seven years, making more than 25...

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Pakistani doctor who helped CIA find Bin Laden faces murder charge

Shakil Afridi faces allegations over operating on boy in 2006, who died after surgeryThe lawyer for a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden says his client has been charged with...

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Dirty Wars review | Peter Bradshaw

Jeremy Scahill's documentary about the shadowy world of the Joint Special Operations Command is an important storyJeremy Scahill is the national security correspondent for the Nation and his new film...

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A virtual Osama bin Laden, recruiting jihadis? It's not such a crazy notion |...

US intelligence's fear of supervillain avatars sounds outlandish but there's a solid precedent for using video games as political weaponsSpies are paid to worry about unlikely scenarios, but the...

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Close Guantánamo prison, says first US commander on 12th anniversary

• Major General Michael Lehnert says facility is a liability• 'Terrorists aim to change our behaviour. They have succeeded'On the 12th anniversary of the arrival of the first prisoners at the US...

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Bin Laden death images subject to purge, emails reveal

US military chief ordered his subordinates to destroy any photographs of Osama bin Laden's body or give them to the CIAEleven days after the killing of Osama bin Laden in 2011, the US military's top...

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Bin Laden's son-in-law to stand trial for conspiracy to kill Americans

Highest-ranking al-Qaida figure to stand trial in US Judge rejects Suleiman Abu Ghaiths claim of mistaken identityAmid unusually tight security, Osama bin Ladens son-in-law will go to trial on Monday,...

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Trial for Bin Laden's son-in-law begins in New York with jury selection

Suleiman Abu Ghaith charged with conspiring to kill Americans as part of his role as al-Qaida spokesman after 9/11Osama bin Ladens son-in-law was introduced to prospective jurors Monday at the start of...

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Osama bin Laden son-in-law agreed to help terror campaign, court hears

New York prosecutors accuse Suleiman Abu Ghaith of acting as al-Qaidas mouthpiece in propaganda videos and speechesOsama bin Ladens son-in-law conspired with him to recruit a new wave of jihadists even...

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