Osama bin Laden sister and stepmother feared dead in UK plane crash
Saudi ambassador offers condolences to the family amid reports that relatives of the al-Qaida leader were among four killed in Hampshire crashThe sister and stepmother of the former al-Qaida leader...
View ArticleBin Laden plane crash: aircraft went down in near perfect conditions
Questions raised over why state-of-the-art jet carrying three relatives of Osama Bin Laden came down at end of long runway at Blackbushe airportQuestions have been raised over the cause of Friday’s...
View ArticleBin Laden plane landed too far down the runway to stop, say investigators
Jet overtook a microlight as it approached Blackbushe airport, before crashing, killing three members of family and Jordanian pilotA plane that crashed in Hampshire killing three members of the Bin...
View Article'There is no silver bullet': Isis, al-Qaida and the myths of terrorism
The west’s response to 9/11 was the catastrophic ‘war on terror’. Have we learned from our mistakes with al-Qaida, or is history repeating itself with Isis?Fourteen years ago, in the immediate...
View ArticleThe week in radio: Seriously…; Overage Drinkers; Philip Glass: Taxi Driver;...
Hard-drinking pensioners and Osama Bin Laden’s audio legacy were among the highlights as Radio 4 got its documentary house in orderOverage Drinkers (Radio 4) | iPlayerPhilip Glass: Taxi Driver (Radio...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn said Osama bin Laden should have been tried, not killed
Labour leadership frontrunner told show shortly after the 2011 raid that the death was ‘yet another tragedy’ that would result in deeper unrestJeremy Corbyn has come under fire for saying it was a...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn and I are the new Christs | Stewart Lee
Apart from me and Jeremy Corbyn there was another man, long long ago, whose wise words were often shorn of context by stupid fools, and used against himApparently, the Labour party leadership contest...
View ArticleZero Dark Thirty's CIA access triggered internal investigations
US spy agency probed film-makers’ gifts to officers and alleged access to classified material, and has tightened procedures for interaction with HollywoodThe CIA’s controversial, year-long cooperation...
View ArticleThe Audacious Ascetic by Flagg Miller review – banality of evil, Al-Qaida style
The huge cache of audio cassettes left behind by Osama bin Laden show him and his supporters to have been disturbingly mundaneThe British Library recently balked at acquiring an archive of Taliban...
View ArticleSecurity services accused over Aamer's lengthy detention
Supporters of Briton’s last Guantánamo detainee celebrate as questions remain as to why his release took so longThe post 9/11 world was just a few days old when Shaker Aamer was first imprisoned....
View ArticleBen Carson recasts role of Saudi Arabia in hunt for Osama bin Laden
Candidate doubles down on comments from second debate, saying ‘I’m certain they knew where he was’ and that he believes country had loyalty to Bin LadenThe Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson...
View ArticleJoe Biden subtly contradicts Hillary Clinton over Bin Laden raid – video
The US vice-president, speaking at George Washington University on Tuesday, says he supported the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. This may be seen as an attempt to shield him from criticism from...
View ArticleBombs and guns won’t beat us, but our own hysteria will | Simon Jenkins
The terrorists can only win by sowing fear and confusion. Our leaders are falling into their trap“He’s won,” I shouted at the television. “Bloody hell, he’s won.” As Donald Trump read out his...
View ArticlePoetry used as 'a perfect weapon' for recruiting violent jihadis, study finds
Arab cultural traditions have made poetry a potent tool for promoting extremism, according to research by Oxford academicPoetry may be a potent tool in recruiting militant jihadis, a new study by...
View ArticleBin Laden letters reveal al-Qaida's fears of drone strikes and infiltration
US releases documents seized from house in northern Pakistan where special forces found Bin Laden and shot him deadOsama bin Laden was planning a new wave of attacks and a media campaign in the US just...
View ArticleAgainst his will: pity those handling Bin Laden’s jihad bequest
After a few bequests, Bin Laden demanded that the rest of his £20.7m fortune should be spent on jihadA day out with David Cameron is always a treat, never more so than when he is talking to young...
View ArticleHow the changing media is changing terrorism
Just like news organisations, terrorists need an audience – and both have adapted their tactics to keep your attentionContinue reading...
View ArticleFreed terror Briton Babar Ahmad: I just want Scotland Yard to say sorry
Ahmad suffered 73 injuries in ‘ferocious’ assault at hands of Met police before being imprisoned without trial for eight yearsThis article is the subject of a legal complaint made on behalf of four...
View ArticleThe trials of Babar Ahmad: from jihad in Bosnia to a US prison via Met brutality
In his first interview since he tasted freedom after 12 years behind bars, Ahmad tells how he became the longest-serving UK prisoner to be detained without chargeThis article is the subject of a legal...
View ArticleThe Killing of Osama bin Laden by Seymour M Hersh – review
Seymour Hersh’s theories surrounding the killing of Osama bin Laden and recent events in Syria are forceful but unconvincingShortly after the twin towers and the Pentagon were attacked in September...
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