The 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...
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Prosecutors use Saajid Badat’s testimony to show that Abu Ghaith Suleiuman conspired to create a second wave of terrorist attacks after 9/11
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View ArticlePakistani doctor who helped US find Osama bin Laden has prison term cut
Shakil Afridi's sentence for membership of militant group reduced by 10 years after calls by Washington for his releaseA court in Pakistan has reduced by 10 years the prison sentence handed down to a...
View ArticleAl-Qaida spokesman takes stand in his own terrorism trial
In a courtroom surprise, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith testified through an Arabic interpreter that he ‘wanted to get to know’ Bin Laden
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Suleiman Abu Ghaith testifies in own defence at terrorism trial and says Bin Laden asked him how US would respond to 9/11
View ArticleProsecution closes in New York trial of Osama bin Laden son-in-law
Attorney says Sulaiman Abu Ghaith's 'purpose was to justify mass murder' as defence prepares to make closing arguments
View ArticleSuleiman Abu Ghaith prosecutors tell jurors: 'You are looking at a guilty man'
Jury hears closing arguments in trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, charged with providing material support to al-Qaida
View ArticleRichard 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...
View ArticleSketching 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...
View ArticlePakistani 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...
View ArticleDirty Wars review
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...
View ArticleOsama bin Laden's son-in-law found guilty of conspiring to kill Americans
Kuwaiti imam Suleiman Abu Ghaith faces life in prison after being found guilty on three terrorism charges in New York courtOsama bin Laden's son-in-law, the voice of fiery al-Qaida propaganda...
View ArticleOsama bin Laden obituary
Leader of al-Qaida and the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks, he became the world's most wanted manTo his enemies, whatever colour or creed, he was a religious fanatic, a terrorist with the...
View ArticleNo proof torture helped US find Osama bin Laden, Senate report concludes
Intelligence committee finds methods such as waterboarding did not produce any crucial evidence in hunt for al-Qaida leader, aides say A hotly disputed US Senate torture report concludes that...
View ArticleBeyond the Senate report: torture never 'works' the way torturers tell you it...
Declassifying the CIA's Bush-era atrocities will prove what we already knew. Now comes the part we must never forgetToday, the Senate Intelligence Committee will finally vote on whether to make public...
View ArticleAbu Hamza used 'cover of religion' to recruit terrorists, court hears
Prosecutors give opening statements in New York terror trial Hamza charged with opening al-Qaida training camp in OregonRadical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza used the cover of religion to recruit and...
View ArticlePakistani cleric names Islamabad school library after Osama bin Laden
Maulana Abdul Aziz, controversial and hardline cleric, wanted to pay tribute to al-Qaida leader, 'the martyr'A Pakistani cleric who runs an Islamic seminary for girls in the capital of Islamabad has...
View ArticleThe Brazilian bar where you can buy a beer from Osama bin Laden
The owner of a Sao Paulo drinking hole has turned his accidental resemblance to a certain terrorist into a catering opportunityOf the many strange sights awaiting England football fans in Brazil, a Sao...
View ArticleFormer al-Qaida operative turned informant testifies in Abu Hamza trial
British born Saajid Badat told the New York jury how he met directly with Osama Bin Laden while planning shoe-bomb plotA British-born al-Qaida operative turned government informant told a New York...
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