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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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UK man who plotted shoe bombing to testify at Bin Laden son-in-law trial

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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Make justice, not Gitmo: terrorists face real consequences in US civilian...

Julian Brookes: Want closure for attacks on America? You’ll get more at a trial near Ground Zero than a torturous commission at Guantánamo BayJulian Brookes

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Pakistani 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...

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Al-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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Bin Laden son-in-law recalls talk with al-Qaida leader in Afghan cave

Suleiman Abu Ghaith testifies in own defence at terrorism trial and says Bin Laden asked him how US would respond to 9/11

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Prosecution 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

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Suleiman 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

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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

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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Osama 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...

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Osama 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...

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No 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...

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Beyond 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...

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Abu 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...

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Pakistani 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...

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The 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...

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Former 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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