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Brown: Britain 'will not walk away' from Afghan mission

06.11.09
Latest: Britain cannot afford to 'walk away' from the mission in Afghanistan if it is to prevent future terrorist attacks, the PM will warn... more

Senior Labour MP calls for pull-out from Afghanistan

04.11.09
Gordon Brown's Afghanistan strategy faces an unprecedented challenge after a senior Labour MP broke rank to call for the phased withdrawal of British troops... more

French scientist ‘plotted to bomb huge oil refinery’

13.10.09
A French nuclear scientist linked to al Qaeda targeted an oil refinery so he could cause an explosion which would have destroyed a city “the size of London”, it was claimed today... more

Missile kills Uzbek al Qaeda leader

02.10.09
The leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, who is said to have links with al Qaeda, is believed to have been killed by a US missile strike in Pakistan, intelligence officials said today.... more

Leading al Qaeda fighter killed in US helicopter attack

15.09.09
American forces are believed to have killed a top al Qaeda suspect in a helicopter raid on a Somalian village... more

Heathrow bomb plot 'terror banker' free in London

08.09.09
Suspected key figure in airliner bomb plot is alleged al Qaeda activist living freely in London... more

Now Pakistan must strike while the iron is hot

24.08.09
Despite the mayhem in Afghanistan and the crucial presidential elections there last week, the real focus of the US and Britain in the region remains on Pakistan, which at this moment has an unprecedented opportunity to turn the tide against the Taliban and al Qaeda... more

Search for real-life Qs with anti-terror ideas

14.08.09
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Filipino troops die in militant battle

13.08.09
AT LEAST 23 Filipino soldiers were killed with 20 al Qaeda-linked militants in a major battle on Basilan Island in the south of the Philippines. ... more

Briton and wife among seven hostages killed by 'terrorists'

15.06.09
A British engineer and his wife is among at least seven people massacred by kidnappers in Yemen... more

Killing ordered by leader who admires eighth century warlord

03.06.09
The killing of a British hostage in North Africa dramatically underlines the continuing threat of al Qaeda to Britons around the world... more

Kidnapped British man is beheaded by al Qaeda

03.06.09
A Briton kidnapped in Africa has been beheaded by al Qaeda terrorists demanding the release of radical cleric Abu Qatada from jail... more

Al Qaeda: Free Qatada or we will kill Briton

27.04.09
Al Qaeda terrorists in North Africa threatened to kill a British hostage unless the UK authorities release radical cleric Abu Qatada... more

9/11 mastermind given waterboard torture 183 times

20.04.09
The mastermind of the September 11 attacks on America was “waterboarded” 183 times by the CIA, it emerged as new details of torture sessions were revealed... more

Al Qaeda ‘is greater threat to Europe than America’

03.04.09
Barack Obama has warned that Europe is at greater risk than the US of attack by al Qaeda as he sought to bury past differences with France in fighting terrorism... more

Threat of 'dirty bomb' is increasing, warns Smith

24.03.09
The risk of terrorists obtaining the material to mount a "dirty bomb" attack in Britain is rising, the Government claimed... more

Better pay out to Qatada than lose our freedoms

23.02.09
Here's an unfashionable suggestion: it's time to stick up for Abu Qatada, the supposed "al Qaeda kingpin in Europe". Not for the sake of his alleged beliefs - but for ours... more

First man convicted for 'directing terror'

19.12.08
The first person to be convicted in Britain of directing terrorism was jailed for a minimum of 10 years... more

For one fearful moment I long for home

01.12.08
On the eve of Thanksgiving, the TV screens filled with the terrible footage of the attacks on Mumbai... more

Bin Laden's driver goes free from Guantanamo

25.11.08
Osama bin Laden's former driver is being transferred from detention at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to his home country of Yemen, US defence officials said... more

More questions than answers in troubling conflict

13.11.08
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Civil servant faces trial over lost secrets

29.09.08
A civil servant who left top-secret documents on al Qaeda and the Iraq war on a train is facing prosecution under the Official Secrets Act, it has emerged... more

Next 9/11 in Britain warn banned Muslim militants

12.09.08
Members of a banned Muslim extremist group used the anniversary of the September 11 attacks to warn of more terrorist atrocities against the West... more

Lessons of the air terror trial

09.09.08
Up to five of those involved with the al Qaeda airline bomb plotters remain at large after the jury failed to convict them on all the charges brought in a £10 million trial, raising questions about how these proceedings should be conducted in future... more

Airport bomb plot: three guilty

08.09.08
Three British Muslims have been found guilty of an al Qaeda plot to explode liquid bombs at Heathrow airport... more

Terror chief told me to bomb London

31.03.08
A London man has described how he was at an extraordinary al Qaeda "brainstorming" summit... more

Jailed rapist named as terrorist associate

31.03.08
Convicted London rapist Abdul Makim Khalisadar has been named as a key associate of two of al Qaeda's top leaders... more

Do you want to become a martyr, the al Qaeda chief asked...

31.03.08
Dramatic details of how the al Qaeda commander behind some of the world's worst terror plots asked a Londoner to target the capital in a suicide attack have been revealed... more

Sing-a-song of terrorism

08.08.07
In Jihad: The Musical, is an entertaining - if untaxing - show that follows the story of a "hapless Afghan peasant" caught up in terrorism, given the Broadway treatment.... more

Wit and wisecracks by the sea

16.07.07
With stars like Bill Bailey, Phill Jupitus, Michael McIntyre, Robin Ince and Alan Carr performing, there was laughter all round at Suffolk's Latitude Festival.... more

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