British cuts to military concern US officials

UK – Aid increase will help fight against terrorism, says deputy prime minister

British pensioner arrested in Taliban stronghold on Afghan border

UK troops leave Helmand’s Sangin

Somali pirates: eyewitness account of the threat to cruise ships

Police arrested five “suspected Islamists” thought to be involved in a plot to assassinate the Pope in London. The five Muslim men, several of whom are from Algeria, are employed as street cleaners for a city contractor.

Karachi shut down after killing of exile Imran Farooq

Britain facing a new wave of terrorist attacks, MI5 warns

US takes on Taliban in UK’s wake

UK – Defence cut threat to the special relationship

UK – Concern grows over foreign involvement in spy’s death

UK – Defence spending: thousands of troops to be cut

UK – History ‘disappearing from schools’

British journalist freed by Taliban in Pakistan

Britain’s envoy to Afghanistan quits after ‘Taliban strategy clash’

UK army chief: How Blair and Brown betrayed our troops

Hamid Karzai sets up ‘peace council’ to pursue talks with the Taliban

US Marines, British advisers at odds in Helmand

Radical Islam is world’s greatest threat – Tony Blair

UK – Algerian web pirates 2,000 miles astray in siege of Belvoir Castle

Afghan campaign turning the corner, says UK’s deputy PM

Pictures of the two suspected terrorists, from ABC News. Two Michigan men were detained in Amsterdam after arriving from Chicago and charged with “preparation of a terrorist attack.” Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al Soofi and Hezam al Murisi raised eyebrows when officials found a knife, a box cutter, and a cell phone taped to a Pepto Bismol bottle in their checked luggage. From the AP: Another U.S. law enforcement official who also spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive security matters said federal air marshals were on board the flight from Chicago to Amsterdam. The law enforcement official said Al…

Norway ‘bomb plot’ underscores al-Qaida pitfalls

David Cameron Afghanistan ‘attack’ base is revealed

Afghanistan: Taliban attackers had pinpointed the helicopter David Cameron was in

UK faces new wave of homegrown attacks: report

US calls for Lockerbie bomber to return to jail

Pakistan – Geo News blocked over news of shoe hurling at Zardari

Killing of British doctor in Afghanistan ‘a cowardly act’ says British Foreign Secretary

Afghanistan – Slain workers undaunted by risks, friends say
