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Afghanistan
Keeping sane in Sangin: life and death in Afghanistan’s most perilous military posting
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Iran
Lloyd’s of London backs US sanctions on Iran
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Al Qaeda
Three years on, Red Mosque legacy bites
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Al Qaeda
Kenya: Iraq, Afghan, Pakistan fighters in Somalia
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Al Qaeda
Islamist preacher warns France against banning the burka
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Al Qaeda
UK – Airline bomb plotters convicted
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan – ‘Courageous restraint’ putting troops lives at risk
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Indictments reveal coordinated NYC and London plots
An indictment unsealed today by the Dept. of Justice reveals that the foiled 2009 NYC subway terrorist attack uncovered in the Najibullah Zazi investigation was a much more ambitious plot than previously known. The NYC plot was planned to coincide with a similar suicide attack on the London transit system and was coordinated by senior leaders of al Qaeda’s external operations unit. At the heart of this investigation is the leader of al Qaeda’s American external operations unit, Adnan el Shukrijumah, charged with planning and coordinating attacks on US soil (more in-depth piece on Shukrijumah from Thomas Joscelyn here). Along…
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United Kingdom
Police arrested Abid Naseer based on a warrant issued by the US for involvement with a plot to bomb the NYC subway. Naseer is the leader of a cell of 12 Pakistanis who had plotted to conduct attacks in Britain last year. Naseer could not be deported to Pakistan and he was not kept in prison.
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Al Qaeda
US: NYC subway bomb plot linked to British cell
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Al Qaeda
Compensation for terrorist suspects to ‘restore Britain™s leadership in the world’
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Sangin ambush alleys provide ground for Royal Marine heroics
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Afghanistan
UK – David Cameron outlines Afghanistan exit strategy
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Afghanistan
In Sangin, most dangerous Afghan district, British troops fear war will last 10 years
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Afghanistan
Sweating blood to make Helmand a garden of peace
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United Kingdom
UK – Minister brands Met police anti-terror chief ‘alarmist’
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Pakistan
Pakistan and Iran ‘backing Afghan attacks on British troops’
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Afghanistan
Leaving Afghanistan early would betray British loss of life, warns Fox
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United Kingdom
UK: Court quashes troops’ human rights ruling
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Afghanistan
German Defence Minister questions role of Nato in Afghanistan war
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Afghanistan
US officials say Karzai aides are derailing corruption cases involving elite
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Afghanistan
David Miliband: How to end the war in Afghanistan
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Afghanistan
G8 gives Karzai Afghanistan deadline
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Afghanistan
UK – No timeline for British troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, insists Armed Forces Minister
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Afghanistan
British troops prepare for summer battle in Sangin
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Al Qaeda
Lawyers condemn UK-India Muslim preacher ban
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Pakistan
Pakistan is UK™s long-term strategic partner: Hague
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Afghanistan
UK – David Cameron: Public must do more to support armed forces
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Afghanistan
Soldiers race against political clock in Afghanistan
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United Kingdom
Britain is leaving us in the lurch, say top Iraqi officials
