Search results for ‘ALEX THOMSON’
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What the WikiLeaks documents tells us about life in Afghanistan
Alex Thomson blogs on what the leak of 90,000 documents about military strategy in Afghanistan tells us about the situation on the ground.
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Police: Raoul Moat threat ‘to wider public’
Police hunting Raoul Moat say they believe he is now a threat “to the wider public”. After days of searching, Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson says the police are under real pressure.
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300th soldier's death is tragic, but what about the Afghans?
Tragic though the 300th British dead soldier/marine is, it is the Afghan people for whom we are fighting we are told, and the Afghan people who remain resolutely ignored, writes Alex Thomson
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Channel 4’s role in the Bloody Sunday inquiry
After successfully battling to defend the identity of his sources, Alex Thomson, chief correspondent at Channel 4 News, reflects on his part in Bloody Sunday inquest.
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Is this BP's last option to stop the spill?
Alex Thomson blogs on BPs worst case option that they’re facing now.
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Louisiana oil spill is an ecological time bomb
15 miles out from the Louisiana coast, the oil spill from BP’s Deepwater well begins, blogs Alex Thomson. And as it enters the animal food chain, an ecological disaster looms.
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Way down the Bayou in Venice, Louisiana
Alex Thomson reports from Venice, Louisiana, where the residents are preparing for the oil spill to come ashore
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Troops take lonely walk to defuse Afghan IEDs
Alex Thomson gets unique access to a British Army bomb disposal units to find out the reality of defusing improvised explosive devices, the Taliban insurgents’ weapon of choice in Afghanistan.
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Astonishing ambition of Nato hopes for the Afghan army
What really strikes you in Afghanistan is the sheer, astonishing ambition of what Nato is attempting here, writes Alex Thomson.
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Ready to edit our day with the bomb disposal team for TV
“I have the impression that we are the first TV team to be allowed out with the people who deal with the IED roadside bombs, the key insurgent weapon in Helmand,” writes Alex Thomson.
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Hot, tense and painstaking hours with a bomb disposal unit
Alex Thomson joins a bomb disposal unit in Afghanistan on a mission to clear just three IEDs from a main road.
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Afghanistan: getting a meeting organised is some feat
Alex Thomson on the problems of meetings in Afghanistan and talks between the district governor and the British army.
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Toilet trouble in Afghanistan? Grab a Disposa-John
Video blog: Alex Thomson talks through the solution to plumbing problems on an army base in Afghanistan.
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Stopped by an IED in the road in Afghanistan
Alex Thomson is stopped by an IED in the road ahead in Afghanistan.
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Clouseau on the case of the 'all or nothing' Dubai killing
Alex Thomson blogs from Dubai on the international row over the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.