Search results for ‘Al-Qaida’
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British forces in Afghanistan: why are we there?
Britain’s presence in Afghanistan has seen military deaths soar beyond 300. But what lies next for UK forces? A former commander and soldier write for Channel 4 News about future strategy.
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Amnesty: thousands detained in Iraq without trial
As Amnesty International claims tens of thousands of prisoners are being held in Iraq without trial, the wife of one detainee tells Channel 4 News her husband is being tortured.
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9/11 remembered as Koran burning ‘cancelled’
Commemorations mark the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks as a pastor, who planned to burn copies of the Koran, travels to New York to challenge a proposed Islamic cultural centre.
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Pastor ‘suspends’ 9/11 Koran burning
The pastor who planned to burn copies of the Koran is reconsidering his decision to call off the protest amid a row over claims a proposed New York mosque would be moved.
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Mumbai suspect warned of attacks
Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller exclusively reveals how David Headley – the American linked to the Mumbai attacks – warned of possible strikes just weeks before.
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Cleared liquid bomb plotter’s ordeal
The jury at the airline bomb plot trial found Donald Stewart-Whyte not guilty of conspiring to murder by blowing up planes. Simon Israel put six written questions to him via his solicitor.
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Liquid bomb plot trio jailed for life
Their plot forced airlines to bring in tough and unpopular rules and as Simon Israel reports in September 2009 the three men behind the failed liquid bomb attacks were jailed for a total of 108 years.
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America’s home-grown terrorist threat
Does the US face a terrorist threat “from within similar to the 7/7 bombings in the UK? Sarah Smith investigates for Channel 4 News.
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New York Times Square bomb attack
How Channel 4 News reported the failed car bombing of New York’s Times Square and Faisal Shahzad’s alleged plan to “kill Americans”.
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Obama: ‘time to turn page’ on Iraq as troops leave
As the last fighting forces leave Iraq, US soldiers have been proclaiming they “have won the war”. President Barack Obama didn’t dare make such bold claims in his address from the Oval Office.
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Obama defends Ground Zero mosque plan
US President Barack Obama defends the right of Muslims to build a mosque near Ground Zero, in New York, despite local opposition and a vocal campaign by families of 9/11 victims to block the project.
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More rain as Pakistan floods sweep south
As relief workers struggle to reach marooned flood victims, Jonathan Miller joins a US helicopter distributing aid in north western Pakistan as Kylie Morris reports on the floods surging south.
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WikiLeaks: damage is done say human rights group
Thousands of Afghans have downloaded the WikiLeaks files, the Afghan Human Rights Commissioner tells Channel 4 News. It raises fears over informants’ safety where personal details may be revealed.
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Former MI5 officer: Afghan WikiLeaks ‘risk lives’
Exclusive: a former MI5 officer tells Channel 4 News Afghanistan civilians named in the WikiLeaks war logs and their families could be “in great danger”.
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WikiLeaks war files: Afghanistan’s hidden war
War as we have never been allowed to see it: WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange speaks to Channel 4 News about his decision to publish 90,000 US military files – the biggest leak of its kind in history.
