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They're laughing in Waziristan

You can almost hear the hoots of laughter from here. Up in the caves of Tora Bora and in the Swat Valley and all the other grim corners of AfPak terror central they are weeping with mirth at the news...

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It's a tough life, being Home Secretary – but Theresa May is right to be 'nasty'

There are moments when I am thoroughly glad that I am not the Home Secretary. It is not her fault that she presides over a schizophrenic department charged with both upholding the law and upholding the...

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The Al-Qaeda underwear bomber and the CIA leaks: loose lips sink spies

This week began with news of a remarkable intelligence coup. It has ended in ignominy, and a reminder that the pathological leakiness of the American bureaucracy has consequences for counterterrorism....

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Will the Tel Aviv bus bombing spark all-out war?

The pictures coming from Israel are all too familiar. In recent days, we have found ourselves transported to the Gaza conflict of 2008-9; now, with the reprise of the bus bombing, we find ourselves...

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Boston marathon bombings: terror is meant to terrorise. The way to defeat it...

Last year, when the horrible April Jones case was in the news, I wrote that it was important to teach parents about risk and statistics, so that they could place the danger of something similar...

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The facts suggest that the Boston bombing suspects were driven by militant...

If you want to understand why the American Right is fuming about the Left’s attitudes to the Boston bombings, look no further than this stunningly one-eyed article by Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian’s...

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Canadian police foil al-Qaeda plot: existence of 'al-Qaeda in Iran' reveals...

You might have thought that a simmering nuclear dispute, crippling sanctions, and looming summer elections would be enough for Iran to be getting on with. Last night, however, Canadian police charged...

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Woolwich attack: confusing, horrific, bizarre – the horror that made...

We often talk about terrorism, and the violence associated with it, as being mindless or senseless. But we don’t actually mean it. What we’re actually trying to say is it’s pointless or ineffectual;...

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We don't want to spy on terrorists, we don't want to kill them, we don't want...

Do we actually want to defeat terrorism? Honestly, do we? I know we talk a good game about standing up to the men of terror and letting freedom shine, and all the rest of the worthy, if yellowing,...

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Nairobi shopping mall attack: the day I met Africa's Islamist warriors

Watching Al Shabab claim responsibility for this weekend's atrocities in Kenya reminded me of my own encounter with Somali militants a few years ago. It was back in 2006, and I was in the Somali...

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The rule of law is what separates us from our enemies. There can be no...

This morning, this website has launched a petition calling for clemency for “Marine A”, the British soldier who was convicted last week of murdering a wounded Taliban fighter. This call for leniency is...

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Abu Hamza, China and Britain's increasing reliance on American power

The frustration of Abu Hamza's British victims is eloquent. Why did it take so long to act against him, and why did it take the American judicial system to put him away at last? The detail of his...

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The threat to Britain from terrorism is about the same as the threat from...

David Cameron, the Prime Minister, has written a piece for The Sunday Telegraph about how Britain should respond to the "Islamic State" which has taken control of parts of Iraq and Syria. It's...

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Naming the hostage: how should we cover the Isil murders?

Steven Sotloff, a second American hostage of the sorry fantasists of Isil, has been murdered, we read this morning. And a third man, a Briton, is currently held and will, we are warned, be the next to...

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