Monday, September 17, 2007

A blueprint for action against the threat of international terrorism (The Business, 08 Sep 2007, Page 8)


A blueprint for action against the threat of international terrorism

The Business
08 Sep 2007

IT HAS been six years since the atrocious, epoch-defining terror attacks of 9/11, a time during which the West has been remarkably fortunate in suffering only a handful of further significant terrorist atrocities. As smoke billowed from the ruins of... read more...

Monday, August 27, 2007



Blue on blue deaths raise tough questions for MoD
Richard Norton-Taylor
The Guardian
25 Aug 2007

The killing of three British soldiers by US fighter planes in Afghanistan yesterday is thought to be the second “friendly fire” incident involving British troops in Afghanistan, while eight British service personnel have been killed in such episodes in... read more...

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

The Dangers of ‘Peace’-Making (The Wall Street Journal Europe, 13 Aug 2007, Page 11)

The Dangers of ‘Peace’-Making
By Dore Gold
The Wall Street Journal Europe
13 Aug 2007

The U.S. and other Western powers are pushing for a new Israeli-Palestinian breakthrough, to help contain Iran and undercut the appeal of al Qaeda and radical Islam. A grand-scale Middle East peace conference is planned for this fall. The underlying... read more...

Monday, July 30, 2007

Inside Iran’s nuclear nerve centre: halfway house to an atomic bomb

The Guardian
30 Jul 2007

In the bowels of Iran’s uranium conversion facility in Isfahan strands of black and red wire stretch from the concrete wall to giant white tanks full of a volatile uranium compound. It is by these slender cords that the international community hopes to... read more...

Monday, July 16, 2007

We have erred, but there is no place for melancholy
Shimon Peres
The Guardian
16 Jul 2007

In 1947, a year before the war of independence, I was enlisted into the headquarters of the Hagannah, which would be succeeded by the Israeli Defence Forces. I had the privilege, second to none, of serving under the greatest Jew I have never known,... read more...

Monday, July 02, 2007

Hunt for three more suspects
Vikram Dodd and Severin Carrell
The Guardian
02 Jul 2007

Police and the security services are still hunting for at least three members of an al-Qaida linked terrorist cell suspected of attempting to commit mass murder using car bombs in London and Glasgow. Counter-terrorism officers believe the cell has at... read more...

Monday, October 30, 2006

Israeli barrier and settlement to leave West Bank village with nowhere to go

Israeli barrier and settlement to leave West Bank village with nowhere to go
Rory McCarthy Wadi Fukin
The Guardian
30 Oct 2006

Rory McCarthy Wadi Fukin From his rooftop, Mohammad Ibrahim can see from one end to the other of the narrow valley that contains the village of Wadi Fukin. Beyond houses bunched around the tall minaret of the mosque is terraced farmland, most of it... read more...