ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police detained two Syrians on suspicion of links to al-Qaida, including one believed to be a go-between for the terrorist network and a Turkish cell that carried out deadly 2003 bombings in Istanbul. News of the detentions came after more than 5,000 Israelis on five cruise ships were diverted from Turkish […]
Les mer»Salman Rushdie har skrevet en roman om en ung, sky muslimsk gutt i Kashmir som under veiledning av en radikal skriftlærd ender opp som terrorist. «Shalimar the Clown» utkommer neste måned, og er allerede kandidat til årets Bookerpris. Set in the disputed state of Kashmir, the tale of love and revenge is sure to cause […]
Les mer»The man responsible for policing the City of London believes it it only a matter of time before terrorists launch an attack on iconic targets in the UK’s financial heartland. James Hart, Commissioner of the City of London Police, told the Financial Times that there had been «hostile reconnaissance» of the City on several occasions […]
Les mer»Insentiver: De 72 jomfruene som venter selvmordsbomberen i paradis burde i alle fall kunne gi en pekepinn om at de vestlige bombemennene ikke tenker på utenrikspolitikk i det de utløser sprengmekanismen. Og kanskje man derfor burde begynne å lete etter forklaringer andre steder enn i utenrikspolitiken. Herman Willis
Les mer»Tony Blair skal få det tøft med å forandre lovene slik at de blir effektive mot terrorister og deres støttespillere. Han møter motstand på mange hold. Norge vil helt sikkert bli påvirket av utfallet. Storbritannia har stor innvirkning på hva vi gjør. Rettssystemet ligner også, med såkalt «adversarial» rettergang: aktor og forsvarer konkurrerer om juryens […]
Les mer»TEHRAN, Aug 9 – Jailed Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji has broken his eight-week-old hunger strike after calls by family and friends concerned about his deteriorating health, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday. «Thankfully his condition is better than before … He has recently broken his hunger strike,» he said. «It seems that this was due […]
Les mer»In a 75 minute media conference Mr Blair said there was no justification for suicide bombing whether in Israel or in «Palestine, Iraq, in London, in Egypt, in Turkey, anywhere. In the United States of America, there is no justification for it. Period». BBC referer Tony Blairs tale 26. juli Dagsavisen gjenga sitatet i en […]
Les mer»Ikke vårt ansvar: Mosques across the country are failing to confront the threat of extremism in young people and many do not believe it is their responsibility to do so, according to a poll. A survey of 100 mosques by a Muslim lobby group showed that no steps had been taken to challenge radical preaching […]
Les mer»Se opp for kvinner og barn: TERRORISTS could be preparing to use women and children as suicide bombers in further attacks on trains and other soft targets in London, internal Scotland Yard documents have warned. timesonline
Les mer»Ny Tid: Dokumentasjonen (…) om at 90 prosent av grusomhetene ble begått av de bosniske serberne under Milosevics, Karadzics og Mladics ledelse, har Stoltenberg ennå til gode å ta inn over seg; den kognitive dissonansen blir rett og slett for stor, i tillegg til prestisjen tilknyttet forsvaret av egen rolle. Stoltenbergs medansvar for Srebrenica –Det […]
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