Blog posts tagged "Terrorism"

April 18, 2012 4:56 pm 5 Comments

Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum recalls a conversation with the man at the centre of Libyan rendition claims on how close the CIA and MI6 became with Libyan intelligence.

April 4, 2012 5:18 pm 9 Comments

It is rare to see Britain's intelligence agencies, MI5 and MI6, in open battle with MPs from all parties, including the Deputy Prime Minister.

February 21, 2012 11:16 am No Comments

John Sparks on developments in Thailand's international terrorism saga.

February 17, 2012 8:34 am No Comments

Thailand's politicians are struggling to explain to its public why it unwittingly played host to a botched bombing, writes Jon Sparks.

September 12, 2011 3:55 pm 1 Comment

Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman blogs on the killing of David Tebbutt and the kidnapping of his wife Judith in Kenya

March 24, 2011 9:13 pm No Comments

Lindsey Hilsum meets Omar al Sodani in a Libyan prison, a man accused by Libyan rebels of beling involved with killings in Benghazi, but more noyably for British journalists, a man linked to the shooting of PC Yvonne Fletcher 27 years ago in Belgravia, London.

March 9, 2011 8:03 pm 3 Comments

Channel 4 News Washington Correspondent Sarah Smith looks at the controversial Congressional hearings into "home-grown terrorism" and asks who is really being targeted?

October 30, 2010 6:39 pm 6 Comments

It seems al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has just pulled off a spectacular coup and scared us all ahead of Halloween, writes Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman.

September 24, 2009 11:35 am 1 Comment

It’s not surprising security is tight at the UN during the general assembly. We all expect to have to stand in long queues to pass through metal detectors at any gathering where Barack Obama is present, especially when he is joined by Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Muammar Gaddafi and Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. No wonder there are [...]

April 30, 2009 4:22 pm 2 Comments

Gordon Brown has announced a mini-surge of British troops in Afghanistan to help police the August presidential election there. He’s also promised a big increase in aid to Pakistan, with half of the money going to the Afghan frontier region, which Mr Brown has branded “the crucible of global terrorism”. His 15-page strategy document (UK [...]