Tag Archives: United Kingdom

United Kingdom

| October 13, 2008

British Army arrived with lofty ideals; four years later Basra was a dirty word

United Kingdom

| September 2, 2008

Radical al Qaeda cleric Abu Qatada, who is out of jail on bail, was photographed with Yasser al Sirri, a former member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Sirri has been sentenced to death in Egypt for for his role in a 1993 car bomb attack. Qataba is prohibited from associating with a list of 20 people, […]

United Kingdom

| August 26, 2008

Fourth Terror Suspect Arrested in Alleged U.K. Plot to Kill Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Al Qaeda

| June 28, 2008

The Next Generation of Radical Islamist Preachers in the UK

United Kingdom

| June 24, 2008

Britain’s Armed Forces ‘stretched beyond their capabilities’ by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan

Al Qaeda

| June 23, 2008

Khawaja ‘directly involved’ in British bomb plot: prosecutor

Al Qaeda

| May 27, 2008

Release of radical cleric Abu Qatada puts Britain in a spot

United Kingdom

| May 23, 2008

British police arrested a man for attempting to detonate a bomb at a restaurant in Exeter. “Our investigations so far indicate [Nicky] Reilly, who has a history of mental illness, had adopted the Islamic faith,” a deputy chief constable said. “We believe, despite his weak and vulnerable state, he was preyed upon, radicalized and taken […]

United Kingdom

| May 8, 2008

A British judge ruled that Abu Qatada, Osama bin Laden’s spiritual ambassador in Europe, must be released on bail. Qatada applied for bail with the Special Immigration Appeals Commission after his deportation to Jordan was denied. Jordan has sentenced Qatada to life in prison.