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Q and A: Is al-Qaeda still a threat?
A leading expert on the terror group tells Channel 4 News why al-Qaeda is in decline – and where the next 9/11-style plot could come from.
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9/11: changed perspectives since 2006
In 2006 we commemorated the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. How have political and military developments since then changed our view of what happened in 2001?
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Baha Mousa ‘suffered appalling violence’
Iraqi hotel worker Baha Mousa died in British Army custody after suffering an “appalling episode of serious gratuitous violence” at the hands of soldiers, a public inquiry has concluded.
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Senior al-Qaeda leader ‘captured’ in Pakistan
Pakistan says it has captured three al-Qaeda operatives, including “senior leader” Younis al-Mauritania, who it says took orders directly from Osama bin Laden.
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Somali terror suspect appears before US civilian court
A Somali man is taken to the US to face charges of assisting terror groups in Yemen and Somalia, after being detained on a US Navy ship for more than two months.
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Al-Zawahiri appointed al-Qaeda leader
Al-Qaeda appoints Osama bin Laden’s long-time deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, as its leader, the group’s command announces in a statement.
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No inquest into death of Dr David Kelly – Attorney General
Attorney General Dominic Grieve rules out asking the High Court to order an inquest into the death in 2003 of weapons expert Dr David Kelly.
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Universities ‘complacent’ over tackling radicalism
Home Secretary Theresa May says universites are complacent on radicalism, but the president of the Islamic student body Fosis tells Channel 4 News her comments are ‘disrespectful and sensationalist.’
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Dissident Republicans make London bomb threat
Scotland Yard sources say Irish Republican dissidents have issued a credible bomb threat for central London using a recognised code word, a security source tells Channel 4 News.
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Campbell’s Iraq evidence contradicted
A senior intelligence officer directly contradicts Alastair Campbell’s claims that the Iraq dossier wasn’t “beefed up” to make the case for war.
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Drone attacks in Pakistan are ‘next Guantanamo’
A lawyer acting for victims of US drone strikes in Pakistan is preparing fresh legal action against the CIA and tells Channel 4 News Osama bin Laden’s death strengthens the case against the attacks.
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Terror suspect speaks out on alleged police beating
A terror suspect has for the first time described the night he was arrested when police allegedly subjected him to a violent beating, reports Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Israel from court.
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‘Chechnya’s bin Laden’ killed by Russian troops
Russian security forces have killed al-Qaeda’s envoy to Chechnya four days after Osama bin Laden was shot dead in Pakistan. Channel 4 News understands he had visited Pakistan in the past few months.
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Bin Laden body photos will not be published, says Obama
Photos of Osama bin Laden’s dead body will not be published, says President Obama, as senior Taliban commanders tell Channel 4 News the al-Qaeda leader died of kidney disease months ago.
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Bin Laden: did his death justify water-boarding?
As much of America celebrates the death of Osama bin Laden, questions surface over the use of torture in locating his whereabouts, writes Washington correspondent Sarah Smith.