Category: Terrorism

The commissioner of the Metropolitan police has warned that a terrorist attack is “inevitable” despite the best efforts of the security services in the UK. I’ve heard this said before, but it is more pointed in the wake of Madrid.

Is the now inevitable war in Iraq going to be detrimental to the US being liked in the world? I would have guessed it, and so would most people. Matthew Engel is one of them and he writes a good story on it. He argues that rather than combating al-Qaida, the Bush rhetoric on Iraq…

The regular Robert Fisk, a man who I sometimes don’t know whether to like or dislike wrote another article last week. However this is an enlightening and thorough report on bin Laden.

Yes fear, it appears, is the number one priority of the US and the UK these days. Instil fear in your populations and they will stay quiet, and our leaders can then do as they wish. Osama is talking on al-Jazeera again apparently, praising the attacks in Bali and the hostage taking in Moscow. CNN…