Terrorism

Cigarette Smuggling Funds Terrorists
Cigarette smugglers may be sending profits to fund terrorist organizations overseas.

Anti-Islamic Film Causes Global Shockwaves
An anti-Islamic film portrays the Koran as a vital tool for terrorists.

Verdict on Terrorist Charity Expected
A Dallas based charity, accused of being a front for funding terrorist activity in the U.S., prepares for the verdict in a federal trial.

The Military's New V-22 Osprey: Up, Up, and Away!
The US Marine Corps have themselves a new weapon to fight terrorism and a better way to get their men in and out of battle quickly all around the world.

Insurgent Leaders Split with Al Qaeda
In what appears to be a long-awaited break for U.S. troops in Iraq, Al Qaeda may be losing a number of allies in the embattled country. The split comes on the tail of the killings of 12 in Shia vs. Sunni battles.

Two Men Jailed for Terrorizing the Public in Boston
A judge ordered that two men be held on bond Thursday for placing electronic devices all around the city of Boston in a publicity stunt that caused the public to panic amid fears of terrorism.

The Hidden Assassins
As Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón investigates a faceless, mutilated corpse, the city of Seville is rocked by a massive explosion. The discovery of a mosque in the basement of a devastated apartment building confirms everybody's fears of terrorism.

11 People Charged With Terrorism by British Police
Investigators found martyrdom videos and bomb-making components during nearly 70 searches in connection with the foiled plot to blow up U.S.-bound jetliners from Britain.

U.S. Airline Threat Level Highest Ever, Following UK Terror Plot
The United States issued its highest terrorism alert Thursday for commercial flights from Britain and raised security on all domestic and international flights after a major terror plot was foiled in London overnight.

Five-nation plan to combat terrorism
Defence Ministers from Australia, Britain, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore agreed on June 2, 2003 to examine ways to adapt their 32-year-old security pact to counter a "new generation" threat – international terrorism.

Do you really know what " Terrorism " means?!
Everybody these days is talking about terrorism, especially Islamic terrorism and Muslim terrorists.

Open Letter to HRH, Hamad Bin Khalifa al Thani, Emir of Qatar, on Abyssinia (Fake ‘Ethiopia’)
As an answer to the arch-terrorist state ‘Ethiopia’, Qatar must let the world understand that such a state is not permissible to exist.

Cleared - the Artist the Fbi Branded a Bio-terrorist
Tim Dowling: Supporters of the artist say FBI intentionally wanted to punish the artist who was critical of the government

Crossing the Threshold
Leader: Of all objections to the counter-terrorism bill, the most telling comes from the director of public prosecutions, Sir Ken Macdonald

Something New Has Just Arrived at Knock Airport. It's Called Security
The Gardai force has been made full-time, plugging one of the final gaps in the defence against drugs mules and terrorists

Brown Calls for 'new Dawn of Collaboration' With Us
Europe and the US will face 'terrifying risks' if they fail to join forces to fight global terrorism by combating poverty and disease

Bio-Terror Attacks: What Can You Do
One of the worst terror scenarios is a bio terror attack. Due to the time delay in it showing up, the effects could travel nationwide or internationally in a short space of time. But what can we do? Find out here.

Al-Qaida Could Be Beaten in a Few Years, Says Head of Fbi
US security chief's prediction goes beyond what counter terrorism officials and government ministers in Britain suggest

Cultural Terrorism
The powerful nations of the world are responsible for the religious fanaticism and bigotry all over the world. They are always employing some covert method to impose their will over the weaker nations. Culture is the most effective weapon in their hands.

UK Names New Counter-terrorism Chief
Britain's new counter-terrorism police chief has been named today as Bob Quick, the chief constable of Surrey

Fighting Terror the Right Way
Terrorism, like all other "evils" that befall us, is Nature’s way of getting our attention. It happens in order for us to realize that we are all interconnected and interdependent, and as a result, to start caring for one another.

Abyssinian Tyrant Zenawi admits consciously boosting Islamic Terrorism
Either the monstrous creature Abyssinia will soon take a dead end, and the various oppressed nations will be engaged in genuine nation-building processes or everything will soon be absorbed within a religious frontal maelstrom that will further radicalize all African Muslims.

'Expert' Who Made Up Interviews is Exposed
American and French media yesterday were taking a second look at the work of a so-called terrorism expert who faked his academic credentials - and entire interviews with some of the world's most prominent figures.

Diary
Hugh Muir: Just who are the dodgy figures seen lurking outside the Department of Health whenever TV reporters go there to record their pieces to cameras? In this age of terrorism and celebrity stalkers, shouldn't Scotland Yard be moving them on?

Target Europe
Three suspected bomb plotters were arrested in Germany last week. After London and Madrid, is al-Qaeda now concentrating on Europe, exploiting its large homegrown population of Muslims and converts? Jason Burke reports from Frankfurt on the changing face of terrorism.

Refutation of Addis Voice Dictatorial and Barbaric Ethos – Part IV
In fact, the Kinijit Amhara guys – if in power – would be far worse than the murderous dictator Meles Zenawi, probably inflating Islamic Terrorism throughout Eastern Africa by 1000000%.

Saudi Intellectuals in Rare Appeal to King to Release Activists
Saudi intellectuals have made a rare public appeal to King Abdullah to release a group of reformists said to have been falsely accused of financing terrorism.

Islamic Terrorism: a European Creation Monster Impossible to Integrate
The Islamists evangelized what would reduce them – according to the colonial wish – to miserable technology copiers with a pathetic mind engulfed in an un-Islamic doctrine of Barbarism.

Afghanistan Becomes Main Focus for Uk
The Foreign Office has decided that Afghanistan, and not Iraq, is the front line in its battle to defeat terrorism, even if it may take decades to improve the country - as well as far greater international coordination than at present.

Ogaden 2007 – What to do
The International Community, in the light of the recent UN resolution on Darfur, should get immediately involved by means of UN – AU military force in order to avoid both, the perpetration of a second Darfur, and the explosion of Islamic Terrorism’s most incredible volcano.

More Bulldog Than Poodle, Brown Has Signalled a New Special Relationship
Jonathan Freedland: The love-ins with Bush are over, and it's not just body language. A deeper strategic shift in tackling terrorism is emerging.

Terrorized By Difference
We are afraid of that which we cannot explain…

Fatal Flaws In Our Defence Against Terror
We have had the closest of close shaves - and who knows whether by the time you read this the bombers will have struck lucky.

Taliban Using Child Suicide Bombers
Taliban 'recruiters' have been showing up in madrassas in Pakistan and educating children in the arts of terrorism. This includes showing the children videos of suicide attacks and teaching them how to drive cars and motorcycles.

Turkey and Israel to expand ties and alliance?
An excellent opportunity appears for Turkey to launch a Fraternal Alliance with Israel in view of dramatic changes in the Middle East, involving Turkish Secularism’s imposition throughout the Middle East, eradication of Islamic Terrorism, and a final solution for Israeli presence on Palestine. It could all start from a small, 2700-year old inscription.

Does Your Travel Insurance Cover You Against Terrorism?
Many UK travel insurance policies still contain an exclusion against acts of terrorism. If you will be travelling to higher risk locations, either for a holiday or on a business trip, you might be concerned about the risk of an attack and if you will be protected by your travel insurance.

Bombers Read the Arts Pages
Before blaming foreign policy for all terrorism, cultural stars should reflect on their own role. By Mark Lawson

The West’s Classical Values, and the Clash of Civilizations
In fact, the Mankind’s worst enemy can hardly be identified with religious extremism, fanaticism, irredentism, and overt terrorism; these threats are certainly very real, but far worse than all of them combined is the provenly reduced ability of the Mankind to see clearly, understand correctly, and perceive accurately.

Guess who’s Coming to Dinner! Your Terrorist Neighbor!
The average Western societies ignore everything about the Islamic Terror laboratories, e.g. the miserably poor districts with streets crossed by open-air sewerage, with garbage bags tore up by the beggars, jobless and homeless who are fed on it, and with filthy people who do not wash their clothes but once per month, and do not take a shower but once per week.

Turkey and Israel to transform the Orient
In exchange of Turkish support against the Palestinian terrorism, Israel and the world’s Jewish and Zionist circles should support Turkey’s Secular establishment against the threat emanating from the Euro-liberal manipulative backing of Erdogan’s perfidious and preposterous Islamists.

Can the News Media Ever be Responsible to Society?
Fact is we're at war with terrorism--nothing new there. The news can take on the role of being informative or it can take on the role of Tokyo Rose during War War II. What is needed is a responsibility rating to aid in managing stress of our nation.

Russia Votes to Allow Private Armies for Energy Giants
Prevention of terrorism cited as top priority - Opponents claim vote is opening 'a pandora's box'

EU Plans to Profile Air Passengers
Member countries would be free to build databases on travellers as part of anti-terrorism measures.

Israel Willing to Negotiate With Abbas to Shore Up New Palestinian Government
Israel is willing to start talks on creating a Palestinian state if the new government of President Mahmoud Abbas demonstrates it is a 'credible and serious administration' committed to defeating terrorism, Israel's prime minister said yesterday.

Israel Reaches Out to Abbas on Palestine
Ehud Olmert said today he is willing to discuss the creation of a Palestinian state if the new government headed by president Mahmoud Abbas pledges to combat terrorism.

Israel 'willing to Talk' to Abbas
Israel is willing to start talks on creating a Palestinian state if the new government of President Mahmoud Abbas demonstrates it is a 'credible and serious administration' committed to defeating terrorism, Israel's prime minister said yesterday.

Judge Freezes Cia Kidnap Trial
Italian judge adjourns the trial on the alleged abduction of a terrorism suspect by CIA agents to allow the country's constitutional court to rule on the case.

Secret Cia Prisons Confirmed By Polish and Romanian Officials
The CIA operated secret prisons in Europe where terrorism suspects could be interrogated and were allegedly tortured, an official inquiry will conclude tomorrow.

CIA Ran Secret Prisons for Detainees in Europe, Says Inquiry
The CIA operated secret prisons in Europe where terrorism suspects could be interrogated and were allegedly tortured, an official inquiry will conclude today.

Three Held, One Sought for Bomb Plot at Jfk Airport
Anti-terrorism agents who foiled a plot to blow up giant fuel tanks at New York's JFK airport arrested three men yesterday and were searching for a fourth, all described as 'al-Qaeda wannabes'.

Four Seized Over Bomb Plot at Jfk Airport
Anti-terrorism chiefs foiled a plot to blow up giant fuel tanks at New York's JFK airport and last night arrested four men described as 'al-Qaeda wannabes'.

Islamic Terrorism justified by the Economist
Democracy or Secularism? Democracy is Secularism!

Padilla Stands Trial on Terror Charges
The terrorism suspect, José Padilla, finally went on trial in Miami today, five years after he was arrested and accused of planning a radioactive dirty bomb attack in the US.

Cannabis Cash 'funds Islamist Terrorism'
Cannabis smokers are unwittingly funding Islamist extremists linked to terror attacks in Spain, Morocco and Algeria, according to a joint investigation by the Spanish and French secret services.

US Judge Frees Cuban Wanted Over Bombing
A US judge has dismissed all charges against an anti-Castro Cuban exile wanted for the 1976 bombing of an airliner in which 73 people died. The move provoked anger yesterday in Cuba and Venezuela amid accusations of double standards in terrorism cases.

African Liberation Fronts and al Qaeda: a Most Disastrous Confusion
You cannot save the collapsing, bogus-Ethiopian Tyranny; save at least Africa from the clutches of Islamic Terrorism!

Iran Blames Us for Iraq Chaos
Foreign minister says Washington has to take responsibility for terrorism because of its occupation of the country.

US 'wants British Pakistanis to Have Entry Visas'
The American government wants to impose travel restrictions on British citizens of Pakistani origin because of concerns about terrorism, according to a report today.

Terrorism
A short write up…

Ogaden, 'Ethiopia', and the entire Africa at the Brink of Islamist Abyss
Many months ago, when the Amhara and Tigray soldiers of the Abyssinian dictator had not started their adventure in Somalia, through this column we warned every involved party about the possibility of the Horn of Africa and consequently the entire Black Continent turning out to be the next hotbed, and ultimately the greatest success story of the Islamic Terrorism. Unfortunately, we proved to be absolutely correct in our prediction.

Putin Accused Over Death of Litvinenko
State-sponsored terrorism blamed for murder - Family and friends launch new justice foundation

Muslim Brotherhood Decries Egyptian 'anti-terrorism' Referendum
Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood has protested at plans for a speedy referendum on controversial legal changes designed to crack down on terrorism but which will also significantly tighten the ruling party's hold on power in the Arab world's most populous country.

Guantánamo Prisoner Charged Five Years After Capture
Lawyers and the family of the first Guantánamo Bay inmate likely to face a US military tribunal for alleged terrorism said today that he would not get a fair trial.

Song of Terror Picked By Israel for Eurovision
Asked to pick a song for this year's Eurovision song contest, Israelis paid little heed to the eternal Eurovision themes of peace, love and harmony and settled instead for a number called Push the Button about the threat of terrorism and Armageddon.

CIA Agents Will Be Tried for Kidnap in Italy
Twenty-six Americans and five Italians are to be put on trial in Italy, accused of kidnapping a terrorism suspect as part of the CIA's programme of so-called extraordinary rendition.

CIA Agents Face Kidnap Trial in Italy Over Alleged Rendition Flight
An Italian judge today ordered 26 Americans, almost all CIA agents, to stand trial on charges of kidnapping a terrorism suspect in 2003 and flying him to Egypt, where he says he was tortured.

Don't Hurry to Invest in Macedonia
Politics, venality, and terrorism are the sole venues of social mobility in this tiny, landlocked, country of 2 million impoverished people.

Suspected Militants 'executed' By Indian Troops, Inquiry Reveals
India should prosecute members of its security forces who appear to be responsible for series of extrajudicial killings of civilians under the guise of fighting terrorism in the war-torn state of Jammu and Kashmir, according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch.

Indian Anti-terrorism Troops Accused of Executing Civilians
Kashmir officials order inquiry into claims - Missing victim's phone traced to police inspector

Pentagon Reveals Rules for Terror Suspect Trials
The Pentagon has published the lengthy set of rules under which terrorism suspects, including some Guantanamo Bay detainees, will be tried by specially convened military commissions.

Islamic Terror Societies: an Anatomy of the West's Lethal Enemy – Part 1
In a previous article we analyzed why the term 'Islamic Terrorism' is wrong and why it should be replaced by "Islamic Terror Societies". Before entering into details about the lethal plans of the Islamic Terror Societies against the West, we will focus and describe extensively their structures – a subject viciously kept secret in the West.

2006 – 6th Year of War against Islamic Terror, and the Moral Collapse of the West
Engaged in a War against Islamic Terror, the divided Western world makes people allover the world seriously question its credentials to deal with an issue as serious as that. This is rather due to the Western World's collapsed moral standards, by which one can mainly evaluate future developments of universal significance.

UK Suspect Avoids Pakistan Terror Charges
A British man the Pakistani authorities have identified as a "key" person in an alleged plot to blow up a series of transatlantic passenger planes will not face terrorism charges, a court in Pakistan ruled today.

Diary
At long last, someone is tackling the vastly underestimated problem of squirrel terrorism. By Jon Henley

Integration and Terrorism Have Nothing to Do With Each Other
This week the prime minister has his last chance to nail the myths about multiculturalism, race and identity. By Madeleine Bunting

Colin Cramphorn
Obituary: Police chief whose experience ranged from terrorism to community care.

US Visitors Face Terror Profiling
As bargain hunters flock to the US to take advantage of the weak dollar they will probably be unaware that computers will assign them a terrorism risk profile.

Avert an East African Islamic Terror Volcano – Break down fake ‘Ethiopia’!
When all the world focuses almost exclusively on Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, Syria and Israel, forgetting at the same time the Darfur Drama, critical developments take place in Somalia and Abyssinia, a country falsely called Ethiopia. The next rendezvous of the Islamic Terror is with Abyssinia.

Modern Arabic: the Anglo-French Tool of Islamic Terrorism Promotion
The US faces difficulties in Iraq that pertain to structures set up after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. What is totally unknown in the West is the nature of the colonial work carried out by France and England; it has little to do with politics and economics, its main dimension being educational – cultural.

Iraqi Cabinet in Crisis Over Arrest Warrant
Senior Sunni cleric wanted for inciting terrorism Vice-president warns of threat to reconciliation.

Lawyers Poised As Us Vote Hit By Technical Glitches
· Corruption and terrorism top of voters' concerns · Fight for closely-contested states energises electorate

Steve Irwin's Personality and Communication Style
It's been broadcasted all over the world. It has been said to be one of the most universally known sad events that doesn't involve an act of terrorism. It was Steve Irwin's death.

Grand Delusions of the Iraq War
Now that the White House has forbidden the term "Stay the Course" and all the old reasons for the war have fallen, they've come up with some new delusions to see them through the midterm elections. It is "a tale told by an idiot..."

US Embarrassed By Terror Suspect
A former CIA operative wanted for trial for acts of terrorism against Cuba is stuck in legal limbo in a Texas jail.

The West promotes Islamic Terrorism and the Extermination of Oriental Christians
The US failed to grasp that a main pillar of the colonial plan carried out by France and England in the Middle East is the extermination of the Oriental Christians. Only an Aramaean state built upon the ashes of Iraq and Syria can allow them survive in Peace.

EU Strikes Deal With Us Over Passenger Data
US counter-terrorism agencies, including the FBI and CIA, will get quicker and easier access to the personal data of millions of European passengers flying across the Atlantic under a deal reached today between the EU and the Bush administration.

Democrats Return Fire in Mid-term Battle on Terrorism
Security fears have been a vote-winner for Bush, but now the opposition feels it can prevail by focusing on Iraq and the President, writes Paul Harris.

Iraq War Was Terrorism 'recruiting Sergeant'
· Study for MoD criticises Afghanistan involvement · Pakistan army said to be indirectly aiding Taliban

US Maintains Visa Ban on Muslim Academic
The US government has refused to grant a visa to the Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan, a vocal critic of the US invasion of Iraq, but has dropped earlier charges against him of supporting terrorism, it has emerged.

Campaign in Iraq Has Increased Terrorism Threat, Says American Intelligence Report
· Views of 16 government agencies pooled · Study contradicting Bush was not made public

Pan-Arabism: the inhuman progenitor of Islamic Terrorism
The deep and hidden reason of the tyrannical oppression practiced throughout the Middle East is the imposition by France and England of pan-Arabic nationalist cliques that intend to dictatorially arabize the various peoples of the Middle East, who are – all – not Arabs

Phase III of the Neo Con
We have now entered the third phase of the great neo con job: the illusion of a powerful and nefarious enemy (jihad), comparable to the Nazis and the Red Menace, in order to justify the neocon prophecy of perpetual war.

Terrorism via Plane, Train, Subway and Bus. Do you Feel Safe?
History and our perception of the world changed dramatically with the 9-11 attacks. Today's travel is fraught with fear, delays, and racial profiling. Before you travel, you need to know about prohibited items.

Islamist Spies With A License To Kill
Kashmir is known for Beauty, Blood live charm and Dead Bodies…

Pakistan Blames West for Terrorism
Duncan Campbell reports on the resentment that Pakistan feels when portrayed in the West as the epicentre of terrorism.

Diary
Mr Tony, we think we're right in saying, famously insists that there is no connection at all between the actions of his government in Iraq and the threat to the UK from international terrorism. By Jon Henley

Terrorism Not on the Syllabus Here, Insists Madrasa in Lahore
Since the London attacks last July when it emerged one of the bombers, Shehzad Tanweer, visited a seminary near Lahore, there has been a crackdown on foreigners coming to Pakistan's madrasas.

We Will Not Kneel to Terrorism, Says Pm
Blasts put strain on relations with Pakistan, as death toll tops 200.

Zarqawi's Death: Looking Forward to An Uncertain Future
One has to ask why the United States, knowing that Iran has so long been a key player in the terrorism game, has pursued a hands off, strangely silent policy...

UK Aided Cia With Torture Flights, Says Official Report
An inquiry by Europe's leading human rights watchdog will today name 14 countries which are involved in or complicit in the CIA's programme of detaining terrorism suspects for transfer to countries where they may be tortured.

Putin Revives Energy Row With Us But Promises to Help Fight Terrorism
· Russian leader rejects blackmail accusations · President denies gas cut off to intimidate Europe

Palestinian Professor Sentenced for Terrorism in Us
A Florida judge told a Palestinian computer engineer yesterday that he must spend another 18 months in prison before being deported, in a case that had been seen as a key test for sweeping anti-terror legislation brought in after September 11.

Peak Oil and the political economy of terrorism
Crude oil has breached the $70 psychological barrier again. This time, however, it will not be a one-day seduction by the stormy Katrina. Peak Oil is forming a strategic fit with Peak Terrorism.

Eta Declares Permanent Ceasefire
· Hopes of real end to nearly four decades of terrorism · Peace could boost political role of Batasuna party

FBI Agents Told: You Can't Have Emails
The FBI's office in New York is supposed to be on the front line of America's defences against terrorism, but it is so strapped for cash it cannot afford email accounts for its agents, according to a news report yesterday.

Special Forces Assigned to Us Embassies
Small teams of special operations troops will be stationed at US embassies to gather intelligence and assist in counter-terrorism operations, moving into a domain traditionally occupied by the CIA.

Domestic Terrorism Versus National Militarism
A comparison of world leaders who act within the laws and criminals who act without.

A War of Words
Rhetoric surrounding Iraqi conflict as loaded as the weapons

US Abusing Extradition Rules, Says Cbi Chief
The CBI is holding talks today with the home secretary, Charles Clarke, to press the government to stop the United States using an anti-terrorism treaty to extradite British executives for trial in America.

Israeli/Palestinian Conflict: A Brief History On The Origins Of Terror
Many of us are uninformed as to just how the conflict between Palestine and Israel came about. But if we don't understand, then how can we seek solutions that are fair and equitable?

Islamic Leaders Unveil Action Plan to Rescue a 'nation in Crisis'
· Summit rails at 'deviant ideas' behind terrorism · Saudis see deprivation as root cause of malaise

Narcoterrorism: A Market Driven Phenomenon
Addiction has moved out of the realm of personal tragedy, into one of global security.

To Win over Terrorism, Eradicate Pan-Arabism and Tear Down the Arab League!
The real but deeply hidden reason of the tyrannical oppression practiced throughout the Middle East and the explosion of the Islamic Terror is the imposition by France and England of pan-Arabic nationalist cliques that intend to dictatorially arabize the various peoples of the Middle East, who are – all – not Arabs.

CIA Bought Foreign Cooperation Against Terrorism, Says Report
The CIA set up a network of secret joint operations centres with two dozen foreign intelligence agencies to hunt down suspected terrorists in the years after September 11 2001, it was reported yesterday.

Rules Of Engagement
When lines of communications are hijacked, chaos, wars and nemeses are generated. Plus, a little more on Southeast Asian "terrorism."

Street Gangs: A Multidimensional Threat
Urban terrorism, commonly known as gang activity has risen dramatically.

Tyrannical Ramadhan as part of Islamic Terrorism
The societies where Ramadhan is tyrannically imposed are the real laboratories of the criminal sheikhs who promote the bogus-Islamic Terror.

Bush: Islamic Leaders Must Denounce Terrorism
"I believe the time has come for all responsible Islamic leaders to denounce an ideology that exploits Islam for political ends and defiles your noble faith," says Bush.

Russians Join in Uk Action on Terrorism
Russia's secret service, the successors to the KGB, will take part in anti-terrorist exercises on the streets of Britain next year, The Observer can reveal. The directors of the FSB, as the state security service is now known, concluded their first official visit to Britain on Friday,...

How We Tackle Terrorism Needs a Realistic Debate
Hyperbole over the terrorism bill inspires overreaction rather than meaningful dialogue.

The Psychology Of Terrorism
We know what the true spirit of Freedom Fighting is. It's inherent in every American who loves this great nation.

Terrorist Terrorism and Terrorized
Terror of terrorism, Gory details yet again, but who cares tomorrow is another day where we all forget.

Blair Calls on Un to Unite Against Terrorism
The prime minister, Tony Blair, today told the UN security council that the world must unite to defeat terrorism, which he said had "disfigured countries in every continent".

Fear and Loathing
Anxiety about terrorism is now shaping all of Britain's political debate and redefining allegiances. Madeleine Bunting

How to end Terrorism
Solving a problem we don't understand. As human beings we have grown accustomed to dealing with problems too late. In fact we don’t even label things as "problems" until they become problematic enough to affect our lives negatively.

Netanyahu Quits Over Withdrawal From Gaza
Israel's finance minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, resigned from the government yesterday, claiming its plan to withdraw from settlements in the occupied territories would allow the creation of a base for "Islamic terrorism".

Narcissists, Group Behavior, and Terrorism - Part IV
Terrorists can be phenomenologically described as narcissists in a constant state of deficient narcissistic supply. The "grandiosity gap" - the painful and narcissistically injurious gap between their grandiose fantasies and their dreary and humiliating reality - becomes emotionally insupportable.

Narcissists, Group Behavior, and Terrorism - Part III
It is no wonder that bin-Laden and the United States are engaged in mortal combat. Adversarial narcissists often are. That the United States in a narcissistic society was suggested long ago (1979) by Christopher Lasch.

Narcissists, Group Behavior, and Terrorism - Part II
Osama bin-Laden is often labeled a narcissist (as was Hitler and are Saddam Hussein and Milosevic).

Narcissists, Group Behavior, and Terrorism - Part I
Having lived in 12 countries in 3 continents now, I firmly believe in "mass psychopathology", or in ethnopsychology. The members of a group - if sufficiently cohesive - tend to react similarly to circumstances.

Above the Rule of Law
Britain should avoid any compromise with the dirty war that the Bush administration is waging against terrorism. Sidney Blumenthal

A Muttered Part of the Process
Terrorism is not the precise antithesis of democratic protest. Peter Preston

One Sweet Word: London
The readers' editor, on the Guardian's coverage of the terrorist attacks. Ian Mayes

Following their lead
After decades of investigating terrorist bombings, UK forensic experts are confident they will identify the perpetrators of the London attacks.

The struggle against terrorism cannot be won by military means
The G8 must seize the opportunity to address the wider issues at the root of such atrocities.

What the West ignores: Islamic Terror is French Colonialism’s byproduct
The missing point of every analysis of the Middle East and the Islamic Terrorism is the fact that French Colonialism - conceived and implemented against the Ottoman Empire - created this horror. There will be no effective tackling of the Islamic Extremism, without an earlier and adequate uprooting of the persistent French Colonialism that so much threatens the US and the entire world.

G8 Defies Bombers As Summit Continues
The G8 summit in Gleneagles is to continue despite what the assembled leaders condemned as the "barbaric" terrorist attacks on London today.

US Accused of Excessive Secrecy
The Bush administration is classifying documents at the rate of 125 a minute and a cost of $7.2 bn (£4.07 bn) a year, sparking accusations across the political spectrum of excessive government secrecy in the name of anti-terrorism.

New Freedom Tower Design Unveiled
A simpler design meant to evoke New York's classic skyscrapers was yesterday unveiled for the Freedom Tower, the signature building planned to rise from the site of the World Trade Centre, destroyed in the terrorist attacks of 2001.

The Wheel of Terror
The aim of this article is to briefly explain the 8 phases of the Terrorist Planning Process; I refer to this process as the Wheel of Terror. This article will enable the reader to understand the terrorist planning process, from its initial phases and through the final phases which are the Attack and the Exploitation phases.

Terrorism versus Definitions
Does definitions of terrorism really affect specific acts of terrorism and the general publics opinion. Can terrorism be defined by anyone without bias....I doubt it and I believe that in the long run it wont make a difference anyway. Terrorism can in my opinion only be stopped by pro-active measures designed to affect, detect and stop the actual terror acts.

Gunmen Take Over Ramadi As Bomb Kills Five Marines
Insurgents have taken over much of the Iraqi city of Ramadi and used it to launch attacks against US forces while terrorising the population with public beheadings.

Empire America - Spreading Freedom, Democracy, Terrorism
Arguments for and against spreading freedom and democracy abound. Terrorism is rampant in Iraq. The Federalist Papers warned against democracy, preferring that the American empire instead be a unique republic. But the US has morphed.

Spanish Pm Faces Big Protest Over Eta Talks
Spain's prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero faces the first major demonstration against him today when tens of thousands are to march through Madrid demanding he does not negotiate with the Basque terrorist group Eta.

Slaughter 'signals End of Karimov Regime'
Battle for minds as Tashkent denies death toll of 745 claiming troops killing only terrorists.

Veiled Women in Cairo Attacks
Foreigners targeted with guns and bombs as terrorists launch double strikes in Egyptian capital.

Rice Changed Terrorism Report
A state department report which showed an increase in terrorism incidents around the world in 2004 was altered to strip it of its pessimistic statistics, it emerged yesterday.

Oil Rig Blast 'not Terrorism'
The explosion on a Texan crude oil refinery that claimed at least 14 lives and left more than 100 people injured remains a mystery, BP said today.

Gas Attack Cult Still Inspires Fear and Loathing
Ten years after Japan's worst terrorist atrocity, the apocalyptic group responsible has rebranded itself but has failed to allay popular doubts.

An Assault on Our Liberties
Clare Dyer: It cannot be right to brand people as terrorists merely on 'reasonable suspicion', as today's terror bill allows.

Terrorism, marmalade and MI5
Roy Hattersley: How naive of me to think juries can deal with phone-tap evidence.

Are We at War? Certainly Not
Martin Kettle: Even a genuine terrorist threat does not justify Clarke's latest proposals. There are serious people and serious organisations trying to destroy our society, Charles Clarke told a Daily Telegraph interviewer yesterday, before adding: "We are in a state of emergency."

Pedigree dogs of war
George Monbiot: Some people who engage in foreign conflicts are called terrorists. Others are about to be government-licensed.

Saudi Security Braced for Hajj
Watched by 9,000 security cameras, more than two million Muslim pilgrims have gathered in Mecca for the annual hajj amid assurances from the Saudi authorities that they have done everything possible to guard against terrorist attacks or deadly stampedes among the crowds.

Sunni Rebels Admit Killing Shia Aide
· Insurgents target leading election supporter
· Iraq now seen as top terrorist training ground
· Concern militants may obtain biological weapons

US Plans Permanent Guantanamo Jails
The United States is preparing to hold terrorism suspects indefinitely without trial, replacing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp with permanent prisons in the Cuban enclave and elsewhere, it was reported yesterday.

Released French Hostage: 'if I Had Been British, I'd Be Dead'
Two reporters freed by terrorists in Iraq were saved by their passports, reports Alex Duval Smith in Paris.

Spiritual Terrorism
This essay is on good intent being transformed into borders, sustaining the fear of the border even though the borders have been constructed upon trust. Trust and fear are a duality, resulting in endless border wars.

A Weapon Against Ourselves
The politicisation of intelligence means that a sensible response to terrorism is becoming impossible.

Terrorism as a Psychodynamic Phenomenon - Part III
Galak: In political terms Israel could be compared with the West Berlin of the Cold War. To the Soviet rulers, the virulent, visceral hatred of the West Berlin, the tiny island of light in the sea of communist darkness was inspired by the geographic closeness of the objective fact of its better functioning and ability to provide its citizens with better life.

Terrorism as a Psychodynamic Phenomenon - Part II
Vaknin: This is the eternal tension between the individual and the group. Individualism and communism are not new to history and they have always been in conflict. To compare the communist party to the church is a well-worn cliché.

Terrorism as a Psychodynamic Phenomenon - Part I
Galak: I have come to believe that the lifestyle inflicted by totalitarian states on their citizens leads, among other things, to the heightened state of group anxiety, fear of rejection, unfulfilled dependency needs and anger towards rejector.

US Troops Begin Falluja Assault
Ayad Allawi, the interim Iraqi prime minister, today said he had given US and Iraqi forces the authority to clear the city of Falluja of "terrorists who continue to use [it] as a base for their operations". The long-anticipated assault on the city appeared to be under way as US...

Axis of Failure
The war in Iraq has realised Tony Blair's worst fear: the creation of another country where terrorists can easily find weapons of mass destruction.

US Offered to Send Detainees Back to Uk
Guanténamo men would have been been tried by the army first. The US government offered to send British detainees held as suspected terrorists in Guanténamo Bay back to the UK during secret talks with the government, the Guardian has learned.

4,000 Refugees Believed Drowned at Sea Every Year
Up to 4,000 asylum seekers drown at sea every year as they flee persecution or poverty, according to newly published British research. Fear of terrorism and public scares about mass migration have led to more vigilant coastal patrols and an international climate that discourages captains...

Laughing in the Face of Danger
Stoicism and a traditional love of dark humour are steering Muscovites through the increasing spread of terrorism, says Nick Paton Walsh.

IRA 'sold Missiles to Eta'
Irish arms smugglers, possibly linked to the IRA, sold the Basque terrorist group Eta at least two surface-to-air missiles which were discovered yesterday in arms caches in the French countryside, according to Spanish news reports. The two Russian-made missiles, still in their cardboard...

Bigley's Kidnappers May Trade Hostage for Cash
The terrorists holding Ken Bigley hostage in Iraq could be prepared to barter their captive for a ransom, it emerged last night.

'Backdoor' Trials for Britons in Guantánamo
The United States is to put the remaining four Britons held in Guantánamo Bay as suspected terrorists through "backdoor trials" within a month, according to US military papers seen by the Guardian.

Zakayev Warns West Over Chechnya
The London-based spokesman for the former Chechen president Aslan Maskhadov today called on western governments to reject Russia's handling of Chechnya or risk Islamist terrorists turning it into a recruiting ground for their cause. Akhmed Zakayev, who was a deputy prime minister under Mr...

Let's Face It
After three bombings in two years, the Indonesian authorities are under pressure to do more to stop terrorism, reports John Aglionby.

Dubya Doesn't Do Nuance, Arnie Does
Dangerous confusion threatened the Republicans on the second day of their convention. In an interview on the NBC Today Show, President Bush was deferentially asked about the war on terrorism.

89 Dead in Double Air Disaster
· Two passenger jets destroyed
· 'No evidence' of terrorism
· Chechens deny involvement

Two Killed in Istanbul Bombings
Two hotels popular with tourists visiting the Byzantine monuments and Ottoman mosques of Istanbul were bombed yesterday, raising fear of a new terrorist campaign in Turkey. The blasts killed a Turk and an Iranian, and as many as 11 others were injured. Another explosion struck a...

Gulf Illness Research 'could Help Tackle Chemical Attack'
Further research into the various illnesses suffered by veterans of the first Gulf war could help to reduce the potentially lethal effects of a terrorist chemical attack, a US congressman said today. Bernie Sanders, an independent congressman for the state of Vermont, also said research...

Help! We're Going to Die
In the next few weeks a leaflet on surviving a terrorist attack will be dropping through the letter box of every home in the country, quickly followed by another seven leaflets offering two pizzas for the price of one.

Briton is Freed After Indian Jail Nightmare
Man accused of terrorism faces deportation as charges dropped. Depending who you believe, David Ward is either a human rights activist or an international terrorist.

Bunker Bunkum
David Blunkett gives a characteristically illuminating statement on the government's new 22-page anti-terrorism booklet: 'It is all about helping you to do what you need to do and know what you need to know.'

Ex-gunrunner Fights Ban on Rebel Sinn Fein
Last week Republican Sinn Fein became the only Irish party to be placed on the State Department's foreign terrorist list since George Bush began his war on terror.

FO Seeks Millions for Embassy Security
The Foreign Office is seeking hundreds of millions from the Treasury after a security review published yesterday recommended the relocation of embassies vulnerable to terrorist attack and major improvements at others. The Foreign Office review, begun in December after the bombing of the...

US Bombers Kill 22 in Falluja Raid
Americans claim target was a terrorist safe house.

US Bombers Kill 17 in Falluja Attack
Americans claim target was a terrorist safe house. A US F-16 jet fired missiles into three houses in the flashpoint Sunni city of Falluja yesterday, killing at least 17 people, all apparently in one house and members of an extended family.

Focus: Terrorism and America
After a week of shattering revelations, Americans now know the truth about the extraordinary plot to attack their country and the chaos that overtook their leaders on that fateful day.

Turkish Pm Accuses Israel of Practising State Terrorism
The prime minister of Turkey, Israel's closest ally in the Middle East, has accused Ariel Sharon of "state terrorism" against Palestinians and likened their treatment to that of Jews under the Spanish inquisition. Recep Tayyip Erdogan's comments to the Israeli newspaper, Ha'aretz, come...

Europe Us Plan to Beat Dirty Bombs
The US yesterday unveiled a plan to stop terrorists getting material for radioactive "dirty bombs" and to stem the risk of nuclear proliferation.

US Plan to Beat Dirty Bombs
The US yesterday unveiled a plan to stop terrorists getting material for radioactive "dirty bombs" and to stem the risk of nuclear proliferation.

Stereotypes Shattered
The war in Iraq has defied myths about the Spanish and Italian national characters. But there may be a disturbing lesson here for terrorists, writes John Hooper.

Suicide Bombings Rock Uzbeckistan
Islamist terrorists were today blamed for a series of explosions in Uzbekistan - including the country's first reported suicide bombings - that left 19 dead and many more injured. Prosecutor-general Rashid Kadyrov said the violence began last night with an explosion in an apartment block...

EU Reaches Accord on Terrorism
European Union leaders closed ranks last night, issuing a pledge to do "everything within their power" to fight terrorism and setting a deadline of June to agree a constitution for Europe. Tony Blair flew to Brussels straight from his meeting with the Libyan president Colonel Gadafy for...

Bomb Revives Fear of Attacks on French Railways
Fear that the French rail network has become a target for terrorists was raised again last night after a track worker found an explosive device half-buried on the main line from Paris to Basle in Switzerland. The interior ministry said the suspected bomb, contained in a transparent...

World Leaders Attend Memorial to Madrid Victims
Politicians from around the world were today attending a memorial service in Spain for the victims of the terrorist attacks on four commuter trains in Madrid earlier this month. On a cold, overcast day, Spain's King Juan Carlos and the rest of the Spanish royal family led mourners in the...

Albright Defends Clinton's Record on Terrorism
Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright today mounted a vigorous defence of the Clinton administration's record on combating terrorism, saying that security forces were given clear orders to assassinate Osama bin Laden following the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya. Ms Albright, the...

EU Accord on Anti-terrorism Tsar
The EU is to appoint a senior anti-terrorism coordinator to foil attacks following last week's atrocity in Madrid. David Blunkett, the home secretary, told colleagues at emergency talks in Brussels yesterday that the EU must "stop the waffle" and implement practical measures to fight the...

US Sends Special Forces Into North Africa
Pentagon fears growth of terrorist haven.

'Madrid Became Manhattan'
What the Spanish papers say. "This day will remain marked in black in the memory of Spanish citizens; also in the history of infamy [...] However much the perpetrators of the attacks may invoke political motives, be they Eta or Islamic terrorists, they have shown that they know no bounds of moral inhibition.

Massacre in Madrid
Spain was in a state of profound shock, mourning and anger last night after the worst terrorist attack in Europe since the Lockerbie bombing killed at least 192 people and injured around 1,400 in the capital, Madrid. The Spanish government swiftly suggested Eta, the Basque separatist...

Dozens Killed in Madrid Bombs
More than 60 people were reported dead and many more injured this morning in a series of rush-hour explosions at Madrid train stations. The attack - Spain's deadliest-ever terrorist bombing - was blamed by a Spanish government spokesman on the Basque separatist group Eta. It comes ahead...

Islamist Cleric's Jail Term Halved
The jailed Indonesian Islamist cleric widely regarded as the spiritual head of the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist network will be freed within weeks.

£1m Terrorism Case is Thrown Out By Judge
Continuing proceedings against six for campaigning human rights in Turkey would bring British justice into disrepute, DPP is told.

Blair Would Do Well to Ditch This Legislative Laundry List
The tired pomp of the Queen's Speech misrepresents Labour's true values. It is not a Labour event, new or old. The clatter of the gilded royal coach through streets which have been cleared for fear of terrorism;

MacShane Faces Anger of Racial Equality Chief
The Foreign Office Minister who said that British Muslims had to make a choice between 'the British way' or the values of terrorism was facing fresh criticism last night from the chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality.

FO 'put Staff Lives at Risk' By Ignoring Istanbul Warnings
Criticism was mounting against the Foreign Office yesterday for leaving the British consulate in Istanbul exposed to a terrorist attack, despite repeated warnings.

A War That Can Never Be Won
Terrorism is a technique, not an enemy state that can be defeated. The bombast has increased with the bombs. We saw two disturbing escalations this week.

Gulf War Veteran Found Guilty of Us Sniper Killings
John Allen Muhammad, a Gulf war veteran and drifter, was found guilty yesterday of the "Washington sniper" killing spree, during which 10 people died and three were wounded last year. A jury in Virginia Beach took less than seven hours to convict him on four counts: murder, terrorism,...

Insanity Plea in Sniper Case
Lee Boyd Malvo, the teenager accused of involvement in last year's sniper shootings in Washington and its suburbs, yesterday pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder and terrorism charges arising from the killing spree. Mr Malvo, who was 17 last autumn when 10 people were shot...

Sniper Case Youth Pleads Insanity
Lee Boyd Malvo, the teenager accused of involvement in last year's sniper shootings in Washington and its suburbs, yesterday pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder and terrorism charges arising from the killing spree. Mr Malvo, who was 17 last autumn when 10 people were shot...

Terrorism Law Used on Vegas 'vice Lord'
FBI criticised for using post-September 11 act in corruption inquiry. The FBI has used the sweeping powers of anti-terrorist legislation enacted in the panicky aftermath of September 11 against the owner of a Las Vegas strip club suspected of bribing local council officials.

Evil awakening gives new life to terrorism
Jason Burke argues that far from being a spent force, as George Bush believes, Islamic militancy is gaining in strength.

Terrorism in the Schoolyard: The Dynamics of School Violence
This article attempts to explain the how dynamics of childhood culture relate to school violence.

Spain extradites exile to Peru on terrorism charge
A London-based Peruvian exile has been extradited to Peru on the orders of a court in Spain, to face charges of being a member of the guerrilla group Shining Path, the Guardian has learned.

One step behind
Jakarta's efforts to stamp out terrorism appear to be having little effect on groups like Jemaah Islamiyah, writes John Aglionby

Indonesian Cleric Cleared of Terrorism
But high-profile Islamist is jailed for seeking to topple government.

US 'using Saddam's spies to combat terrorism'
America admits improved intelligence, rather than more coalition troops, is the key to stopping daily attacks by militants in Iraq.

Masters of Deceit
Convicted felons responsible for thousands of deaths are calling the shots at the White House. The announcement that Admiral John Poindexter's latest brainwave - to encourage betting on the likelihood of a terrorist attack - had been terminated was characteristically bland.

Spain: Price of Preaching Against Terror
Priest forced out after attacking Eta violence from the pulpit. The large, honey-coloured church of San Lazaro in the Basque village of Maruri was, for once, full to overflowing yesterday as the outspoken local priest, Father Jaime Larrinaga, oversaw his final Mass while armed bodyguards stood at the double wooden doors.

Pentagon to issue terrorism futures
The Pentagon today came under fire for a novel idea to create a futures trading market to help it predict terrorist attacks and assassinations in the Middle East.

The bitterest betrayal
Among the 680 men imprisoned at Camp Delta, Cuba, are nine Britons. The US says they are hardcore terrorists, and holds them without charge. But where is the evidence? And why is our government so silent on...

Moscow seeks spies in suburbs
Stalinist-style neighbourhood informants could return to haunt Moscow under a plan to create a city-wide network of spies to help thwart terrorists.

New Eta Threat to Foreigners
British and other foreign businesses in Spain face bomb attacks and possible extortion attempts as the new targets of the armed Basque separatist group Eta, according to the group's internal bulletin. In the latest edition of Zutabe, Eta, which has been placed on the EU's terrorism list,...

Oil and terrorism drive the presidential tour
President Bush's trip to Africa this week signals a recent strategic decision to increase America's military presence to bolster what Washington now sees as two important national interests on the continent - the supply of oil and the struggle against terrorism.

Plane in Terrorism Scare Turns Up Sporting a Respray
A Boeing 727 cargo plane which caused panic among US intelligence agencies after mysteriously disappearing from Angola's main airport turned up last week in Guinea, the Guardian can reveal. The plane, which was feared to be in the hands of international terrorists, was spotted on June 28...

Confess or die, US tells jailed Britons
The two British terrorist suspects facing a secret US military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay will be given a choice: plead guilty and accept a 20-year prison sentence, or be executed if found guilty.

Concern as Britons face US tribunal
The Foreign Office last night expressed serious concern about Washington's decision to put two Britons held as suspected terrorists in Guantanamo Bay before a secretive military tribunal which has the power to order executions.

Just War or a Just war?
In an age of terrorism, guerilla and total warfare the medieval doctrine of Just War needs to be re-defined. Moreover, issues of legitimacy, efficacy and morality should not be confused. Legitimacy is conferred by institutions. Not all morally justified wars are, therefore, automatically legitimate.

Mr Fixit Finds His Vision Hard to Sell
US administrator faces uphill struggle in Iraq. Paul Bremer, the 61-year old former diplomat and counter-terrorism expert who is now the most powerful man in Iraq, looked every inch the politician on the campaign trail. Which in a sense he is.

Extradition Agreement Eases Strain Between Europe and Us
The EU and the US will sign an extradition agreement in Washington today allowing terrorist suspects to be handed over to the US authorities. The agreement is the centrepiece of the first EU-US summit since the Iraq war, and both sides will be trying hard to accentuate the positive,...

Mojahedin Urges Calm As 17 Face Paris Inquiry
French magistrates put 17 members of the People's Mojahedin of Iran under formal investigation yesterday for aiding terrorism, after a swoop that led a dozen supporters to immolate themselves. Six of the 17 got bail, but among those still in custody is Maryam Rajavi, the leader and wife...

Official justice watchdog criticises FBI
The US was last night accused of mistreating detainees in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, often subjecting them to physical and verbal abuse, keeping them locked up for 23 hours a day and failing to tell them why they were being held.

Idyllic lakeside town encircled by wall of steel
Evian, the idyllic spot on the shores of Lake Geneva where the leaders of the world's richest countries meet this weekend, is about to become one of the most heavily protected towns in the world, sealed off under a massive Swiss-French security operation against the double threat of terrorist attacks and demonstrations by anti-globalisation protesters.

Pentagon Sets Sights on a New Tehran Regime
The Pentagon has proposed a policy of regime change in Iran, after reports that al-Qaida leaders are coordinating terrorist attacks from Iran. But the plan is opposed by the US state department and the British government, officials in Washington said yesterday. The Pentagon plan...

Bomb blast causes panic at Yale law school
An explosion apparently caused by a bomb ripped through a classroom wall at Yale University law school yesterday, causing panic among students a day after the White House issued a domestic terrorism warning.

Four Days On, Saudis Step Up Security But Most Residents Have Flown Their Gilded Cage
Authorities are being forced to end their denial of terrorism.

Saudis Face Up to Life As a Soft Target of Islamists
Interior minister blames terrorist attacks on 'other countries' as civilians realise their vulnerability

Nuclear Looting Alarms Un Watchdog
Inspectors concerned that thefts could result in 'dirty bomb'. United Nations nuclear inspectors, barred from Iraq by Washington, are increasingly worried that the widespread looting and ransacking of Iraq's nuclear facilities may result in terrorists building a radioactive "dirty bomb".

New Us Chief Arrives to Take Control
The new head of the US-led interim administration arrived in Baghdad yesterday as the foreign secretary, Jack Straw, conceded that progress towards restoring order in the Iraqi capital was "not satisfactory". Paul Bremer, 61, a former diplomat and anti-terrorism adviser, declined to say...

Ex-Reagan aide to head civilian administration
Paul Bremer, a former US diplomat and terrorism expert will be made Iraq's civilian administrator, it was reported yesterday. The appointment is being seen in Washington as a victory for the secretary of state, Colin Powell, in his battle with the Pentagon for control over Iraq's future.

Muslim Cleric's Treason Trial Begins
The alleged spiritual leader of an al-Qaida-linked terrorist organisation today went on trial for treason over charges that he ordered a series of deadly bomb attacks in Indonesia in December 2000. Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'aysir denied he was guilty of masterminding the bombings on...

Vantressa Brown: Animals suffering in war
Animals don’t wage war; why should they suffer because humans do? In our current war against Iraq, the United States Navy is using Dolphins and Sea Lions to intercept terrorists and mines in the Persian Gulf.

Europe's New Jews
They inhabit self-imposed ghettoes, subject to derision and worse, the perennial targets of far-right thugs and populist politicians of all persuasions. They are mostly confined to menial jobs. They are accused of spreading crime, terrorism and disease, of being backward and violent, of refusing to fit in.

Haifa Bus Explosion Kills Ten
A bus today exploded in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, killing at least ten people, rescue officials have said. The explosion, the first terrorist attack in Israel since January, occurred on a main street in Haifa's Carmelia district at about 2.17pm local time (1217 GMT)...

On His Own Head Be It
Domestic experience of terrorism and a desire to boost Spain's international role explain Jose Maria Aznar's deeply unpopular support for war on Iraq, writes Giles Tremlett.

Export of Arms Criticised
The government is promoting arms sales to nations with poor human rights records because these countries are useful allies in the fight against terrorism, according to an independent study published today. The countries include Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan, which provided bases...

Oil Tanker Explodes
An explosion at an oil storage facility in the New York borough of Staten Island yesterday killed at least one worker and sent smoke and flames billowing hundreds of feet, rekindling fears that the city was again under terrorist attack. Authorities said a tanker blew up as it was being...

The greatest risk to the US is its own imagination
A cult of secrecy only increases the grave danger of terrorism. The article by "X" which appeared in the American magazine Foreign Affairs in July 1947 would become the most famous commentary on foreign policy of modern times.

Liberalism Lies Dying
Britain is turning in on itself as insecurity, fuelled by war and decline, grips the nation. The potential victims of the war on terrorism are easy to imagine, impossible to number.

Italian Judge Frees Pakistanis Held in Terrorism Raid
An Italian judge ordered the release of 28 Pakistani men yesterday after they spent two weeks in a Naples prison, admitting there was not enough evidence that any of them were involved in an al-Qaida plot. Police in Naples had claimed to have broken up a cell linked to al-Qaida and foiled...

Revealed: truth behind US 'poison factory' claim
Luke Harding reports from the terrorist camp in northern Iraq named by Colin Powell as a centre of the al-Qaeda international network.

War is Not Inevitable
All an attack on Iraq will do is fan the flames of terrorism. It's time for the anti-war camp to act decisively.

UK sees terrorism threat on Zanzibar
Britain yesterday warned tourists seeking winter sunshine in Zanzibar that an "international terrorist group" may be planning an attack on the Indian ocean island owned by Tanzania.

Adding Fuel to the Fire
An ad campaign that suggests sports utility vehicles' huge consumption of petrol is contributing to terrorist funding has provoked fury among their fans, writes Duncan Campbell.

We Must Act Now or Pay the Price, Says Blair
PM warns that weapons of mass destruction will reach terrorists.

Terrorism Suspect 'framed By In-laws'
France releases baggage handler arrested at airport.

EU Agrees to Pass on Intelligence to Fbi
The European Union struck a deal last night allowing the US to obtain personal data from the Europol law enforcement agency on suspects. The agreement represents a significant step forward in transatlantic cooperation in the "war on terrorism". Diplomats in Brussels said the two sides...

British Envoy Questions Israel on Terrorism
Britain's ambassador in Tel Aviv has described terrorism as justified, if defined in certain ways, drawing parallels between the Jewish fight for a state of Israel and the present day Palestinian struggle. Sherard Cowper-Coles said that the killing of non-combatants, particularly children...

Grozny, where recovery is still just a word
Aslan lost two friends before he turned 16 this year. A young Chechen who moved to Grozny from the volatile region of Vedeno when he was 10, he is a prime candidate for a Russian clean-up operation designed to intercept "terrorists", or "potential terrorists".

Big Brother Will Be Watching America
Giant information matrix to track movements of potential terrorists.

Leaders agree to multinational strike force
Nato leaders pledged yesterday to build a new force to fight terrorism and rogue states across the globe, and narrow the yawning gap between Europe and the US in the weapons and capabilities needed to wage modern war.

US-German relations 'cordial' once more
It was billed as a summit where trouble was brewing, as Nato leaders met in the shadow of Iraq and demonstrators or terrorists threatened mayhem in the streets of Prague. But everyone got on just fine - including George Bush and Gerhard Schröder, and even Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac.

Czechs Let Us Control Security for Nato Summit
American jets to patrol above Prague amid terrorism fears.

Kidnap suspects abound in notorious Pankisi Gorge
Georgian officials hinted heavily last night that Chechen terrorists were to blame for the kidnapping of the British banker, but declined to supply supporting evidence over a case that has been an acute embarrassment for the ineffectual and corrupt regime of President Eduard Shevardnadze.

FO Warns of Phuket Danger
Tens of thousands of travellers to the popular Thai island resort of Phuket have been warned by the British government of a significant increase in the threat of terrorist attacks. The advice issued by the Foreign Office on Tuesday night reflects similar warnings given last week by the...

Sniper suspects on terrorism charge
The two men suspected of the sniper shootings in suburban Washington were charged with terrorism yesterday as rival prosecutors from the region continued to jostle for the prestige of potentially having them sentenced to death.

The Chechen Theatre Ticket
One hundred and eighteen hostages and 50 of their captors died in the heavy handed storming of the theatre occupied by Chechen terrorists four days ago. This has been only the latest in a series of escalating costs in a war officially terminated in 1997. On August 22, a helicopter carrying 115 Russian servicemen and unauthorized civilians went down in flames.

Troops bring freedom and death to theatre of blood
For the young women who are the new face of Chechen terrorism, the end came swiftly and savagely. The black-clad guerrillas were put to sleep and paralysed by a gas attack.

Australia Adds to Phuket Terrorism Warning
Australia became the second country yesterday to say that it has received intelligence that the popular Thai resort of Phuket is a potential terrorist target. Despite the British government's continued insistence that there is no direct threat against the holiday resort, Australia's...

Strong Enough for War, But Not Strong Enough for Peace
The Russian-Chechen conflict is a drama that has no end. Since terrorism is itself a deliberately acted-out drama, an act of terrorism in a theatre is a double outrage. Those who were engaged in innocent make-believe find themselves suddenly the terrified objects in another play altogether.

Relatives' DNA used to identify victims
The head of Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist branch warned yesterday that identifying the Britons killed in the Bali nightclub bombing would "be a slow process" because the site was a scene of "complete devastation".

Could warnings have prevented tragedy?
The British and Australian intelligence services launched inquiries yesterday into whether travellers to Indonesia should have been warned of the possibility of a terrorist attack, after it emerged that the US reported a direct threat to south-east Asian resorts.

Links seen in terrorism dates
The closest link between the Bali bombing and al-Qaida may not be concrete evidence, but an uncanny numerological coincidence between the dates of the latest attack and those in America on September 11 last year.

Plastic explosive used from Vietnam to Kabul
The discovery of traces of C-4 plastic explosive at the scene of the Bali bomb blast is likely to be seen as further evidence of an al-Qaida connection with the terrorist attack.

Sniper Blamed As Woman Shot Dead in Car Park
A woman was killed with a single shot to the head in what appears to be the latest and most "brazen" attack by the US sniper terrorising the suburbs of Washington. The victim, who has yet to be named, was hit as she and her husband loaded shopping into their car outside a shopping mall...

Kate Connolly Meets Astrid Proll
She used to be one of Europe's most wanted terrorists. Now she is returning to London for a season of talks and films on the Baader-Meinhof era. Kate Connolly meets Astrid Proll.

Military Manoeuvres
There are a number of factors that seem to link Indonesian special forces with 'the most serious terrorist attack on Americans since September 11', writes John Aglionby

Saudi Jail Families Break the Silence
Relatives of two Britons imprisoned in Riyadh accused of a wave of terrorist bombings say the Foreign Office is ignoring their plight

UN route 'offers legitimacy' says leader
An extract from UN secretary general Kofi Annan's speech to the general assembly yesterday. Individual states may defend themselves, by striking back at terrorist groups and the countries that harbour them. But only vigilance and cooperation among all states, with the systematic exchange of information, offers real hope of denying terrorists opportunities.

World on Alert for Anniversary
· US issues strong warning after report of al-Qaida threat
· Transatlantic flights cancelled
· Turkey fears terrorists may have poison gas

Funds continue to flow despite drive to freeze network's assets
Al-Qaida's terrorist activities are lubricated by an intricate financial system that is more sophisticated and immune to penetration than anything the CIA or MI6 has ever seen. Investigators know that unless they break it, al-Qaida will remain a functioning proposition. They also know the task will not be easy.

Kepa Aulestia: Basque blackmail
The banning of Batasuna will result in yet another reincarnation of radical nationalism. It is by no means easy to explain why, in a corner of Europe which today enjoys a similar level of freedom to the rest of the continent and a far higher degree of autonomy than any other region of the EU, terrorism persists.

Jakarta gets $50m to fight terrorism
The US is to give Jakarta about $50m (£32m) in the next few years to fight terrorism, despite concern that Indonesia's security forces have done little to reform themselves since Washington ended three years ago because of human rights abuses.

Faisal Bodi: Detained in Egypt and ignored here
Blair is doing little to help four British Muslims held without trial. Even as pyrrhic victories go, this week's ruling by a special immigration appeals commission in the cases of nine Muslims held under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act came with a high price tag.

At Least Seven Killed in Jerusalem Blast
At least seven people were killed and more than 70 injured in an apparent suicide bomb attack at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The blast hit the cafeteria at lunchtime, which was busy with students waiting for exams. "There was a terrorist and he blew up," a witness...

America forced me out, says Robinson
The UN's outgoing human rights commissioner, Mary Robinson, says she was prevented from continuing in the job because of pressure from the US, which she has accused of neglecting human rights during the war against terrorism.

Owen Bowcott: Homeless and Friendless
The war against terrorism is stifling Kurdish aspirations for their own nation, just as their activists have begun to reject violence.

Terrorism.com
How does al-Qaida stay organised when its members are in hiding and scattered across the world? Easy - it runs a website, says Paul Eedle.

The great charade
As the West prepares for an assault on Iraq, John Pilger argues that 'war on terror' is a smokescreen created by the ultimate terrorist ... America itself.

The Man Who Wants to Tackle Terrorism
He earns $1.2m a year in one of the world's richest sports, but he's packing it all in to join the US army and hunt down Osama bin Laden for $1,000 a month. Duncan Campbell on American football's new hero.

€24m fine likely to wipe out Eta political wing
Batasuna, the political wing of the Basque terrorist organisation Eta, was ordered to pay a €24m fine yesterday for acts of vandalism and street violence carried out between July 2001 and February this year.

Peacekeeping is No Longer About Helping 'them' But 'us'
The drive against terrorism has undermined the role of UN forces. In the spring of 1948 a collection of French, American, Belgian and Swedish colonels and majors assembled in Cairo.

Censors and Sensibility
A minister's disparaging remark about a terrorism victim has raised questions about the independence of the state-run broadcaster, says Philip Willan.

Italy in a Spin Over Terrorism
Silvio Berlusconi may be a former adman and a friend of Tony Blair's but he needs to keep his ministers on-message, writes Philip Willan.

20 Killed By Jerusalem Suicide Bomb
· Bomb injures more than 40
· City's worst atttack since 1996
· Sharon vows to fight terrorism

Hugo Young: Messy war on the new masters of Armageddon
The intelligence services are too divided to make pre-emption work. When all is said and done, there can't be an argument against the need for terrorism to be interdicted. It is now the satanic enemy of the ordered world in which most people, rich and poor, have a right to live.

John Cole: Peace plan ignores the working class
Violence has erupted in Belfast, but did terrorism ever go away? A comprehensive definition of terrorism is impossible. Terror was certainly used during the French and Russian revolutions, yet these remain landmarks of the human spirit because they overthrew great tyrannies which could not have been removed by any other means.

Matthew Engel: Muslims wary of US plan to fingerprint 'high risk' foreigners
The US justice department is on the brink of announcing a scheme to photograph and fingerprint visitors from "high-risk" countries, in an attempt to keep a closer watch on possible terrorists.

Hijackers 'trailed by CIA before attacks'
Two of the hijackers who crashed American Airlines flight 77 into the Pentagon were spotted as potential terrorists by the CIA more than 18 months before September 11, Newsweek reported yesterday. It called this "the most puzzling, and devastating,intelligence failure" in the period before attacks.

Kashmir and Terrorism Aren't the Problem, It's the Bomb
India and Pakistan do not understand what nuclear war means.

Kabbah Elected As Sierra Leone Rejects Rebels
Sierra Leone has definitively rejected the rebels who terrorised the country for a decade by overwhelmingly re-electing President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, two years after British troops were sent to save his government. Within hours of the final results of last week's general election being...

A bad call?
The White House is on the defensive over revelations that it had been warned of possible terrorist hijacks before 11 September - and that the FBI knew al-Qaeda was training pilots, writes Ed Vulliamy

Tariq Ali vs Christopher Hitchens: The war of words
Tariq Ali and Christopher Hitchens went head-to-head to debate the war on terrorism in front of the whole of literary London, the sparks were bound to fly. Sunder Katwala sent this ringside dispatch.

Ameirca's Trucking Army
The trucking industry will be on anti-terrorism watch. That's where America's Trucking Army comes in.

US to Screen Foreign Students
The US government has confirmed it will begin screening foreign students who want to study sensitive subjects, such as technology, which could be used in terrorist attacks. The government has formed the Interagency Panel on Advanced Science and Security, which will review between 1,000...

Paul Harris, Antony Barnett, Burhan Wazir and Kate Connolly: Britain's most wanted
How was the terrorist hunted for plotting attacks across Europe allowed to disappear in the UK?

'Targets' pay more for less insurance
Some of America's most celebrated landmarks are costing two or three times as much as they did before September 11 to insure with policies which cover them barely, or not at all, against another big terrorist attack.

Tamil Tigers Hide Their Claws
Sri Lanka is tired of war - but the peace on offer from its terrorist chief may be even more dangerous.

US May Lift Steel Tariffs for Some
The US today extended an olive branch in its steel dispute with the EU by indicating its willingness to exempt many European companies from punitive tariffs. The US treasury secretary, Paul O'Neill, who is in Britain for talks with chancellor Gordon Brown about the financing of terrorism,...

Airline Internet Fails to Make Connexion
US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has been forced to delay its plans to wire up the world's commercial aircraft to the internet because of the turmoil in the airlines industry caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11. Boeing set up Connexion last year with three US airlines to...

We Fight on Says Defiant Sharon
Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon, set himself on a collision course with the US yesterday, saying that military operations in the West Bank would continue until the "threat of terrorism" was totally dismantled. President George Bush angrily repeated his demand for Israel's withdrawal...

Soldier rapists 'clean up' Chechnya
The Russians came to 'hunt terrorists' but instead brought their own brand of brutality.

'Bomb Plot' Britons to Be Spared Death By the Saudi Sword
Five men 'tortured' into confessing to terrorism likely to face lesser bootlegging charges.

Yossi Beilin: A different life is still possible, but it's slipping away
The terrible terrorist events that have struck Israel on the Passover holiday have generated an understandable feeling that "something must be done".

Victoria Brittain@basilan Island
Victoria Brittain: The island of Basilan, poor, Muslim, and for 30 years a violent and forgotten corner of the world, has now become a second front for the US international war on terrorism.

West Scours Georgia for Nuclear Trash
Leading western countries are planning a massive search in Georgia for potential "dirty bomb" materials - highly radioactive and mobile nuclear batteries which, it is feared, could be combined with conventional explosives to lethal effect by terrorists.

FBI Raids Pro-republicans
The target of an anti-terrorist raid in the United States last week provided funds for an Islamic group with close ties to the Republican party and the White House. The Safa trust, a Saudi-backed charity, has provided funds for a political group called the Islamic Institute, which was set...

Killers Revel in Kudos of a Us Terrorism Designation
For three months the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades pursued a relentless and efficient campaign of violence, shooting down soldiers at Israeli army roadblocks and dispatching suicide bombers to the Jewish heartland

Georgia Looks West to Washington
Russia imagined that September 11 would give them a green light to eradicate Chechen 'terrorists' in Georgia, but it is the Amercians who have increased their presence, writes Ian Traynor.

Dark Days for the Democrats
While most of the American public support George Bush in the 'war on terrorism', the Democratic majority leader in the Senate has a difficult task ahead, says Julian Borger.

Daunting Days for the Democrats
While most of the American public support George Bush in the 'war on terrorism', the Democratic majority leader in the Senate has a difficult task ahead, says Julian Borger.

Silence and tears under a clear blue sky
In a simple ceremony in the park, New York remembers terrorist attacks.

Bush Appeals for Support in Fight Against Terrorism
The US president, George Bush, today marked the six months since September 11 with an appeal for the nations of the world to fight against terrorists and terrorism. Standing in the White House Rose Garden with a display of national flags behind him, and accompanied by over a 100...

MI6: We Now Need Twice As Many Spies
The Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, is seeking to double its recruitment of front-line officers for the 'war against terrorism'.

Luxury Goes Out of Fashion
French luxury goods producer LVMH said the steep decline in demand for designer labels since the terrorist attacks in the US last September had all but wiped out its annual net income. The company behind brands such as Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Veuve Cliquot and Hennessy reported a...

EU plan to pool anti-terrorism intelligence
Europe's foreign affairs chief, Javier Solana, will take control of the EU's first intelligence services office if member states agree to give him an unprecedented role in combating external terrorism.

Camp X-ray Families Threaten Writ
The government was threatened yesterday with legal action for "aiding or assisting" the US in unlawfully detaining British terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Louise Christian, a solicitor representing Zumrati Juma, the mother of 22-year-old prisoner Feroz Abbasi, said she would...

Arts: Norman Rockwell
In times of trouble America turns to Norman Rockwell. The 'war against terrorism' is no exception, says Jonathan Jones.

Milosevic Attacks Nato 'lies'
Slobodan Milosevic today launched his defence against war crimes charges, justifying his actions in the Balkans as a "struggle against terrorism". The former Yugolsav leader, the first head of state called to justice before an international tribunal, claimed that he was a victim of...

Giuliani a Knight in All But Name
Rudolph Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, today received an honorary knighthood from the Queen who wished him "less stress in his life" as America recovers from the September 11 terrorist attacks. Mr Giuliani thanked the Queen, on behalf of the American people, for Britain's support...

Friends of Terrorism
Bush's decision to bring back Otto Reich exposes the hypocrisy of the war against terror.

France Rocks America's Boat
The French foreign minister has blasted Washington's new world view, saying it reduces everything to the war on terrorism, writes Jon Henley.

US Prepared to Go It Alone, Allies Warned
Tension between the US and its European allies intensified yesterday as senior US officials warned Washington would act alone in its "war" on terrorism.

Rumsfeld Warns of Even Deadlier Attacks on Us
The US must prepare for potential terrorist attacks "vastly more deadly" than the September 11 strikes, the US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, said yesterday. Amid evidence that the al-Qaida terrorist network may have been studying US nuclear plants, dams and water supply systems as...

Terrorism Scare at San Francisco Airport
Authorities evacuated the United Airlines terminal at San Francisco international airport today, after a man believed to have explosives concealed on his person evaded security guards. Thousands of people were told to leave Terminal 3 after officials found possible explosives residue on a...

No military solution to terrorism
Tony Blair, trying not to look triumphant as he was flanked by the Afghan leader Hamid Karzai and surrounded by British troops at Bagram airbase on Monday, roundly dismissed those who were sceptical about what military action could achieve. As American bombers continue to bomb targets...

Nick Hopkins: Say sorry, Sir Ronnie
Any day now, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, will travel to Omagh for what is likely to be a difficult meeting with the relatives of the 29 people who died in Ireland's worst single terrorist atrocity. He has a lot of explaining to do. Two...

PR celebration of the first 100 days
The US and British governments marked the 100th day since the attacks on New York and Washington yesterday with synchronised, upbeat accounts of the achievements of their anti-terrorist coalition and the challenges still ahead. Downing Street geared its "100 Days, 100 Ways" document to...

Fund may give $1.6m for each US victim
The families of those who died in the September 11 terrorist attacks stand to receive an average of $1.6m from a US government package outlined yesterday. The money will be on top of donations from charity, which could reach $1m for the families of firefighters and...

Global bogymen show their rags
To a large part of humanity, Osama bin Laden's terrorist organisation has become the stuff of nightmares. In the three months since a suspected al-Qaida unit ploughed jetliners into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, the network has reared up in the darkest corners of millions of...

Anti-terrorism is in danger of falling hostage to Sharon
If there were such a thing as a radical Islamist headquarters, intent on a strategic response to reverses in Afghanistan, we would have to conclude that it is enjoying a degree of success. Palestinians and Israelis are in an even worse confrontation than before, with the secular Palestinian...

'Wild west' hawks get a telling off
Britain's most senior armed forces officer said bluntly last night that a decision by the US to widen its military campaign against al-Qaida terrorists could further radicalise Arab opinion. The US was pursuing a "single-minded aim" of destroying Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida...

Pacific islands fear prisoner influx
Speculation that the US will go ahead with plans to hold suspected terrorists and prisoners of war on remote Pacific islands intensified yesterday when US forces began delivering heavy equipment to the Northern Marianas. Naval officers on nearby Guam said the delivery to the island of...

Tribute: Dictated by terrorism
Terrorism has changed the World forever and the recent happennings in New York just enforce that fact. The world of Sports is no different.