Terrorism


 Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 23:01 Comments

Judith Miller — now described as a "contributing editor of Manhattan Institute’s City Journal" — is published in the Telegraph.

 Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 21:30 Comments

"The widow of Daniel Pearl has sued more than a dozen reputed terrorists and Pakistan’s largest bank, blaming them for the torture and murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter in 2002."

 Monday, 9 July 2007, 07:47 Comments

Citizen journalism is challenging Britain’s court reporting restrictions: "Because many bystanders have sent images on to other people, lawyers said, it is harder to argue that a media organization should not be allowed to publish them."




Yesterday, ITV’ Nick Robertson reported that British authorities had foiled a 9/11-style attack against Canary Wharf and Heathrow Airport. Good, if it’s true.

Today, however, only one newspaper – The Daily Maillead with the story. The Today programme this morning noted that it was “pretty thinly-sourced” and pointed out that it fits nicely into to the Government’s agenda on the day of a Queen’s speech that is full of law-and-order and anti-terrorism bills including really bad ideas like identity cards and juryless terrorism trials. [ADDED 8.1.2006] Comments


November surprise watch

Saturday, 4 September 2004, 09:22

Two Pakistani newspapers quote Joseph Cofer Black, the US State Department co-ordinator for counter-terrorism, as saying the US is closer than ever to capturing Osama bin Laden.

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