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21 August, 2008
The makings of an extremist
The MI5 briefing note, Understanding Radicalisation and Violent Extremism in the UK, seen by the Guardian provides a unique insight into current thinking within the security service about how a modern-day British terrorist is made.
Alan Travis in The Guardian

25 July, 2008
Karzai protecting drug lords
A former senior US anti-drug official has accused Afghanistan's president of playing the US "like a fiddle" and protecting drug lords in his country for political reasons.
Al Jazeera

9 July, 2008
Russia warns US over missile shield
Russia has said it will use military means if the United States deploys a missile defence shield close to its borders.
Al Jazeera

9 July, 2008
Former MI5 head says 42-day detention plan 'unworkable'
Plans to hold terror suspects for up to 42 days are neither practical or principled, the former head of MI5 warned yesterday.
Ben Rusell in The Independent

9 July, 2008
Iran warns US it will retaliate if attacked
Iran test-fired nine long and medium range missiles today during war games apparently designed to show that the country can retaliate against any US or Israeli attack.
The Independent

5 July, 2008
Military action 'would destabilise Iraq'
Iraq will be plunged into a new war if Israel or the US launches an attack on Iran, Iraqi leaders have warned. Iranian retaliation would take place in Iraq, said Dr Mahmoud Othman, the influential Iraqi MP.
Patrick Cockburn in The Independent

5 July, 2008
Strike and we'll strike you back, warns Tehran
Iran has handed over its long-awaited response to the West's offer of incentives to halt its suspected nuclear weapons programme, after a warning by one of its top military leaders that any strike against it would trigger war.
Donald Macintyre, Anne Penketh and Kim Sengupta in The Independent

21 June, 2008
Israel's dry run 'attack on Iran' with 100 jet fighters
Israel has mounted a major long-range military air exercise – involving more than 100 F15 and F16 fighters – as a rehearsal for a potential strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, American officials have indicated.
The Independent

21 June, 2008
UK tops world table of weapons sales
A controversial deal with Saudi Arabia catapulted Britain to the top of the world arms export league last year, as UK firms won a record £10bn in orders from overseas, official figures show.
Rob Evans and Richard Norton Taylor in The Guardian

21 June, 2008
Hopes rise amid Gaza truce
Three days after Israel and Palestinian groups entered into a truce, Gazans are getting increasingly hopeful that a near-total blockade imposed on the Hamas-ruled territory would be eased.
Al Jazeera