One of the more disturbing but perhaps understandable aspects of the investigation into links between an Australian doctor and the terrorists in the United Kingdom, is the case of Dr Ali. The Indian doctor — who had been in Australia for just six months — was taken in for questioning by Australian authorities because he...
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Those hapless al-Qaeda boys were to find out that Glasgow has no respect for international terrorism. Nobody gets between 10,000 Weegies and a £99 week in Ibiza booked on Thursday night through Barrhead Travel. So says the John Smeaton tribute site, set up to honour the Scottish baggage handler who helped police subdue the terrorist...
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Johann Hari, writing in The New Republic, offers an amusing (and slightly disturbing) travelogue on the National Review cruise. Some highlights: I am standing waist-deep in the Pacific Ocean, indulging in the polite chit-chat beloved by vacationing Americans. A sweet elderly lady from Los Angeles is sitting on the rocks nearby, telling me dreamily about...
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I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so. This is what happens when you appoint one man as the representative of 300,000 Muslims: every word he has ever said and will say is analysed, politicised and/or given an importance surpassing what it would ordinarily receive. Every word that Sheikh Fehmi...
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