Wednesday, February 10 2010

Topics

Guantanamo Bay

Your search has provided you with these search results from Independent.ie archives and the web. These results may not be related to your original enquiry.

Al-Qaeda's growing arc of terror

Sunday January 31 2010

BORED, depressed, and stuck in a dead-end job, Khaled al-Bawardi convinced himself that he wanted to die for militant Islam after spending just a few hours watching jihadi videos.

News in brief: 16 people killed in suicide bombing as northwest Pakistan unrest continues

Sunday January 31 2010

A suicide bomber killed 16 people yesterday at a police checkpoint in a northwest Pakistani tribal area where the military declared victory over the Taliban and al-Qaeda last year, highlighting the difficulty Islamabad has in holding regions once the battle phase of its army offensives end.

Obama takes to road in hope of salvaging his presidency

Friday January 29 2010

HOURS after using his first state-of-the-union address to criticise Congress for putting politics above the plight of ordinary Americans, US President Barack Obama took to the road yesterday to proclaim his new message of job creation.

Seas apart: Irish clubs contonue to lord it over English rivals

Tuesday January 26 2010

Even though 21st century Irish folk are supposed to be mature enough to ignore a certain historical relationship too often corroded by republican propaganda, it still gladdens the heart to see Ireland trump its English neighbours on the sports field.

'They'll do anything to get on the boat. Then it is very dangerous'

Friday January 22 2010

Her two-year-old son Neldenki died in the rubble of their collapsed apartment block in Port-au-Prince and her surviving daughter, one-year-old Kimberly, looks ill having spent the past week sleeping on the streets among scavenging dogs and pigs.

US ships set up blockade to prevent a mass exodus

Wednesday January 20 2010

An American aircraft carrier was the spearhead of a blockade of Haiti's waters yesterday as the US prepared for an exodus of thousands across the sea, fleeing the devastated capital of Port-au-Prince.

Resurgent al-Qa'ida ready for new attacks

Saturday January 16 2010

Al-Qa'ida has restructured its global network and has the capability to carry out a wide range of terrorist attacks against Western targets, a detailed US intelligence assessment claims.