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Former Israeli Spy, Son of Hamas Founder To Be Granted US Asylum

By Gideon Swift | Published: July 1, 2010
Smoke and mirrors… The son of a Hamas co-founder and spy for Israel was set to be granted asylum after the US government withdrew its opposition to his request to remain in the country on Wednesday. Mosab Hassan Yousef, 32, had fought to remain in the United States, claiming he faced retaliation from the Palestinian [...]
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Somali arrested at airport with chemicals, syringe

By Gideon Swift | Published: December 30, 2009
U.S. officials are investigating a Somali man’s alleged attempt to board a flight last month carrying chemicals, liquid and a syringe in a case bearing chilling echoes of the plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day. Terrorism analysts said the arrest in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, could prove highly valuable for the [...]
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CIA chief jailed for kidnapping

By Gideon Swift | Published: November 4, 2009
The former head of the CIA in Milan has been given an eight-year jail sentence for kidnapping at the end of the first trial anywhere in the world involving the agency’s “extraordinary rendition” programme. Robert Lady was tried in his absence and convicted of helping to organise the seizure of Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, known [...]
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Iran frees five from UK embassy

By Gideon Swift | Published: June 29, 2009
Five out of nine local staff from the UK embassy detained in Tehran have been released, Iranian officials say. Iran’s media earlier said local employees at the UK mission were held over their role in protests against June’s disputed presidential election. UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has dismissed the allegations as baseless. Separately, Iran’s top [...]
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West ‘seeks Iran disintegration’

By Gideon Swift | Published: June 22, 2009
Speaking at a news conference on Monday, foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi accused Western governments of explicitly backing violent protests aimed at undermining the stability of Iran’s Islamic Republic. "Spreading anarchy and vandalism by Western powers and also Western media… these are not at all accepted," he said. He said the West was acting in [...]
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