Two of the ISIS ‘Beatles’ have finally admitted their involvement in holding American aid worker Kayla Mueller hostage in Syria, where she was sexually abused and tortured before her death in 2015. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, who are both in U.S. military custody in Iraq, had previously denied ever meeting Mueller, but in … Read more
ISIS remains the ‘most significant’ threat to the UK, the Defence Secretary has warned today. Ben Wallace said an estimated 360 people from the UK who travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight for the terror group, also referred to as Daesh, remain in the region either at large or in detention. RAF aircraft have … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Apocalypse Iraq – how the hell of war turned Nate to the dark side By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:10 BST, 21 July 2020 | Updated: 02:10 BST, 21 July 2020 Once Upon A Time In Iraq Rating: Being Beethoven Rating: One leg bouncing on the … Read more
SAS snipers target British jihadis’ cave hideaways in Iraq leaving 100 Islamic State killers dead in a ‘secret war’ Elite SAS troops track down ISIS killers to their hideouts and then take them out At least 100 fighters are killed in a ‘secret war’ to crush Islamic State resurgence Sources confirm there have been at … Read more
Sadiq Khan today declared that the Government should not stand in the way of Shamima Begum returning to Britain to fight for her UK passport accusing them of trying to ‘sub-contract justice to another country’. The Mayor of London does not agree with the Home Office’s decision to challenge the Court of Appeal ruling allowing Begum … Read more
The full citation explaining why then-Private Beharry received the Victoria Cross in 2005 reads: ‘Private Beharry carried out two individual acts of great heroism by which he saved the lives of his comrades. Both were in direct face of the enemy, under intense fire, at great personal risk to himself (one leading to him sustaining … Read more
Facebook has banned the sale of all ancient artefacts amid fears that items looted from Iraq and Syria are being traded on its platforms. The move — a tightening of previous rules that only covered stolen artefacts — followed a campaign by academics and a BBC News exposé of illicit sales. The changes were announced as … Read more
Shamima Begum and other jihadis jailed in the Middle East ‘should be allowed BACK to their homelands in a bid to break the cycle of extremism’, says report Soufan Centre has claimed homegrown extremists pose greater threat to national security than UK jihadists jailed in the Middle East Ex-FBI agent has called for repatriation of … Read more
‘Now is the time to act’: Former British Army chief General Lord Richard Dannatt demands Boris Johnson stops witch-hunt against Northern Ireland veterans facing trial for war crimes General Lord Richard Dannatt branded the prosecutions as ‘grossly unfair’ The ex-Army chief said the PM must keep his promise to support NI veterans Boris Johnson revealed … Read more
Hounded veterans demanded an apology from defence chiefs last night after it emerged that all but one of thousands of war crime allegations from Iraq have been thrown out. More than 3,500 allegations against UK forces between 2003 and 2009 have already been dismissed by taxpayer-funded probes. Yesterday an independent investigator looking at the final … Read more