Julie Hyland argues that the conclusion of the trial of those accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic airlines in 2006 has created a major crisis for the Labour government and the security services. Moreover, the trial has revealed the gaping disconnect between public opinion and official propaganda on the “war on terror.”

The al-Qaida movement once more solicits advice from the renowned management consultancy (aka Paul Rogers). The SWISH experts’ recommendations address policy in Iraq, Pakistan/Afghanistan, and a pivotal election in al-Qaida’s “far enemy”, the United States

An increased American military and political effort in Afghanistan is making the conflict there part of a new dynamic of global confrontation, says Paul Rogers.

The Free Hicham Yezza Campaign describe their protest against the arrest and threatened deportation of a Nottingham university student for downloading an Al-Qaida training manual for research purposes.

David Morrison looks at the Blair legacy. This article is a summary of a longer pamphlet.

As we enter the seventh year of the so-called “war on terror”, we face a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan, a stronger al-Qaida, a more assertive Iran and a humanitarian catastrophe in Iraq. Although U.S. strategy is unlikely to change in the near future, writes Paul Rogers, there is another way.