Jordan delivers justice after Britain fails
Hidden away in some dusty corner in government vaults in London there must be a well-thumbed dossier containing secret evidence which kept a Palestinian caged in Britain without charge or trial for more than a decade. Described by successive home secretaries as the most dangerous man in Britain, it may seem surprising to many that he was never charged in the UK with a single criminal offence. Perhaps it is even more surprising that when justice was finally delivered to Abu Qatada it was done so in the very country from which he'd fled because of its atrocious human…
Former Taliban Captive to Baghdadi: ‘Release him and Take Me’
This week saw the anniversary of 9/11...an event which always resonates deeply not least of all because it is also a reminder of the time I was held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan. I was working for the Sunday Express newspaper when I was sent to Pakistan to cover the impending war in neighbouring Afghanistan in the wake of the atrocity; unable to wait for the start of the invasion I sneaked in to the country wearing the all-enveloping blue burqa. After two days travelling in and around the Jalalabad district I was caught by members of what was…
