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Universities Allowing Students To Be 'Targeted' By Islamist Extremists

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 28.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Nus, Student Unions, Islam, Social Media, Suicide Bombings, UK News, Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, UK Universities, UK Media, UK Students, Poll, Slideexpand, Extremism, UK Universities & Education News

Islamist extremists are infiltrating universities and becoming highly influential amongst students because institutions are continuing to invite contr...

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Teen Hacker Charged With Hoax Calls To Counter-Terrorist Hotline

PA | Posted 14.04.2012 | UK
Read More: Scotland Yard, UK News, UK Crime, Hoaxers, Counter-Terrorism, Terrorism, Hoax Calls, Public Nuisance, UK Tech, UK News

Police investigating hoax calls to a Scotland Yard counter-terror hotline have charged a teenager with two offences. A 17-year-old boy from Birming...

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Lib Dems Would 'Kill' Snooping Plan, Vows President

PA | Posted 08.06.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Counter-Terrorism, UK News, Gchq, Lib Dems, Tim Farron, Privacy Laws, Home Office, Theresa May, UK Politics News

Liberal Democrat president Tim Farron has vowed the party would "kill" proposals for increased monitoring of emails and internet use if they were not ...

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Integration and Prevent 2.0: Are They a Break From the Past or More of the Same?

Nick Micinski | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK Home Office, Immigrants Rights, Intolerance, Immigrant Integration, Counterterrorism, Prevention, Counter-Terrorism, Home Office, Integration, Immigration, Immigrants, Migrants, Immigration Debate, Cultural Cohesion, Extremism, UK Politics News
Nick Micinski

Back in June 2011, the government presented their policy on counter terrorism - sold to us as the new Prevent strategy (what I call Prevent 2.0)- which supposedly signified a radical shift from Labour's approach to stopping extremism.

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Metropolitan Police Launch Counter Terrorism Hotline

PA | Posted 13.02.2012 | UK
Read More: Counter Terrorism Hotline, Metropolitan Police, Hotline, Phone, Counter-Terrorism, Terrorism, Stuart Osborne, "It's Probably Nothing But", UK News

The Metropolitan Police has launched a counter-terror campaign urging people to report suspicious behaviour by calling a dedicated hotline. The fou...

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Muslims Should Be 'Partners Not Informants' In Terror Fight

The Huffington Post UK | Olivia Williams | Posted 21.11.2011 | UK
Read More: Abu Hamza, Melanie Phillips, UK News, Chatham House, War on Terror, Right-Wing Extremism, Counter-Terrorism, Robert Lambert, UK News

Partnerships with London's Muslim community have been far more effective at fighting terrorism in the capital than confrontation, a former head of a M...

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Six Men Arrested In Counter Terror Swoop

Posted 18.11.2011 | UK
Read More: Birmingham, Terror Arrests, West Midlands Police, Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, UK News

Six men have been arrested in Birmingham as part of a large intelligence-led counter-terrorism operation, police said. The men were detained at or ...

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Decennium 9/11 - Learning the Lessons

Andrew Staniforth | Posted 09.11.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Police, USA, National Security, Counterterrorism, Counter-Terrorism, Terrorism, North Yorkshire Counter-Terrorism Unit, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11, 9/11 Commission, Andrew Staniforth, Twin Towers, Al Qaeda, World Trade Center, September 11 Anniversary, UK Politics News
Andrew Staniforth

For many years terrorist groups pursuing their political, religious and ideological beliefs have attacked our free and democratic way of life. Yet the largest loss of British citizens during a single terrorist attack did not occur in Britain but in the United States on 11 September 2001.

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