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Manchester Arena inquiry: Error not to question bomber on return — MI5
(BBC) The decision not to question the Manchester Arena bomber after he returned to the UK from Libya four days before the attack was a mistake, a senior MI5 officer has conceded. The officer, referred to as Witness J, told the Manchester […]
Government & Politics
Prevent counter-terror scheme lambasted in review
(BBC) The UK’s scheme to prevent terrorism has “apparently failed” repeatedly to identify attackers, a highly critical review has concluded. The report from the Home Office’s hand-picked reviewer says the Prevent strategy has lost its way. William Shawcross said the nationwide system […]
Government & Politics
UK officials who oversaw funding of extremist Muslim groups must be sacked: counterterrorism expert
(Arab News) UK Prevent program officials who have overseen the public funding of Muslim groups that promote extremism should be sacked, a counterterrorism expert has said in the Times newspaper. Prof. Ian Acheson, a senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project, which […]