John Downey, accused Hyde Park bomber, recently walked free from the Old Bailey. Ben Beach looks at the ongoing and sometimes controversial process of pacification in Ireland.
al-Qaeda in North Africa
When we say ‘al-Qaeda’, most people think of 9/11, the 2004 Madrid bombings and the attacks of 7/7. Less people know of their effect in the Maghreb region. However, since 2002 there has been a significant amount of activity attributed to the Islamic militant group here, the most recent being their attack on the Amenas Continue Reading