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Europe / Immigration / Italy / Policy / World

Imagine if Isis was approaching and safety just over the sea

Published by The Independent (23rd February, 2014) The statistics and stories are so extreme they barely register any more. In just five days, 4,200 migrants were plucked from […]

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Lebanon / World

Bride of ISIS – the ultimate female jihadist icon

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd February, 2015) For radicalised Muslim women in Britain and beyond who seek to marry into the blood-stained ranks of Islamic State, […]

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Afghanistan / Pakistan / World

Message written in blood shows weakness of Taliban

Published by The Daily Mail (16th December, 2014) At first staff thought it was just children playing a boisterous game, for as older pupils sat exams on the […]

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Aid / Iran / Pakistan / World

Foreign aid millions helped Iran hang 3000 people – including women and children

Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th December, 2014) British aid has assisted the brutal execution of nearly 3,000 people accused of drug smuggling in Iran, according to […]

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Pakistan / Politics

‘I was waterboarded by British special forces’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th December, 2014) A Pakistani man suing the Government for damages has detailed a horrific catalogue of abuse and torture he claims […]

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Syria / Turkey / World

They brainwashed our boys and made them watch beheading videos

Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th October, 2014) Hamid’s son had been missing for a week, seized by Islamic State gunmen along with 148 other schoolchildren, when […]

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Iraq / Syria / World

The deepening dilemma over hostages

Published by The Independent (September 15th, 2014) The fact that it was almost expected does not make it any less hideous. David Haines, a good man who went […]

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Iraq / Syria / World

A sick British hostage and torture by Taser

Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th September, 2014) The British aid worker threatened with beheading by Islamic militants in Syria has been so desperately ill that his […]

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Iraq / Syria / World

Boasts and brutality of British jihadists

Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th August, 2014) British jihadis involved in the brutal beheading of American reporter James Foley callously boasted of making personal fortunes from […]

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Iraq / World

Slaughter after ultimatum exposed by MoS

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th August, 2014) Islamic State militants have massacred most of the men living in an Iraqi village after the inhabitants, members of […]

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Iraq / World

James Foley’s brutal death shows the west can’t solve the Iraq crisis

Published by The Guardian (21st August, 2014) The murder of James Foley is sickening. As his grieving parents said, this courageous man had his life terminated for trying to expose […]

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Iraq

Please let American jets bomb my prison

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th August, 2014) The call came in the early hours, the voice muffled, furtive and shaking with fear. ‘If they see me […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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