Inspired by events in Iraq, Birmingham plot sets worrying precedent
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An alleged plot to kidnap and behead a Muslim soldier points to a precedent for western Europe and a hardening among British extremists determined to adopt horrific tactics tested in Iraq, experts say.
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Terror experts are confounded by the unusual profiles of those arrested in the British plots. Is there an Iraqi connection?
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A suspected plan to torture and behead a soldier appeared to be a tactical shift from plots to cause mass fatalities.
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The government is under pressure over plans to send UK troops towards central Iraq to assist US forces.
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Â· Siege fear as Britain plans handover to Iraqis Â· Commanders say they expect attacks to increase
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LONDON, Feb. 9 -- British police charged six men arrested in Birmingham last week with terrorism-related offenses Friday, officially alleging for the first time that the suspects were plotting to kidnap and kill a British soldier.
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January's severe police crackdown on suspected militants may rekindle sectarian tensions.
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The situation in Iraq has become more complicated and turbulent since a series of explosions hit the war-torn country on Saturday.
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The drama surrounding the fate of Kenneth Bigley highlights the different tactics taken by countries faced with citizens kidnapped in Iraq.
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Investigators are tracing their way through a maze of foreign links to a failed bomb plot in Britain to establish the possible role of al Qaeda's inner circle or its Iraqi arm, security sources said on Thursday.
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Reports that British troops based in the relatively calm south of Iraq could be redeployed under US command near strife-torn Baghdad drew a storm of criticism from opposition parties.
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There's new thinking at work among some of Al Qaeda's brains. How the British plot ties into the doctrine of a leading jihadi strategist known as Abu Musab al-Suri.
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Some in Iraq question how and why war is being waged.
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British police have charged five men with terrorism offences following raids last week in the central English city of Birmingham in connection with an alleged &quot;Iraq-style&quot; kidnap and beheading plot.
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Recent upsurge in attacks has parallels, and differences, with past insurgencies.
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The impending attack could decentralize the Iraqi insurgency and increase the risk of violence during elections.
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A TIME investigation reveals how Iraqi militants are devising innovative ways to make the war more deadly for U.S. troops