United Kingdom
Events (34)
- September 14-15, 1990: Deployment of British, French Forces to Join US Troops in Persian Gulf Announced 1990-09-14
- April 15, 1998: Libya Issues First Arrest Warrant for Bin Laden 1998-04-15
- Mid-2000-December 9, 2000: British Intelligence Monitors Moussaoui; Records Him Talking to Future Shoe Bomber Richard Reid 2000-12-09
- August 21, 2001-September 13, 2001: FBI and CIA Ask British about Moussaoui But Get No Answer until After 9/11 2001-08-21
- Before September 11, 2001: Echelon Intelligence Network Used on Al-Qaeda 2001-09-11
- September 18-20, 2001: 9/11 Suspect Arrested in Morocco but Returns to Asylum in Britain 2001-09-18
- September 21-28, 2001: Suspected Hijacker Associate Is Arrested in Britain, Then Released After Pressure from Saudi Government 2001-09-21
- September 21, 2001: Algerian Pilot Arrested in Britain for Possible 9/11 Role; All Charges Are Later Dismissed 2001-09-21
- October 12, 2001: Additional Suspected Terrorist Supporters’ Assets Frozen 2001-10-12
- August 11, 2002: Afghans Directly Producing and Exporting Heroin in Broad Daylight 2002-08-11
- October 3, 2006: US Wants to Return Nine Guantanamo Detainees to Britain, but Britain Does Not Want Them 2006-10-03
- February 26, 2007: Iraq Cabinet Approves New Oil Law; Iraq Parliament Has Not Seen It, While Western Governments and Foreign Oil Companies Have 2007-02-26
- May 15, 2007: Study Ranks US Health Care System Last among Six Wealthy Countries 2007-05-15
- January-May 31, 2007: Britain Pays out More than $2.4 Million in Bribes to Taliban, Fails to Reduce Violence or Reach Peace Deal in Helmand Province 2007-05-31
- December 14, 2007: British Military Sources Tout Success of Secret Meetings with Taliban; Others Say Taliban Using UK to Expand Control, Settle Scores and Eliminate Rivals 2007-12-14
- February 17-19, 2009: British Components Found in Afghan Taliban Bombs; UK Military Blames British Muslims for Providing Parts 2009-02-17
- August 8, 2009: British Army Chief Says Coalition Engagement in Afghanistan May Take ‘30 to 40 Years’ 2009-08-08
- May 2000: Al-Qaeda Leader Is Arrested in Britain and Then Released
- May 2000: FBI Suspect Al-Qaeda Is Infiltrating US after Training Manual Is Discovered
- August-October 2001: Britain Seeks Indian Assistance in Catching Saeed Sheikh
- August 1920: British Announce Iraqi Insurgency Defeated; Intelligence Official Warns Otherwise
- Early December 2001: Al-Qaeda ‘Puppet Master’ Abu Qatada Disappears in Britain
- 1994: French Suspect Moussaoui Involvement in Assassination; British Block Investigation
- 1995 and After: Britain’s Attempts to Deport Radical Saudi Fail
- 1996: British Intelligence and Al-Qaeda Allegedly Cooperate in Plot to Assassinate Libyan Leader
- 1999: French Put Moussaoui on Watch List, Ask British to Monitor Him
- 1999: 9/11 Funder Offered Deal to Turn Informant
- Early 1920: British Battle Fierce Insurgency in Iraq
- February 2009: Secret Afghan Talks Backed by the British Continue with Taliban and Hekmatyar Sons-in-Law; Immunity and Political Role Discussed
- 1995-May 2000: Al-Qaeda Leader Connected to British Intelligence Lives Openly in Britain
- June 2002-March 2003: US Steps up Aerial Strikes against Targets in Iraq ‘No-Fly’ Zones
- July 2009: British Unemployment Rivals 1995 Level, 2.47 Million Seeking Jobs
- Summer 2007: British MI6 Agents Reportedly in Secret Talks with Taliban and Afghan Insurgent Leaders in Helmand Province, Provide ‘Mentoring’
- 1947: British Paper States That Middle East Is a ‘Vital Prize’ for Any Power Seeking ‘Domination’