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Return of the gun

Kevin Toolis — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:37:48 GMT

The hounding of an Irish journalist for her IRA contacts signals the security services� panic at the threat of re-emerging violence. Their worries are well founded

The rules of successful rebellion

Kevin Toolis — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 12:00:00 GMT

By historical standards, the Palestinians have waged an ineffective terrorist campaign. But the costs to Israel are still too high

The stooge of Baghdad

Kevin Toolis — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 12:00:00 GMT

Iraq handover - Puppet regimes have had a poor record over the past 2,000 years. Allawi is unlikely to improve on it

Rise of the terrorist professors

Kevin Toolis — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:00:00 GMT

Throughout academia, the study of terrorism is booming. But in reality, argues Kevin Toolis, these "experts" represent an ideology that has its roots in the cold war and in Israeli conservatism

Torture: Simply the spoils of victory?

Kevin Toolis — Mon, 10 May 2004 12:00:00 GMT

The French in Algeria, the British in Northern Ireland: soldiers have long resorted to abusing and humiliating their captive enemy. So why are we so shocked by the photos from Iraq?

Iraq will be Blair's Northern Ireland

Kevin Toolis — Mon, 20 Oct 2003 12:00:00 GMT

The Prime Minister took Britain out of a futile 30-year war against a tiny but determined terrorist resistance. Why, then, lead us straight back into another?

NS Profile - Sinn Fein

Kevin Toolis — Mon, 14 Oct 2002 12:00:00 GMT

There is nothing like it in the western political universe. Shinners don't lunch with journalists, don't chat, don't leak. Sinn Fein profiled