LONDON (Reuters) – Forget Yemen or Somalia. It is Britain and its ignominious record of violent Islamism that should be the focus of security concern after a suicide attack in Sweden by a man apparently radicalized in the UK.

So say critics of Britain’s counter-terrorism policies, arguing Saturday’s Stockholm attack shows the real threat facing Britain comes from long-standing official indulgence of anti-Western Islamist thinking among British Muslims.

LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Forget Yemen or Somalia. It is
Britain and its ignominious record of violent Islamism that
should be the focus of security concern after a suicide attack
in Sweden by a man apparently radicalised in the UK.

So say critics of Britain’s counter-terrorism policies,
arguing Saturday’s Stockholm attack shows the real threat facing
Britain comes from long-standing official indulgence of
anti-Western Islamist thinking among British Muslims.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain admitted lapses in its attempts to tackle Islamist militancy Wednesday after an attack in Sweden by a UK-educated bomber revived old charges the country is overly tolerant of the threat.

Britain became a hub of Islamist activity in the 1990s thanks to a tradition of granting asylum to Middle East dissidents, but after Sept 11. cracked down on what many believed had become a dangerously radical militant scene.

LONDON (Reuters) – Information posted online about the suspect in a botched suicide attack in Sweden strongly suggests he had help from others in publicising the incident and maybe also in planning it, security experts say.

Investigators probing the first fatal bombing by a suspected Islamist militant in Europe since 2007 are examining messages posted by an admirer who has threatened more such attacks if Western troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan.

LONDON (Reuters) – Information posted online about the suspect in a botched suicide attack in Sweden strongly suggests he had help from others in publicizing the incident and maybe also in planning it, security experts say.

Investigators probing the first fatal bombing by a suspected Islamist militant in Europe since 2007 are examining messages posted by an admirer who has threatened more such attacks if Western troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan.

LONDON (Reuters) – Was Taymour Abdulwahab a “lone wolf” or a team player when he died in an apparently botched suicide attack in Sweden at the weekend?

European security officials are pressing for urgent answers to that question following a flurry of signs in recent months indicating a rising terrorism threat to the continent.

LONDON (Reuters) – Swedish police investigating two blasts that rocked central Stockholm, killing the suspected bomber and wounding two people, said on Sunday they had good leads into what they said were “terror crimes.”

Here are questions and answers about possible perpetrators and tactics favored by militant groups.

LONDON (Reuters) – Cyber activists attacking organizations seen as foes of WikiLeaks briefly blocked a Dutch prosecution website on Friday after a 16-year-old suspected of involvement in the campaign was arrested in the Netherlands.

The activists also tried to block the website of online payment firm Moneybookers, but denied their attacks were intended to create business turmoil or badly disrupt online Christmas shopping.

LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Cyber activists striking at
companies seen as enemies of WikiLeaks tried to block the
website of online payment firm Moneybookers on Friday but denied
their campaign was intended to damage economic activity.

Some campaigners communicating on Internet channels also
called for attacks on official Dutch websites following the
arrest in The Hague on Thursday of a 16-year-old boy suspected
of involvement in the online campaign.

LONDON (Reuters) – Cyber activists striking at companies seen as enemies of WikiLeaks sought to block the website of online payment firm Moneybookers on Friday but denied their campaign was intended to damage economic activity.

Some activists communicating on Internet channels also called for attacks on official Dutch websites following the arrest in The Hague on Thursday of a 16-year-old boy suspected of involvement in the online campaign.