Declassified UK files show officials warned of Israeli abuses in 2002 West Bank offensive
Declassified Foreign Office files have revealed that British officials were warning about Israeli conduct in the occupied West Bank as far back as 2002. The documents, made public in 2024 and later examined in a recent investigation, describe what one official called a pattern of human rights abuses during Israel's Operation Defensive Shield. The files also show that the concerns were raised while Tony Blair was prime minister and Israel was carrying out a major military offensive in the territory.The records date to March 2002, when then-Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon launched Operation Defensive Shield after a wave of attacks... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 11 Sep 2026 21:32 LONDON
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CIA releases declassified 9/11 warning documents on anniversary of attacks
The CIA has released 71 declassified daily presidential briefs that include warnings about al-Qaeda years before the 11 September 2001 attacks. The documents were published on the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. They span from early 1998 to the day after the attacks and include material from both the Clinton and Bush administrations.Among the newly released records is a briefing dated 10 September 1998 that said Osama Bin Laden's preferred location for a strike was inside the United States, with Washington identified as a prime target. The same... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 11 Sep 2026 21:30 LONDON
