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The family of Omar Deghayes, a former detainee in Guantanamo Bay, have endured a series of racist attacks in their hometown of Saltdean, near Brighton.

A US airstrike on a suspected Al Qaida leader, Saleh Nabhan, in Somalia has triggered a new round of fighting in the east African state.

The Nazi British National Party (BNP) had hoped to build on the election of their two MEPs in June. Instead they have found themselves hounded wherever they go. Their first post-election press conference ended in farce as leader Nick Griffin was covered in eggs and forced to flee.

CIA agents carried out mock executions and threatened a prisoner with a gun and a power drill as part of the "war on terror".

Danni Hamilton’s son is in the British army. He has now been given battle orders to go to Afghanistan. She spoke to Socialist Worker about why the troops should be brought home:

Clare Glenton’s husband, Joe, is a British soldier who has refused to return to fight in Afghanistan and is being charged with desertion. Clare spoke to Socialist Worker:

People lined the streets of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire on Tuesday to show their respects for the British soldiers recently killed in Afghanistan.

There is a growing sense that the war in Afghanistan is heading for even greater disaster and cannot be won.

Events in Pakistan last week offered a stark reminder of why the "war on terror" will not go away.

On a visit to CIA headquarters, President Barack Obama stated it was time to admit "mistakes" and "move forward" – by promising CIA agents would not face legal action over their involvement in torture and adding "you should be proud to be members of the CIA".

A high-profile counter-terrorism raid, in which 12 Pakistani students were arrested on Wednesday of last week, has raised key issues over civil liberties and the "war on terror".

Further evidence is emerging of systematic British involvement in "extraordinary rendition".