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Afghanistan, British Army

Cracking on in Helmand

(Published in Prospect Magazine 27th August 2009 — Issue 162) Stephen Grey Britain’s bloody campaign in Afghanistan has been marred […]

Afghanistan, Basra, Iraq

Retreat from Basra – learning the lessons

By Stephen Grey IN the dark of the night, as the bugler sounded the “advance”, the British Army began its […]

Afghanistan, British Army

Aiding the Enemy?

This is the official response to my piece on the British Army Review. British Army Review MOD Director of Media […]

Afghanistan, Basra, British Army, Iraq

MoD blocked warning that Britain faces Afghan defeat

From The Sunday Times September 6, 2009 By Stephen Grey THE Ministry of Defence has suppressed a report which warned […]

Afghanistan, British Army, Helmand

The Fog of War

published in the New Statesman, 13 August 2009. Stephen Grey IN 2001, British troops marched into Afghanistan on a mission […]

CIA, Guantanamo, Intelligence, MI6

UK made use of CIA 'torture' evidence

Right or wrong, Britain did benefit from evidence obtained by from the CIA’s now-notorious programme of High Value Target (HVT) […]

Afghanistan, British Army

The UK Comprehensive Approach in Afghanistan: a parody of reality?

I gave evidence to the UK House of Commons Defence Select Committee on 30th June, 2009. Extracts based on uncorrected […]

Afghanistan, British Army, Helmand

A Lack of Cover

The deaths of British soldiers in Afghanistan are not being given prominence in the press because the MoD is restricting […]

"War on Terror", CIA, Intelligence, Rendition, Secret Prisons

Libya says missing CIA prisoner "committed suicide"

By Stephen Grey ONE of the most important members of the Al Qaeda captured by the CIA in the months […]

Afghanistan, British Army, Helmand

Jonno the Brave

AN EXTRACT FROM OPERATION SNAKEBITE More than 150 British service personnel have died in Afghanistan. Like many of them, Sergeant […]

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ONSALE NOW: The New Spymasters

Just released in UK/ on sale July 15 in US/Canada

In this era of email intercepts and drone strikes, many believe that the spy is dead. What use are double agents and dead letter boxes compared to the all-seeing digital eye? They couldn't be more wrong ... a revealing story of how spycraft and the 'human factor' survive, against the odds.

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