Britain in battle with US over fighter plane

Posted at: Sun Dec 4th, 2005

BRITAIN is threatening to pull out of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), a co-operative combat-aircraft project with America that is one of the largest military programmes in the world. The move, confirmed to The Sunday Times by senior defence officials, could have serious repercussions...

Al-Qaeda number three 'killed by CIA spy plane' in Pakistan

Posted at: Sun Dec 4th, 2005

Al-Qaeda's third-ranking leader has been killed by a missile fired by an American drone in Pakistan, near the Afghan border, NBC television news reported yesterday. Egyptian-born Abu Hamza Rabia, who is said to head al-Qaeda's international operations, was among five people killed in ...