Jason Burke

Bin Laden may not be capable of organising terror attacks directly, but then he does not need to

For many in key Thai resort, it is sun, sex and booze as usual

After one of the most murderous weeks since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, Jason Burke reveals a nation struggling for normality amid the chaos and the bloodshed

Jason Burke in Baghdad reports on the confused psychology of the Iraqi resistance and meets a Sunni guerrilla who welcomed the Americans at first but is now happy to have black GIs in his sights

Heads of security services and governments around the world have something in common with Osama bin Laden. They all stand to benefit from exaggerating the capabilities of al-Qaeda.

Jason Burke in Iraq reports on the aftermath of a long and brutal siege and describes the ruthless tactics used by US forces to oust Moqtada al-Sadr

Britain and America launched a desperate effort yesterday to prevent more than 30,000 of their citizens fleeing Saudi Arabia in fear after the execution last week of an American technician by an Islamic militant group.

Jason Burke, an expert on al-Qaeda, detects a growing revulsion in the Muslim world against the random atrocities committed by its self-appointed champions and sees in it a promise of terrorism's defeat

Jason Burke charts the worldwide hidden network of prisons where more than 3,000 al-Qaeda suspects have been held without trial - and many subjected to torture - since 9/11

The strikes mark a devastating new phase in resistance in the country.

They sat and laughed and talked long into the early hours, about religion and war and the meaning of life. But most of all, they talked about death.

The men were sitting in a circle with their weapons beside them. One, a balding 47-year-old, was the centre of attention. Hamed Karzai, an urbane American businessman and a leader of one of the key Pashtun tribes, was gathering the clans.

Kandahar, the spiritual and administrative heart of the Taliban, was quiet.