Is al-Qaeda Winning? Part Three
Owen Bennett-Jones tests the big promises governments have made about the financial war on terror.
10 Loka 200823min
In the Shadow of the Cartel Assignment
In Mexico, the government has deployed thousands of troops in an attempt to break up the powerful drug cartels operating in the country. Emilio San Pedro travels to the border city of Tijuana and prof...
9 Loka 200822min
Children of the Revolution Part two
In Iran, the constant drugs crisis and loss of skilled workers contrast with a lively internet scene which harbours poets, political dissidents and religious leaders.
8 Loka 200823min
Is al Qaeda Winning? part two
Owen Bennett-Jones looks at al Qaeda's hard power and military capabilities in its chosen key battlegrounds: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
3 Loka 200822min
Africa's Guantanamo Assignment
In Assignment, Robert Walker travels to East Africa to investigate a secret detention programme - involving the transfer of suspected terrorists across three countries: Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia.
2 Loka 200823min
Children of the revolution Part one
This series explores what life offers to Iran's burgeoning young population who are trapped by conservatism and an ailing economy. In the first programme, we hear how the war with Iraq acted as a cont...
1 Loka 200824min
Is al Qaeda Winning? Part one
Seven years into the global war on terror, is al-Qaeda winning? It's a deceptively simple question, one Owen Bennett-Jones asked in Riyadh, Peshawar and Baghdad, as well as London, Brussels and Washin...
29 Syys 200822min
Pakistan's Tribal areas
Pakistan's government is locked in an intense battle with Islamist militants for control of areas on its northern border with Afghanistan. For Assignment Owen Bennett-Jones visits the Khyber pass - th...
25 Syys 200822min
