In Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda, published 22 June, Nasser al-Bahri, who was Osama bin Laden's personal bodyguard 1996 - 2001, gives a dramatic account of daily life in the terror group's secret HQ and training camps. He also reveals how he gradually became disenchanted with violent extremism, falling out with bin Laden and eventually leaving the organization shortly before 9/11.
London, UK, 10 June 2013
RAF Red Arrows Source: MoD
World famous aircraft past and present will fill the skies over Nottingham on 29 June to mark the fifth Armed Forces Day national event taking place in the city, Vigilance can report.
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TFH-1Mec Bde Photo: MoD
Vigilance can report that the headquarters of the British forces deployed in Afghanistan is set to move from Lashkar Gah to Camp Bastion this summer. Announcing this recently during a visit to see British troops in the country was the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond.
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