Britain’s foreign secretary calls ‘war on terror’ a mistake

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In today’s issue of The Guardian newspaper, Britain’s foreign secretary, David Milliband, called the “War on Terror” a mistake. He wants a review of the tactics used to combat terror and calls the current strategy misleading and mistaken. These remarks were repeated in a speech he made in Mumbai today. For more on this we are joined by Naomi Grimley, the BBC’s political affairs correspondent in London.

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