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Top police chief: We must start negotiating with Al Qaeda now to stop terror Mail Online

May 31 2008, Nick

A police chief was slapped down by the Government yesterday for suggesting Britain could open talks with Al Qaeda.Sir Hugh Orde, head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, said he knew of no terror campaign that had not ended with negotiation.

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