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Richard Barrett, Former Director of Global Counter Terrorism Operations, UK

Hardtalk talks to Richard Barrett, a former UK counter-terror chief and until recently head of a UN team monitoring al Qaeda, about how best to confront the jihadist threat.

In the wake of the Paris attacks mounted by homegrown militants swearing allegiance variously to al Qaeda in Yemen and the self-styled Islamic State, politicians in the west have promised to beef up security measures. Hardtalk talks to Richard Barrett, a former UK counter-terror chief and until recently head of a UN team monitoring al Qaeda, about how best to confront the jihadist threat.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 16 Jan 2015 04:30GMT

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Presenter Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Richard Barrett

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