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Blowback from US Aggression – Get Used to It
Smoke billows outside the US embassy in Sana yesterday after a car bomb set off a series of explosions outside the heavily fortified embassy in Yemen.Reaping The Iraq WhirlwindBy M Duss / September 18, 2008 The Washington Post confirms that … Continue reading
For Now, Our War on al Qaeda Is Over
On the Seventh Anniversary of September 11: Time to Declare the original al-Qaeda DefeatedBy Juan Cole / September 11, 2008 The original al-Qaeda is defeated. It is a dangerous thing for an analyst to say, because obviously radical Muslim extremists … Continue reading
9/11 : The Politics of Fear, Religious Fanaticism and Checks & Balances
‘They’ve attacked us! Turn on your TV!!’By Thomas Cleaver / The Rag Blog / September 11, 2008 I remember seven years ago today like it was yesterday: the phone call at 0545 pulling me from sleep to hear a friend … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, al-Qaida, Bill of Rights, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Religious Fanaticism, Terrorism, War on Terror
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Dumbing Down the War on Terror
Dumbest salvo yet in the war on terror, courtesy of the London policeBy Cory Doctorow / August 30, 2008 Today I spotted this sign at a Tesco’s grocery store in Islington, London — it might just be the single stupidest … Continue reading
Suing to End Twenty-First Century Slavery
This story yields speculation of another relatively predictable outcome: the acquital of KBR of any wrongdoing (see our post, Because the Empire is never, Ever Wrong – this is really all the same story, differing details). As Juan Cole points … Continue reading
Remember : This Could Be YOU (Without Warning)
Pa pilot says he’s on watch list, sues to save jobBy Peter Jackson / August 20, 2008 HARRISBURG, Pa. — A commercial airline pilot and convert to Islam who says his name is on the U.S. government’s secret terrorist watch … Continue reading
MI5: No Easy Way to Identify a Terrorist in Britain
I don’t suppose that George W. Bush’s minions will bother reading this for the purpose of learning something meaningful about terrorism. The dogma in this administration precludes actually seeking the truth (about anything at all). Richard Jehn / The Rag … Continue reading
Yugoslavia : Precursor to the Bloodbaths in Afghanistan and Iraq
Kosova Liberation Army (KLA) regulars John Pilger digs beneath the received wisdom for the break-up of Yugoslavia and points to a largely ignored memoir by the former chief prosecutor in The Hague – and an echo from current events in … Continue reading
The ‘War’ on Terror : It Just Doesn’t Work
Calling it a ‘war’ is a boon to terrorist recruiters.By Seth G. Jones and Martin C. Libicki / August 6, 2008 ARLINGTON, Va. – Military might against Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups isn’t working – and no wonder. After … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Qaida, Counter-terrorism, Militant Islam, Terrorism, War on Terror
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The PATRIOT Act’s War on Charity
‘New powers granted to the Treasury Department currently allow the government to shut down charities based on unfounded claims’ By Maya Schenwar / August 5, 2008 Since the PATRIOT Act’s passage almost seven years ago, many of its adverse effects … Continue reading
Just Another "War on Terror" Conspiracy Theory
Vital unresolved anthrax questions and ABC NewsBy Glenn Greenwald The FBI’s lead suspect in the September, 2001 anthrax attacks — Bruce E. Ivins — died Tuesday night, apparently by suicide, just as the Justice Department was about to charge him … Continue reading
