Pakistan's Problem with Taliban Denial
In the long-term, defeating the Taliban will depend not just on resolving the causes they use to recruit, but on uprooting popular denial.
In the long-term, defeating the Taliban will depend not just on resolving the causes they use to recruit, but on uprooting popular denial.
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An American list of the top 100 intellectuals was dominated by Muslims in the top 10; the only other American list dominated by Muslims is the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list.
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Watching President Obama and former Vice President Cheney duel on terror suspects: can Spock replace Rambo in the approach to Gitmo?
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It is difficult to see how much of the "evidence" against the Gitmo prisoners can be anything other than a tissue of lies extracted through torture, coercion, bribery and exploitation.
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The slimy bastards of the Bush Administration contributed to the deaths of more Americans at the hands of a foreign power than any President in the history of the United States.
Sheldon Filger | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics
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William Bradley | Posted 06.13.2009 | World
The move from McKiernan to McChrystal also seems to signify an end to nation-building fantasies in Afghanistan.
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Feherty insulted every person who puts on a uniform to fight for the US. He cast them all as hate mongers willing to assassinate members of the government that he doesn't care for.
AP | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's national security adviser says he isn't sure if Osama bin Laden is dead or alive. Retired Marine Gen. Jam...
Huffington Post | Posted 06.08.2009 | World
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Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.25.2009 | World
US attacks on tribal areas in Pakistan have done nothing to reduce the Taliban's influence, but rather have backfired and strengthened it politically.
Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 11.18.2009 | World
The US is showing some signs of "getting tough" with Israel. But where are the calls for getting tough with Saudi Arabia, that "other" country that has now enjoyed virtually unconditional, bipartisan support from the United States for decades?
presstv.ir | Posted 05.22.2009 | World
Taliban in Pakistan's Swat says the group will welcome militants from Saudi-Arabia and other Arab countries who intend to settle in the valley. ...
Christian Avard | Posted 05.18.2009 | World
In his latest book, Jurgen Todenhofer travels to Iraq as an unembedded journalist and gives an inside look at what is the Iraqi resistance, and revealing the myths and realities behind the resistance fighters and the terrorists.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.17.2009 | World
Dr. Post offers a step-by-step approach for political, military and ideological actions to induce behavioral, emotional and attitudinal changes to manage and minimize a "war" we just can't win.
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Where is all the furor over the $12 billion sent over to Iraq as pallets of cash, which then simply disappeared into that trillion dollar rat hole without accounting or explanation?
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