Osama Bin Laden

The Iraq Crusade Is a Recruiting Sergeant for Bin Laden

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Senator McCain, Muslims, Robert Gates, Tony Blair, Senator Obama, George W. Bush, Iraq War, George H. W. Bush, Knesset, Ivor Roberts, President Bush, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

Soon after President Bush swore his support of Israel before the Knesset, Senator McCain questioned whether Senator Obama fully appreciates the threa...

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The Ghost of Hitler Has No Place In Today's War on Terrorism

Danielle Celena Belton | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al-Qaeda, Israel, World War II, Terrorism, George W. Bush, Osama Bin Laden, Nazi, Politics News

You can't look in the face of every zealot, every enemy and see Hitler's ghost. Hitler's dead. Osama lives. Adapt and learn how to deal with the men and the madness that exists today.

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Bin Laden Issues New Audio Message

AP | OMAR SINAN | Posted 05.18.2008 | Politics

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CAIRO, Egypt — Osama bin Laden released a new message on Sunday accusing Arab leaders of sacrificing the Palestinians and calling on Muslim mili...

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Betrayals, Backsliding and Boycotts: the Continuing Collapse of Guantanamo's Military Commissions

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.17.2008 | Politics

Anyone who has kept half an eye on the proceedings at the Military Commissions in Guantanamo will be aware that their progress has been faltering at best.

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Arab and Muslim Extremists Undermine a Just Cause

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, Arab Community, Palestine, Israel, President Bush, Palestinians, Barack Obama, Extremism, Politics News

The Arab American leadership is trying to play it both ways. It wants to satisfy the growing American public demand that they act with principle, while tolerating the intolerable hate speech and extremist rhetoric that is dominating the community's lexicon.

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The Case for 'Appeasement'

Lionel Beehner | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Hezbollah, Hamas, Middle East, Terrorism, Appeasement, Osama Bin Laden, Foreign Policy, Politics News

We should not appease, engage, or give shoulder rubs to Islamist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah. But wishing they would go away, while arming their enemies has gotten us nowhere.

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Web site: Bin Laden to release Israel message

AP | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

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NEW YORK — Osama bin Laden, who has threatened to extend al-Qaida's terror to Israel, will release a new Internet message dealing with Israelis ...

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That vs. Who: The Politics of Linguistics

Carol Maric | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

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I Object! Or is that Subject? This was my first reaction to the common linguistic objectification of sentient beings which has become pervasive in America.

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My Conversation with John Negroponte

Charlie Rose | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Syria, Charlie Rose, United Nations, The Philippines, Mexico, John Negroponte, Israel, Iraq, Osama Bin Laden, Honduras, Politics News

Negroponte speaks about the search for Osama bin Laden and Israel's attack on a suspected nuclear facility in Syria.

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The Insignificance and Insanity of Abu Zubaydah

Andy Worthington | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dan Coleman, Cia, Khalid Al-Hubayshi, Abu Zubaydah, The Guantanamo Files, Ron Suskind, Fbi, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

Abu Zubaydah, an alleged senior al-Qaeda operative, has been held without charge or trial as a "high-value detainee" for over six years, first in secr...

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Friday Talking Points [29] -- Pennsylvania Fallout

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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It was a telling sign that neither Democratic candidate saw fit to visit Punxsutawney before the Pennsylvania primary. Nobody wanted the press to rem...

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Daily Show on GAO Critique of Bush Anti-Terror War: "We Could Have Gotten Here By Doing Nothing."

Steve Clemons | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Terrorism, Pakistan, Gao, Global War on Terror, Afghanistan, Gwot, Edward George, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

Daily Show host Jon Stewart and Comedy Central Senior Military Analyst Rob Riggle had a mention-worthy chat last night about an important new Govern...

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Clinton Camp Won't Rule Out Another Bin Laden Ad

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

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A New York Times article on Sen. Hillary Clinton's strategy heading into Indiana notes: A senior Clinton aide said that she would tailor her message ...

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Between the Ds, it's Obama!

Michael Smerconish | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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I'm still a Republican, and while I won't have a vote in the battle between Obama and Hillary, if I could pull a lever on Tuesday, I would vote for Obama, for 7,000 reasons.

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The Man Who Would Be Bush

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Campaign '08, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Halliburton, Dick Cheney, Republican, Candidate, President Bush, Hillary Clinton, Osama Bin Laden, John McCain, President, Politics News

A vote for McCain is a vote for that rancid recipe mixing religious bigotry, imperial arrogance and corporate greed that he had stood against in the run-up to the 2000 presidential election.

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Obama Bin Laden?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

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Obama could have said, "It's Obama you moron." But he did not. Or he could have fired back and screamed, "Now you know why people are bitter... because of idiots like you." But he didn't.

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AP Chief Asks Barack About "Obama bin Laden"

Political Radar | Sunlen Miller and Cullen Dirner | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Barack Obama quickly corrected a slipup about his name Monday at the Associated Press' annual luncheon in Washington, DC. Dean Singleton, board ...

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Hillary Says She 'Misspoke' About Wrestling Bin Laden

Andy Borowitz | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

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"I may have misspoke about what went on that particular day," Clinton said. "But it was a very busy time for me, what with having that knife-fight with Kim Jong-Il and all."

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Bin Laden Urges Jihad for Palestinians

AP | MAAMOUN YOUSSEF and KATARINA KRATOVAC | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics

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CAIRO, Egypt — Osama bin Laden lashed out Thursday at Palestinian peace negotiations with Israel and called for a holy war to liberate the Pales...

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Fast and Loose With the Facts

Spencer Ackerman | Posted 03.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Saddam Hussein, Jeffrey Goldberg, Stephen Hayes, Five Years Iraq, Iraq War Five Years Later, Iraq Five Years Later, Iraq Five Years of War, Iraq, War in Iraq, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Media News

It seems as though, despite Jeffrey Goldberg's ability to escape accountability for his journalistic malpractice, he can't help smirking to attentive readers.

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Lewinsky Releases White House Schedule

Andy Borowitz | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics

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Lewinsky hoped that in releasing the schedule she would put to rest nagging questions about her role in the Northern Ireland peace talks and the controversial NAFTA trade agreement.

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Bin Laden Slams EU Over Prophet Cartoons

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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CAIRO, Egypt — Osama bin Laden, in a new audio message posted Wednesday, condemned the publication of drawings that he said insulted the Prophet...

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Philip Shenon's Commission Lays a Few 9/11 Conspiracy Theories to Rest

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

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Shenon doesn't attack government ineptitude for 9/11 head-on. He reveals the terrifying extent of it through a series of gripping vignettes.

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The War On Terror Is Over -- Thank You

Lionel Beehner | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gwot, u.s. Foreign Policy, Presidential Campaign, Terrorism, War on Terror, Osama Bin Laden, Bush, Robert Gates, Robert Gates War on Terror, Politics News

We've entered a post-GWOT world and not a second too soon. Besides the fact it was an abysmal failure--terrorist attacks have gone up since 9/11 everywhere, it was never a real war.

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Issues in Afghanistan? Obama's Right, Right-Wing Is So Wrong

Jon Soltz | Posted 02.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, John Warner, Politics News

Senator Warner and the rest of the Bush supporters should start taking troops at their word and pressure the president to address the equipment issues in Afghanistan.

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