Osama Bin Laden

Osama Bin Laden's Son: Dad Gassed MY Dogs

NY Daily News | By James Gordon Meek | Posted 08.10.2009 | World


OSAMA BIN LADEN'S son Omar first realized the depth of his father's evil when his beloved dogs were taken away and gassed in a chemical warfare experi...

More Racist Online Musings From Young Republican Candidate Revealed

The Daily Beast | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics


Thirty-eight year old Audra Shay's campaign to become the next chairman of the Young Republicans went from obscure to infamous over the past week, aft...

History Has Not Yet Judged Bush

James Denselow | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


James Denselow

Certainly Bush's rewriting of his Iraq legacy will be helped by his decision to reverse his earlier policies, abandoning the idealism of the top-down reinvention of Iraq, for reality-based pragmatism.

17,000 Troops? What's Really Behind the Thinking?

Paul Fitzgerald | Posted 08.15.2009 | World


Paul Fitzgerald

Whether it realizes it or not, Washington has placed itself in a fight for its life in Afghanistan, just the way the Soviets did.

Jason Linkins

Jon Stewart Blasts Glenn Beck & Michael Scheuer For Promoting Slaughter Of Americans (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.02.2009 | Comedy


Stewart spoke from the perspective of someone who lived through a terrorist attack and had little patience for fools who just casually suggest that maybe we'd all benefit from another one.

Osama Visited America For 2 Weeks

New Yorker | Steve Coll | Posted 08.01.2009 | World


The question of whether Osama bin Laden has ever visited the United States, a subject on which I have expended an unhealthy amount of energy in the co...

Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Guest: Osama Bin Laden Should Attack Again (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


As many of you know, the modern and civilized life that we lead in America, as sensible people, has long clashed terribly with the panoply of phantasm...

New Tape: Osama Bin Laden or Sacha Baron Cohen?

Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 07.30.2009 | Comedy


Sybil Adelman Sage

"There has never been a fake bin Laden tape," a U.S. counterterrorism official announced, but they are investigating as the voice sounds suspiciously like that of Sacha Baron Cohen.

Are We Any Closer To Capturing Bin Laden?

The Guardian | Julian Borger and Declan Walsh | Posted 07.25.2009 | World


He is still alive. That is the one thing that can be said about Osama bin Laden these days with any degree of certainty. At least, he was still alive ...

Osama bin Laden Is a Dead Man

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.18.2009 | World


Cenk Uygur

Al Qaeda is running out of money and out of options. They have lost the good will of their hosts and might be in some serious trouble. Osama bin Laden will be killed or captured within the year.

Sarah Palin's Letter to David Letterman

Matt Littman | Posted 07.17.2009 | Comedy


Matt Littman

Dear Dave, I take to heart your belated apology for your disgusting, inappropriate joke about my daughter. It took a long time for you to man up an...

CIA: Bin Laden Still Believed To Be In Pakistan

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 07.12.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — The CIA believes Osama bin Laden is still in Pakistan, and the spy agency is hoping to close in on him as that country's military c...

Gadhafi In Italy Likens U.S. To Osama Bin Laden

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 07.12.2009 | World


ROME — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi faced angry protests and tough questions on human rights Thursday as he gave a speech at a Rome university ...

The Bush Hangover: Guantanamo Undercuts Our Protests of North Korea

Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

The next time you see a Republican defend torture or Guantanamo, think of what is going on in North Korea now and what Lakhdar Boumediene went through.

Congressman Ron Paul Talks Foreign Policy: New Face, Same Policy

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics


Kathleen Wells, J.D.

Congressman Ron Paul: I think Obama is purely political. I think he has backed down on what he said.

In Sri Lanka: Explaining the Tamil Tigers

Jim Luce | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


Jim Luce

The Sri Lankan government has battled the Tamil Tigers on two fronts for almost three decades: on the battlefield and in the arena of world opinion. No one thought they could win militarily, but they did.

The End of the Clash of Civilizations? Rock the Casbah!

Derek Flood | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


Derek Flood

Obama attempted to refute violent Islamism with what I'll term "Unifying Abrahamism." Quoting the three holy books, he forced his audience to confront their shared histories.

Obama Speech Aimed At Bin Laden, Aides Say

Politico | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics


President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world was loaded with phrases and ideas aimed very much at rattling one man he never mentioned: Osama bi...

Obama: Three Continents, One Day

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics


Christina Bellantoni

First published at WashingtonTimes.com   DRESDEN, GERMANY -- The whirlwind tour continues here Friday as President Obama sees Buchenwald concent...

Repositioning America: Obama's Cairo Speech as the Ultimate in Event Marketing

William Bradley | Posted 07.05.2009 | World


William Bradley

Not only did no one throw shoes at Obama, the crowd of 3,000 in Cairo gave him a standing ovation. Watching the speech, I had the feeling that the world might be changing again.

White House Slogan for Cairo Speech: New Beginning

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 07.04.2009 | World


Christina Bellantoni

Aides told us reporters traveling with Obama that the speech tomorrow in Cairo will last between 40 and 45 minutes. They also announced an unprecedented social networking blitz to engage the Muslim world.

White House: Bin Laden Timing Not Surprising

AP | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The White House says it's not surprised that Osama bin Laden has released a new audio recording threatening America just ...

Bin Laden: Obama's Pakistan Support Inflamed Hatred Toward The U.S.

AP | MAAMOUN YOUSSEF | Posted 07.04.2009 | World


CAIRO — Osama bin Laden threatened Americans in a new audio recording aired Wednesday, saying President Barack Obama inflamed hatred toward the ...

Pakistan's Problem with Taliban Denial

Olivia Sterns | Posted 07.02.2009 | World


Olivia Sterns

In the long-term, defeating the Taliban will depend not just on resolving the causes they use to recruit, but on uprooting popular denial.

Have You Ever Heard of the 'Muslim Effect'?

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.26.2009 | World


Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

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.