Terror

Build, Don't Destroy in Afghanistan: An Open Letter to President Obama

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.20.2009 | World


Jim Wallis

Already, thousands of our readers have signed a letter and contacted the White House urging a new way forward in Afghanistan. I encourage you to read it and to endorse this message if you have not done so already.

Smiling at Fear: Pema Chodron

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living


Alison Rose Levy

Whether we seek protection, or try to prove how brave we are, we often miss fear's true opportunity to teach us authentic courage.

Muhammad Movie Planned: Film Brings Together Hollywood Producer Barrie Osborne And Banned Muslim Cleric Sheikh Yousef al-Qaradawi

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.02.2009 | Entertainment


A movie about the prophet Muhammad is in the works, according to Reuters. According to reports, the $150 million film will bring together a major holl...

Afghanistan: A Whole New Approach

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.29.2009 | World


Jim Wallis

When you massively intervene in a country as much as the U.S. has in Afghanistan, you can't responsibly just walk away. We must lead with what works -- development.

Boston Terror Arrest: Tarek Mehanna Arrested For Planning Attacks On Shopping Malls

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 10.22.2009 | Home


BOSTON — A Massachusetts man and two friends tried and failed to get into terrorist training camps and then plotted to kill two prominent U.S. p...

Senior Official Removed From NYPD Terror Unit After Terror Probe Disrupted

New York Times | WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and AL BAKER | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York


The New York Police Department has removed a senior official from one of its two sometimes competing antiterrorism units, after it played a role in di...

Right-Wing Terror Tactics: Here We Go Again!

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


Robert D. Stolorow

Right-wing extremists and corporate propagandists are once again trying to incite the dread of collective retraumatization in their attempt to obstruct President Obama's plan for health-care reform.

Sleep Paralysis Gets Screentime--But Not as a Horror Flick

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living


Dr. Michael J. Breus

Sleep paralysis is an area that deserves more attention and study.

US May Create Terror Interrogation Unit, Looking Into Alternative Interrogation Techniques: Official

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering creating a special unit of professional interrogators to handle key terror suspects, focusi...

Uighurs, Tibetans, Jews

Gershon Hepner | Posted 08.07.2009 | World


Gershon Hepner

In China, Moslems called the Uighurs are fighting to be free of rule by Han Chinese. It figures that they want liberty.

Supreme Court Will Not Hear 9/11 Victims Claims Vs. Saudi Arabia

AP | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has refused to allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to pursue lawsuits against Saudi Arabia and four of its prin...

Taking Our Seat at the Table

Aram Khayatpour | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics


Aram Khayatpour

After having to deal with the idiotic thugs of the last 8 years who wielded military might as if they were overcompensating for their own insecurities, we now have a president who seems to get it.

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...

Reading The Pictures: Monsters of Gitmo

Michael Shaw | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics


Michael Shaw

2009-06-02-gitmo20_06.jpg In the past weeks and days, new photos have been released of Gitmo prisoners.

Terrorist Ethnic Profiling In Europe Yielded 'No Convictions To Date': Study

Spiegel | Posted 06.26.2009 | World


A new study has found that ethnic profiling is worse than useless when it comes to preventing terror attacks and has never led to a terrorism convicti...

Limbaugh Resigns, Cheney Immediately Takes Over as Republican Titular Party Head in GOP Response to Obama

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media


Jennifer Donahue

Rush, I see that you have tried to resign from a position I named you to, along with others in the "drive-by media."

The New Terror in the Middle East: Swine

Jamal Dajani | Posted 06.01.2009 | World


Jamal Dajani

A spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt calls swine flu "more serious than a hydrogen bomb" during a symposium on the health scare. Egypt's pa...

How It Is: Psychiatrists, Physicians, and Torture

Dan Agin | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics


Dan Agin

If the design of torture at Guantanamo came from psychiatrists, they should bear the full brunt of public condemnation.

The Term "Man Caused Disasters" Sounds Weak, but the "War on Terror" Has Always Been Weaker

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.07.2009 | World


Yvonne R. Davis

President Obama knows the United States has been losing these wars and also knows the terrible impact these wars have had on a group of people when they are labeled and targeted.

How It Was: Terror and Water-Boarding the Insane in Philadelphia

Dan Agin | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics


Dan Agin

It seems that everyone in the world knows about water-boarding except certain people in the Bush administration. Our good fortune is that the Bush adm...

Imagine a World....

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 04.27.2009 | Living


Robert D. Stolorow

How can it be that emotional trauma is so profoundly context-dependent and, at the same time, is built into our existence itself?

The Economic Crisis as Collective Trauma

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics


Robert D. Stolorow

The current economic crisis is reanimating once again the feelings of terror, vulnerability, and powerlessness spawned by the attack of 9/11.

In Gaza: Mostly Phone Terror But Some Encouraging Calls

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 02.17.2009 | World


Daoud Kuttab

Unlike in any other war or military conflict, in Gaza there is absolutely no place for people to run to get away from the hell of the fighting.

Al-Qaeda Sees Opportunity In Gaza Conflict

Asia Times Online | Posted 02.06.2009 | World


KARACHI - The ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza against Hamas, which has aroused the Arab street, although Egypt and Saudi Arabia support the action, ...

The Gentler Gamester is the Soonest Winner

Jim Wallis | Posted 01.04.2009 | World


Jim Wallis

As American and Indian intelligence continue to point to the Pakistani militant organization as responsible for last weeks attacks in Mumbai, I hope they've read a new report from the National Intelligence Council.