War on Terrorism

Moral Economics of Being an Anti-Genocide Leader

Elizabeth Blackney | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: U.S. Economy, Women's Rights, Declaration of Independence, Darfur Genocide, War on Terrorism, Somalia, Barack Obama, Congo, Genocide, World News

Patriotic rhetoric emanates from both presidential campaigns, their allies, and the chirons of every broadcast and cable news division. Anchors and st...

Read Post

Airstrike Kills Senior Al-Qaida Leader In Yemen

AP | BY AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: US Military, Yemen, Terrorism, Obituary, War on Terrorism, Al Qaeda, World News, North Africa, Fahd Al-Quso Dead, Airstrikes, Cia, Middle East, Africa, Drone Strikes, Fahd Al-Quso, World News

SANAA, Yemen -- An airstrike Sunday killed a top al-Qaida leader on the FBI's most wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warshi...

Read Whole Story

The Assault on Civil Liberties Continues

Allan Brawley | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Barak Obama, Civil Liberties, Bill of Rights, Lusk Committee, Joseph McCarthy, Palmer-Raids, National Security, Franklin Roosevelt, Japanese Internment, Nypd Antiterror, Woodrow Wilson, War on Terrorism, Politics News

Assaults on our constitutional protections are not new. They have been a recurring phenomenon for at least the last hundred years.

Read Post

The Eternal "War on Terror"

Michael Brenner | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Terror, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, War on Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Taliban, Osama Bin Laden, World News

We are into the second decade of the "war on terror." It now ranges from the mountains of Afghanistan to the jungles of Colombia. It has dominated our lives since 9/11. Yet there is no measure of success to gauge progress or to say when it may end.

Read Post

Momentarily Confused Congress Declares War on War

James Napoli | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: War on Christmas, Congress, Military, Military Industrial Complex, War on Drugs, War on Terrorism, War, Comedy News

During a heated debate about American military involvement in several of the world's hot spots, an as-yet unidentified member of Congress blurted out a suggestion that the United States lead the world into a new era of enlightenment by declaring a war on war.

Read Post

This Man May Be The Dumbest Terrorist Ever

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Video, Matthew Baker, Dumb Crime, Mohammad Ashan, Weird Terrorism, Taliban, Dumb Terrorist, War on Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, Weird Afghanistan, Dumb Criminal Masterminds, Weird News News

If Osama bin Laden is remembered as the most dangerous terrorist ever, then Mohammad Ashan may be remembered as the dumbest. Ashan, a mid-level Tal...

Read Whole Story

Cosmic War Comes To Toulouse

Mark Juergensmeyer | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Cosmic War, Religious Terrorism, War on Terrorism, Terrorism, Religious Extremism, Toulouse, Religion News

The killing spree by Mohammed Merah in Toulouse, France is an eerie reminder of the War on Terror. It has come when we thought that religious terrorism was a thing of the past.

Read Post

America as Constitutional Republic: When Can the President Kill?

Doug Bandow | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Targeted Killings, Civil Liberties, Anwar-Al-Awlaki-Killed, Anwar Al Awlaki, Constitution, Terrorism, International Law, Surveillance, Fisa, Barack Obama War on Terrorism, Assassination, Drones, Predator Drones, Hamdi-v-Rumsfeld, War on Terror, War on Terrorism, Politics News

What should be done if there are no obvious battlefields and no certain combatants? Should propagandists be treated as fighters? Are any procedural protections required before a U.S. citizen can be killed?

Read Post

Scoring the Global War on Terror

Andrew Bacevich | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: U.S. Afghanistan, U.S. Iraq, War on Terror, Global War on Terror, Global-War-on-Terroism, War on Terrorism, World News

With the United States now well into the second decade of what the Pentagon has styled an "era of persistent conflict," the war formerly known as the global war on terrorism (unofficial acronym WFKATGWOT) appears increasingly fragmented and diffuse.

Read Post

Bond Considered For Colorado Terrorist Suspect

AP | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Colorado Terrorist Suspect, Jamshid Muhtorov, Denver News, Aurora Colorado, Terrorism, Denver Colorado, Uzbek Refugee Colorado, War on Terrorism, Colorado, Video, Denver News

DENVER -- A federal magistrate judge is considering whether a Colorado man should be released on bond as federal prosecutors pursue terrorism charges ...

Read Whole Story

New Report Pinpoints Terrorism 'Hot Spots' In U.S.

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Attacks, Manhattan Terrorism Attacks, Washington Attack, Terrorism Hot Spot, Terrorism, War on Terrorism, Terrorist Attacks, Los Angeles Attacks, San Francisco Attack, Video, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, Nationalist Terrorism, Right-Wing Terrorism, /11, Left-Wing Terrorism, Global Terrorism Database, Politics News

A study of nearly 40 years of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil reveals that nearly a third took place in just five major urban "hot spots": New York, Lo...

Read Whole Story

Ron Paul Slams GOP Senator On House Floor Over Detention Of American Citizens (VIDEO)

Mollie Reilly | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Sc Primary, Congress, South Carolina Primary, National Defense Authorization Act, Ron Paul National Defense Authorization Act, Terrorism, Ron Paul, Guantanamo Detainees, Elections 2012, Guantanamo, South Carolina Primary Election, Sc Election 2012, Lindsey Graham, Sc Election, South Carolina Primary Election 2012, War on Terrorism, Politics News, Politics, Video, Enemy Combatants, 2012 Election, Sc Primary 2012, Ron Paul 2012, South Carolina Primary 2012, Sc Primary Election 2012, Indefinite Detention, Politics News

On Wednesday, GOP presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) urged his congressional colleagues to support legislation that would repeal a clause ...

Read Whole Story

Obama's Indefinite Detention Law Could Refill Gitmo

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: John McCain, War on Terror, McCain Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Bay 10 Years, Obama Guantanamo Closing, Terrorism, John McCain Guantanamo, Obama Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Indefinite Military Detention, Lindsey Graham, Lindsey Graham Guantanamo, War on Terrorism, Gitmo, John Mccain Terrorism, Guantanamo Bay Anniversary, Video, Indefinite Detention Bill, Obama Guantanamo, Obama Indefinite Detention, Guantanamo Bay, Gitmo Detainees, Obama Guantanamo Detainees, Indefinite Detention, World News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama failed two years ago to close the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison, and with Wednesday marking the 10th anniversary...

Read Whole Story

Exclusive: NPR's Steve Inskeep Talks About His New Book on Karachi: Can Pakistan Turn the Corner?

Anis Shivani | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Jihad, Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi, Pakistan Democracy, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistan, Jihadism, Shia-Sunni Conflict, AfPak War, Steve Inskeep, Karachi, War on Terrorism, Pakistan Crisis, Terrorism, Books News

Steve Inskeep, co-host of NPR's Morning Edition, has written a most readable, informative, entertaining, and provocative narrative of contemporary Karachi. I recently had an email discussion with Inskeep about the city and the region.

Read Post

Food Safety and Terrorism

Matthew Edlund, M.D. | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Pesticides, War on Terrorism, Monoculture, Corn, Stephen Hatfill, Terrorism, Health, 9/11, Genetically Modified Food, Pests, Soybeans, Food Safety, Anthrax, Green News

Welcome to the wacky, dysfunctional world of the "war on terrorism" -- American division -- post 9/11 -- where inaction on food safety could threaten both the economy and our security.

Read Post

Al-Qaeda and John Yoo: Concerns and a Qualified Endorsement We Can Do Without

Dorian de Wind | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Anwar Al-Awlaki, Yemen, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Waterboarding, U.S. Constitution, John Yoo, Torture Memos, War on Terrorism, Al Qaeda, World News

Yoo, the mastermind of the infamous "torture memos" that provided "legal" justification for torture in the form of waterboarding, has now expressed his qualified support for the killing of al-Awlaki.

Read Post

The Legacy of 9/11 and the War on Intellectuals

Stephen Zunes | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Bush Administration, Terrorism, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11, Academic Freedom, Campus Watch, War on Terrorism, Al Qaeda, World News

Ten years after 9/11, for the first time, a plurality of Americans recognizes that US policy in the Middle East played a major role in the attacks. It was not, as George W. Bush famously put it, simply because, "They hate our freedom."

Read Post

A Decade of 9/11: Past, Present and Future

Paul Heroux | Posted 11.08.2011

A decade after 9/11, where have we been, where are we now, and where are we going?

Read Post

Oslo and the War on Terror

Michael Brenner | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Oslo Norway, Norway, War on Terror, Norway Shooting, War on Terrorism, Norway Bombing, Oslo Bombing, Oslo, World News

The Oslo attacks should prompt a moment's reflection on the terrorist threat and how we approach it.

Read Post

Somali Citizen Brought To New York To Face Terrorism Charges

AP | By MATT APUZZO | Posted 09.04.2011

WASHINGTON -- A Somali citizen captured in April was interrogated aboard a U.S. warship for two months and is now in New York to face terrorism charge...

Read Whole Story

The Absurdity of the National Security State

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, Al Qaeda, Al Queda Terrorists, Al Qaeda Militants, Al Qaeda Prison, Counter Terrorism, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Military-Prison, Guantanamo Obama, Guantantmo Torture, Guantanamo Trials, War on Terrorism, Decade After 9/11 - National Security, World News

As lawmakers fall all over each other to prove who's toughest on terrorism, critics from across the political spectrum are finally starting to decry the absurd results.

Read Post

WATCH: NBC News' Richard Engel Calls War On Terrorism 'A War Of Fear'

Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Richard Engel, Msnbc, Meet the Press, Video, War on Terror, NBC News, Terrorism, David Gregory, War on Terrorism, Media News

NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel had some critical words on Sunday's 'Meet The Press' about the war on terrorism. SCROLL UP FOR V...

Read Whole Story

The Search for War

Norman Solomon | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Afghan War, Afghanistan War, War in Afghanistan, War on Terrorism, War on Terror, Politics News

In times of war, U.S. presidents have often talked about yearning for peace. But the last decade has brought a gradual shift in the rhetorical zeitgeist while a tacit assumption has taken hold -- war must go on, one way or another.

Read Post

Bin Laden Kill Shatters Obama Soft-on-Terrorism Myth

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Gop, Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Military, Bush, Bin Laden and Obama, War on Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden Death, Osama Bin Laden Killed, Obama Osama Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

During the 2008 presidential election campaign, the GOP hit plan on Obama was simple: pound him as soft on the war on terrorism. But Obama moved quickly to counter the fable.

Read Post

John Brennan: We Would Have Taken Osama Bin Laden Alive

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Elections 2012, War on Terrorism, Bin Laden Dead, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser John Brennan said Monday that U.S. military operatives were prepared to capture ...

Read Whole Story