Al Qaeda

Obama and the Taliban

Mark Levine | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al-Qaeda, Obama Europe, Bush, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Nato, Presidential Race, Obama, Taliban, Europe, Iraq, War on Terror, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Mark Levine

While sharing a similar ideology, al-Qa'eda and the Taliban are fundamentally distinct entities. It would behoove Sen. Obama, and his Republican counterpart, to explain exactly who the "Taliban" are they plan to fight.

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Criticizing McCain's Senior Moments is Fair Game

Sam Sedaei | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gaffe, John McCain, George W. Bush, Iran, Iraq, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

If McCain, who brags about his foreign policy credentials, can't get the facts right about who shares a border with whom and who's helping who in different struggles, he is not qualified to lead this country.

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Court Confirms President's Dictatorial Powers in Case of US "Enemy Combatant" Ali al-Marri

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Supreme Court, Us Constitution, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Enemy Combatants, Judge Diana Gribbon Motz, Ali Al-Marri, Terrorism, Jose Padilla, Taliban, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge William B. Traxler, Yaser Hamdi, Al Qaeda, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Not content with endorsing the president's dictatorial right to imprison "enemy combatants", the judges ruled that the President did not even have to allege that an "enemy combatant" had ever raised arms against US forces.

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Afghanistan Draws Foreign Al-Qaida Recruits

AP | KATHY GANNON | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaida, Terrorism, Warwire, War on Terror, Politics News

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Afghanistan has been drawing a fresh influx of jihadi fighters from Turkey, Central Asia, Chechnya and the Middle East, one...

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"Screwed up" and "abused": Omar Khadr's Canadian interrogations at Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Nathan Whitling, Omar Khadr, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Omar Khadr Tape, Canada, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Andy Worthington

In 2003, when he was 16, Omar was visited by representatives of Special Investigations. The video shows Omar displaying his wounds, weeping uncontrollably and pulling at his hair in despair.

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Obama Frames Iraq Right, Bush And McCain Slow To React

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Troops, Timetable, American, Iraq, Campaign, Withdrawal, Military, Surge, 2008, Occupation, 2008 Campaign, Status of Forces, Parliament, John McCain, War, 2008 Elections, Congress, Democracy, 08, 2008 Election, Surrender, Election, Barack Obama, 08 Election, Elections, 08 Campaign, 2008 Presidential Race, Maliki, Politics News
Chris Weigant

McCain's going to have to come up with some new spin to explain why Obama and Maliki are now singing from the same songbook on timetables for withdrawal.

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Recent News Translated

Doon Baqi | Posted 07.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Mike Myers, Verne Troyer, News, Al Qaeda, Media News
Doon Baqi

For all of you journalists who claim to be in the know -- Remember the film Karate Kid?

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Red Cross: CIA Tortured, Officials Could Be Guilty Of War Crimes

NY Times | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration Torture, Cia, Waterboarding Torture, Counterterrorism, Abu Zubaydah, CIA Torture, Secret CIA Prisons, Waterboarding, Cia Waterboarding, White House Torture, Al Qaeda, Torture, Politics News

Red Cross investigators concluded last year in a secret report that the Central Intelligence Agency's interrogation methods for high-level Qaeda priso...

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McCain's Cigarette Gaffe: A Cold Blood Commander-In-Chief?

Omid Memarian | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Reagan, The U.S., Foriegn Policy, John McCain, Guantanamo, Al-Qaeda, Gaffe, Soviet Union, Mccain. Cigarette, Anti-Americanism, Iran, M.E.K, Gross Joke, Saddam Hussein, Symore Hersh, Afghanistan, Abu Ghraib, Politics News
Omid Memarian

Unlike most of veterans who respect human lives due to their profound and extraordinary experiences at wars, McCain's joking about people's lives is a disastrous trait for a president.

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The Biggest Problem in Pakistan is the United States

Zia Mian | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Osama Bin-Laden, Musharraf, Terrorism, Pakistan, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Poll, Fata, Bush, Politics News
Zia Mian

Attacking al-Qaeda and Taliban militants in Pakistan will only serve to strengthen the perception that the United States is at war with Pakistan and inevitably inflict more civilian casualties.

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Shotguns and Munaqababes along the Arabian Sea

Mark Levine | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Heavy Metal, Death Metal, Al-Qa'eda, Islam, Terrorism, Islamism, Pakistan, Iraq, Music, Junoon, War on Terror, Foreign Policy, Pop Music, Religion, Middle East, Central Asia, Rock N' Roll, Peshawar, Politics News
Mark Levine

In the U.S., and even in Pakistan, the North-West Frontier Province is known almost exclusively as a haven for terrorists, ultratraditionalists, and drug and arms smugglers.

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Bin Laden Son, Hamza, Posts Terror Poem Calling For Destruction Of America: Report

Huffington Post | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bin Laden Kid's Poem, Osama Bin Laden's Kid, Teenage Bin Laden, Al Qaida, Hamza Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Hamza Bin Laden Poem, Osama Bin Laden's Child, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

Hamza bin Laden, Osama's 16-year-old son, has posted a violent, terror poem on an extremist website to mark the anniversary of the July 7 London bombi...

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The Republicans and Barack Obama Are Going to Give Into the Terrorists

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rights, Liberties, America, Freedoms, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Dick Cheney, Fisa, Fourth Amendment, Surrender Monkeys, Republicans, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Somehow Obama thought it was a good idea to go along with these surrender monkeys on the 4th amendment. But aside from the politics, it's a pathetic acquiescence to the wishes of Al Qaeda.

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What in the World Can Obama Do?

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Iran, The Middle East, Natural Disasters, John McCain, Burma, Presidential Campaign, Middle East, Terrorism, Environment., International Relief Organizations, Barack Obama, Humanitarian Relief, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

The institutions created after World War II, while serving us well in many instances, seem not up to the task to take on this century's challenges. Here are several doable big-think ideas for Obama.

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Guantanamo: Repatriation as Russian Roulette

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mustafa Hamlili, Terrorism, Sandra Hodgkinson, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Abdul Raham Houari, Return to Torture, Algeria, The Guantanamo Files, Ahmed Belbacha, Al Qaeda, Guantanamo Torture, Torture, Politics News
Andy Worthington

In the disturbing game of Russian roulette that confronts Algerians repatriated after facing allegations of impropriety (however groundless), they could face torture, show trials and further imprisonment.

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May the Best Image Win, For Once

Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al-Qaeda, George Bush, Oil Prices, John McCain, China, Barack Obama, Sound Bites, Sound Bite Culture, Obama Muslim, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

Can the America public be weaned off soundbites, slogans, trivial distractions, gossip, and smear campaigns with no basis in fact? For the first time in forty years, it seems possible.

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ABC: Bush To Decide Soon Whether Or Not To Close Gitmo

ABC News | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Al Qaeda, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Supreme Court Guantanamo Detainees, President Bush, Gitmo, Detainees, Politics News

President Bush will soon decide whether to close Guantanamo Bay as a prison for al-Qaeda suspects, sources tell ABC News. High-level discussions among...

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Guantanamo Trials: Another Torture Victim Charged

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Detainees, Al-Qaeda, Abdul Rahim Al-Nashiri, Terrorism, David Hicks, Uss Cole Bombing, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Waterboarding, Gen. Michael Hayden, Military Commissions, Politics News
Andy Worthington

In the real world, where evidence obtained through torture is inadmissible, it remains unclear whether the government's attempts to set up a judicial system for alleged terrorists will ever be successful.

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Al Qaeda Goes Viral

Spencer Ackerman | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, The Global Islamic Resistance Call, Politics News
Spencer Ackerman

This document has been advocating moving Al Qaeda from a terrorist network into a global movement of self-starters would make it impervious to U.S. and allied counterterrorism efforts.

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Obama Campaign: McCain Will Fail On Al-Qaeda And Pakistan

Christine Escobar | Posted 06.30.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Susan Rice, Bruce Reidel, Obama Foreign Policy, NY Times, Momocrats, Afghanistan Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Pakistan Foreign Policy, Al Qaeda, Mccain Waziristan, Obama Pakistan, Obama Naive, Actionable Intelligence, Obama Mccain Pakistan, Home News
Christine Escobar

Obama's approach to the re-emerging threat of Al Qaeda marks a break with the failed Bush policy. Obama would draw in NATO and focus attention where it matters in the war on terror.

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Obama Campaign Press Call 6.30 AUDIO: Dr. Susan Rice and Bruce Riedel Discuss Al Qaeda's Growth

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 06.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Al Qaeda, President Campaign Press Conference Call, Susan Rice, Barack Obama Presidential Campaign, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, Presidential Campaign Audio, Press Conference Audio, Barack Obama, Bruce Riedel, Home News
OffTheBus Listening Post

WHO: Susan Rice, Bruce Riedel WHAT: Press Conference Call to Discuss Growth of Al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan WHEN: Monday, June 30th at 3:0...

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Al Qaeda In Pakistan: A Rising Threat

Huffington Post | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda Pakistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda Rising, Al Qaeda Camp, Politics News

Today's New York Times leads with a report that Al Qaeda is strengthening their organization in Pakistan. With US resources heavily invested in Iraq, ...

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Right On, General Clark. Do Not Back Down.

Jon Soltz | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, John McCain, John McCain 2008, 21st Century GI Bill, General Wesley Clark, Vietnam, Wesley Clark, Al Qaeda, Straight Talk Express, Votevets, Wesley Clark McCain, 2008 Election, Politics News
Jon Soltz

While we should all honor McCain's service, that doesn't mean we should necessarily honor it by putting him in the White House to take up George W. Bush's third term.

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The Week in News: Al-Qaeda Hearts C-SPAN

Katie Halper | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Michelle Obama, Karl Rove, Michele Bachmann, Oil Pipelines, David Addington, Barack Obama, Michele Bachmann Caribou, Dick Cheney, Al Qaeda CS-PAN, Al Qaeda, 236.Com, Charlie Black, Politics News
Katie Halper

Anyone who knows anything about Islamofascism and/or cable service knows that al-Qaeda hearts C-SPAN, which is one of the few channels you can actually get in Afghani caves.

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Patriotism: Is it About Anger or Pride?

Ray Hanania | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Islam, American Flag, Anger, Patriotism, Al-Qaeda, Muslims, Arabs, Old Glory, 2001, Sept. 11, 9/11, Americans, Pride, Flag Day, Politics News
Ray Hanania

Apparently for many people, "patriotism" and "being an American" is all about anger more than it is about pride. I say that as a casual observation. ...

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