Source: atimes.com
Scores of middle-aged, mild-mannered, bearded gentlemen - the technocrats of the Iranian military bourgeoisie - are now officially enjoying the status of "terrorists", at least from a Washington point of view. The demonization of Iran drags on relentlessly...
Source: tomdispatch.com
The oil game in Iraq may be almost up.
Source: mtv.com
Government snatched up master hard drive containing song files for Chris Walla's solo LP, which, coincidentally, is politically charged.
Source: The New Republic
America's most formidable foe--once practically dead-- is back. This is one of the most historically significant legacies of President Bush. At nearly every turn, he has made the wrong strategic choices in battling Al Qaeda.
Source: Independent.co.uk
A slew of new features, looking either at Iraq or the "war on terror", or both, is about to hit the screens, and almost all dwell on the dark side of the American experience.
The Pentagon has misplaced over 190,000 assault rifles and pistols given to the Iraqi security forces, and these may have fallen into the hands of insurgents. Am I the only one who's not surprised we can't even find our own Weapons of Mass Destruction?
Source: LewRockwell.com
Jose Padilla, convicted criminal, is an American citizen. Prior to his conviction, he was entitled to the exact same rights as any other American citizen. Until, that is, the "decider" decided to declare him an enemy combatant, based on intelligence gained through torture.
Source: Foreign Affairs
Excerpt re: the concept of "sustained good governance": Too much emphasis has been placed on brokering negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians — negotiations that bring up the same issues again and again.
Source: International Herald Tribune
Two years after the Taliban fell to an American-led coalition, a group of NATO ambassadors landed in Kabul, Afghanistan, to survey what appeared to be a triumph — a fresh start for a country ripped apart by years of war with the Soviets and brutal repression by religious extrem …
Source: Australian News Network
AUSTRALIAN forces in Afghanistan have fought off another coordinated attack by Taliban extremists, the second in two days. Five Australian troops were doing reconstruction work in an alley in the Oruzgan province at about midday yesterday (Afghanistan time) when they were attack …
Source: aim.org
The Tet offensive of 1968 was a turning point for the Vietnam war and is a model for what may happen during the late Summer of 2007. As General William C. Westmoreland reported to President Lyndon B.
Source: aim.org
Former CIA Director R. James Woolsey revealed in a recent interview that it is "a very real" possibility terrorists could hit the United States again in the upcoming few months.
Source: The New York Times
I wrote an article back in the day which made the same point. President Bush has handed terrorist groups like Al Qaeda their greatest wish by granting them the status of "warrior," rather than simply treating them like the filthy criminals they are.
Source: aim.org
In a recent article in the Family Security Matters website -- innocently re-printed by AIM.org on July 18 -- Lebanese expatriot Dr. Walid Phares quite sharply, and by name, attacked me and three like-minded anti-terrorism strategists (Dr.
Source: AL JAZEERA
Between a rock and a hard place:
Source: jcm.org.uk
Back in October 1999, several members of the Armenian parliament were murdered (including the Prime Minister), apparently by terrorist gunmen.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
THE crucial piece of evidence against the terrorism suspect Mohamed Haneef - that his mobile phone SIM card was found at the scene of a British car bombing - is wrong, the Australian Federal Police have admitted.
Source: Town Hall
For six years, the Bush administration has kept America safe from another terrorist attack, allowing the Democrats to claim that the war on terrorism is a fraud, a "bumper sticker," a sneaky ploy by a power-mad president to create an apocryphal enemy so he could spy on innocent l …
Source: aim.org
In the years that followed 9/11, two phenomena characterized the Western public's understanding of the terrorists' ideology. The first characteristic stemmed from the statements made by the Jihadists themselves.
Source: The New York Times
Interesting that the President has chosen to link the war to September 11, 2001 in these words, especially in view of the fact that the American forces have done the lion's share of the bombing.
Source: aim.org
Many question why individuals located in or raised in the freedoms of the West would ever want to engage in terrorism.
Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive
W is exploring Iraq compromise with Congress because his political scheming is backfiring and he won't get any of what he desires if he doesn't grovel for it. He's starting his dance of shame now.
Show them the "gate" in 2008! Fire the Congress!
Source: Information Clearing House
By Layla Anwar Have you ever felt numb? Like a paralytic numbness?
Source: aim.org
In a style reminiscent of the vehicle born incendiary explosive devices (VBIED) used in Iraq and by terrorists worldwide, two Mercedes were found in London this weekend packed with gasoline, gas canisters and nails.