Osama Bin Laden

Will Barack Obama Think Twice about Afghanistan?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 12.02.2008 | Home

Read More: World, War in Afghanistan, Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, President Obama, War, Diplomacy, Taliban, Obama Cabinet, Salon, Barack Obama, Gary Kamiya, National Security, Counter-Insurgency, New York Times, Michael Gordon, Afghanistan, Great Game, Home News
Stephen C. Rose

If Michael Gordon's New York Times report is indicative, the window for a real debate leading to alternatives to an extended military event in Afghanistan (and Pakistan) is only open a crack.

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Palin Offers Thankfulnesses

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Unabomber, Bill Ayres, Ted Stevens, Andy Borowitz, Piper Palin, Katie Couric, Sarah Palin, Levi Johnston, Bristol Palin, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Thanksgiving Commentary, Thanksgiving, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

Sarah's first thankfulness was "I'm thankful for this turkey, and also too for the metal funnel thingy that cut the turkey's head clean off while it was flapping its wings trying to get out and all. That was fun."

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Wake Up, World! We are Fighting Two Wars Against Al Qaida

Sean Gilfillan | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: India, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, Mumbai, Muslim, Iraq, Israel, Barack Obama, Kashmir, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, India Terrorists, National Security, Foreign Affairs, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Sean Gilfillan

As long as Indian troops are patrolling lands where Muslim insurgents exist and elicit government responses that ostracize the Muslim public and moderates, there will continue to be attacks on Indian soil. Period.

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Bin Laden's Driver To Be Released From Guantanamo; Government Defeated

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Yemen, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Salim Hamdan, Capt. Keith Allred, Military Commissions, Closing Guantanamo, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Salim Hamdan, who was convicted in a trial by Military Commission at Guantánamo during the summer for providing material support for terrorism, is to be flown out of Guantánamo on Monday.

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Don't Tell William Langewiesche to "Have a Safe Flight" (and Other Ways to Avoid Self-Destruction in the War on Terror)

David Quigg | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Presidential Transition, William Langewiesche, War on Terror, Afghanistan, The Atomic Bazaar, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Vanity Fair, George W. Bush, 9/11, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Politics News, Nuclear Weapons, Middle East, Iraq War, American Ground, Nuclear Proliferation, September 11th, Politics News
David Quigg

Langewiesche thinks we are probably too scared for a president to reason with us -- about terrorism, about our self-defeating wish for total safety. I'm not so sure.

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One Way to Find bin Laden

Keith Thomson | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bats, Gadgets, Spyware, Technology, Drones, Robots, Osama Bin Laden, U.S. Military Technology, Com-Bat, Politics News
Keith Thomson

2008-11-21-combay_bat.jpg One solution might be sending in this six-inch-long robotic micro-aerial vehicle known as the Com-Bat. In concept, similar to a radio-controlled toy.

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Al Qaeda, Obama and Pakistan

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Islam, The Middle East, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, Israel, Obama, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Afghanistan, Presidential Transition, Center for American Progress, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Ayman al Zawahiri's unwelcomed reemergence from his cave today is a sad reminder how much the Bush Administration's failures are being dumped into Obama's lap.

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Al Zawahiri: Much Ado About Nothing

Jamal Dajani | Posted 11.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Malcom X, Islam, Osama Bin Laden, Cnn, Terrorism, Fox News, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda Obama, 'Slave' in Arabic, Negro, 'Negro' in Arabic, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Media News
Jamal Dajani

It still amazes me how after seven years, the U.S. media is still suckered by what al-Qaeda leaders have to say or preach. Hardly anyone in the Middle East these days pays close attention to their speeches.

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CIA Chief: Bin Laden Alive, Worried About "Own Security"

ABC | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaida, Michael Hayden, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Terrorism, September 11th, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Politics News

Osama bin Laden is alive and "putting a lot of energy into his own security," the director of the CIA, General Michael Hayden, said today. He also ...

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Roadway Through the FATA

Ashley Bommer | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Waziristan, Youth, Missiles, U.S. Goverment, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sarhad Rural Support Programme, Vice President-Elect, Pakistani Center for Research and Security Studies, Joe Biden, British Territory, Warzone, Osama Bin Laden, Tribal Areas, Islamabad, Federall Administered Tribal Areas, Al Qaeda, Emissaries, Rural Support Programs, Below Poverty Line, Fata, Anti-Coalition Militias, Extremism, Bajaur, Srsp, Politics News
Ashley Bommer

While the enemy weaves in and out of the tribal areas, living and interacting with the people, we fight the war against Al Qaeda superficially through military airstrikes and covert operations.

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You and Khartoum: Why Darfur is Our Problem

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al-Qaeda, Omar Al-Bashir, Africa, Ethnic Cleansing, Massacre, Khartoum, Terrorism, Darfur, Genocide, Hezbollah, Sudan, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Ashley Rindsberg

What is happening in the world's finance markets is a crisis. What happens when gunmen hold hostages at a bank is a crisis. What is happening in Darfur is genocide.

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Why We All Ought To Read The Book President-Elect Obama Has Been Reading

David Quigg | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Barack Obama Presidential Transition, Iraq War, Politics News, Steve Coll, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Books, 9/11, Obama Administration, Ghost Wars, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Foreign Policy, Politics News
David Quigg

The second-best news I heard during these last few historic days didn't make tears stream like the moment Obama soared above 270, didn't cause me to g...

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My Parent's Obama Sign Was Vandalized In Omaha Today

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Matthew Filipowicz

My dad hates having political signs in his yard. But, this year he's so fed up with the way things have been going that he agreed put an Obama sign in his yard.

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Life Sentence for Al-Qaeda Propagandist Fails to Justify Guantanamo Trials

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Maj. Tom Fleener, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Fbi, Lackawanna Six, Military Commissions Act, Col. Ronald Gregory, Maj. David Frakt, Military Commissions, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Andy Worthington

In any credible court system, the eve-of-election conviction of an associate of Osama bin Laden for producing promotional material for al-Qaeda, which...

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A Referendum on Uncertain Times

Kit Gallant | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, American History, Special Forces, Waziristan, 2008 Presidential Race, Guantanamo, The Future, Race, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Kit Gallant

I have absolutely no desire to join the clubs of the hyperbolic. That said, I think it is reasonable to assume that the presidential election on Tuesd...

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BOO!! Two Spine-Tingling Tales Of Terror

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

[Today's Hallowe'en column is in two ghastly parts -- one frightful, fingernail-chewing tale for each side of the corpse-ridden and zombified politica...

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Is Al Qaeda Messing With Our Elections?

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Obama, Mccain, Drudge, Osama Bin Laden, Endorsements, Terrorism, George W. Bush, 2008 Election, Politics News
Ilan Goldenberg

It looks like Drudge is trying to get folks believing that Al Qaeda supports Obama. The reality is much more complicated.

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An Empty Trial at Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Maj. Tom Fleener, Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Col. Ronald Gregory, David Addington, Military Commissions Act, Maj. David Frakt, Military Commissions, Osama Bin Laden, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Yesterday, the second trial by Military Commission at Guantánamo -- the second US "war crimes" trial since WWII -- opened not with a bang, and not even with a whimper, but with complete silence.

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The Silent Saudi Squeeze (and a Suffragist Solution)

Rachel Haimowitz | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Energy Independence, National Debt, Barack Obama, Mccain, Opec, Green Technology, Terrorism, Oil, Saudi Arabia, Green Energy, Osama Bin Laden, Offshore Drilling, Voting, Obama Green, Hamas, Al Qaeda, Politics News
Rachel Haimowitz

As our presidential nominees discuss bailouts and economic plans they have largely ignored one particular issue that underpins them all: Saudi Arabia.

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Bin Laden Aide Boycotts His Own Guantanamo War Crimes Trial With Lawyer

AP | DAVID McFADDEN | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Crimes, Guantanamo, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — A Yemeni man accused of being Al-Qaida's former media director and his Pentagon-appointed lawyer refused to ta...

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The Sick Man of the North Atlantic

Eric Margolis | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Winston Churchill, John McCain, FInancial Crisis White House, Financial Crisis Obama Mccain, Hillary Clinton 2008, George Bush Iraq, George W. Bush, German Offices, Asif Ali Zardari, United States, Congress and Iraq, Egypt Emergency Laws, Iraq War Funding, Pakistan Democracy, Afghanistan War, Osama Bin Laden, Iraq War, Barack Obama 2008, Congress Iraq, Japan New Ambassador, Communist Party, John Maynard Keynes, Great Britain, Singapore Innovation, Financial Crisis, Geroge W. Bush, Congress Bailout, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Mao Zedong, China, Politics News
Eric Margolis

Money, observed the witty British thinker Malcolm Muggeridge, is the homogenized form of power. No more money, no more power. The great imperialist ...

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The Obama Challenges

John Bruhns | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Iraq War Wire, Iraq Veterans, Afghan War, Pakistan, 2008 Presidential Race, The Bush Administration, Us Economy Recession, Labor Unions, Windfall Profits Tax, Barack Obama, Alternative Resources, Alternative Energy, Obama Administration, Energy Crisis, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Free Trade Agreements, Nafta, Nouri Al-Maliki, Financial Crisis, Iraqi Troops, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Trade Agreements, Politics News
John Bruhns

As President, Obama will need to confront two costly wars, global terrorism, an economy on the brink and a serious energy crisis. Don't expect immediate change.

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The Future of the War on Terror

Sir Lawrence Freedman | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Global Economy, Sir Lawrence Freedman, Terrorism, The War on Terror, Financial Crisis, Iraq, The West, Election 2008, Taliban, Capitalism, Barack Obama, A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Politics News
Sir Lawrence Freedman

The most dangerous scenarios concern countries of some strategic importance imploding and NATO countries (for the moment) lacking the focus and capacity to respond.

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Rethinking Afghanistan

Stanley Kutler | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan, Domino Effect, John McCain, Gordon Johndroe, War on Terror, H.Con.Res 362, Terrorist Insurgency, Taliban, War on Terrorism, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Bush Administration, Middle East, Niall Ferguson, Mark Carleton-Smith, Vietnam, Taliban Afghanistan, Soviet Union, Politics News
Stanley Kutler

What in the world is Barack Obama thinking? Mercifully, he plans to scale down and end the Iraq misadventure, yet he insists he will expand the effort in Afghanistan.

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Thank You John McCain. Your Rovian Campaign Strategy is Working Wonders for Barack Obama

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Michelle Obama, John McCain, Wall Street Crisis, Rev. Wright, Bailout Plan, William Ayers, Joe Biden, President Bush, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, November Election, Great Depression, Osama Bin Laden, Rove, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

McCain/Palin, what happened to Rev. Jeremiah Wright? It's been so long since you guys harped on that "scandal." Re-connect him to Obama, and say they both hate white people!

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