AltWeeklies Wire
Is al-Qaeda Near Defeat?new
If it is, no one has yet informed its A/V department. In the past year, Osama bin Laden and his loyal cavemate Ayman al-Zawahiri (the Smithers of jihadi terrorism) have swamped my al-Netfliqs queue with at least 19 audio and video missives between them.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
06-11-2008 |
Commentary
What's the Latest from Pakistan?new
The next big event to keep an eye on in Pakistan is whether President Pervez "The Perv" Musharraf steps down.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
06-05-2008 |
Commentary
What is the Country Reports On Terrorism?new
Country Reports On Terrorism is published each spring by the State Department. The State Department doesn't do it out of the goodness of its bureaucratic heart. The report is mandated by Congress. It is an ugly catalog of who's blowing up whom and it's not pretty.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
05-16-2008 |
Commentary
Those Who Promise to be 'Tough on Terror' Ignore Its Root Causesnew
American intervention overseas, from never-ending sanctions on Iraq to permanent military bases on the Arabian Peninsula, is without question the primary cause for 9/11 and the current terrorist threat, a point the 9/11 Commission Report also made perfectly clear. But this is not the answer America is used to hearing from its politicians.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
05-07-2008 |
Commentary
What is a Nuclear Umbrella?new
At last week's Democratic presidential debate (the one between Sens. Barack Hussein Lapel Pin and Senator Hillary Rodham-Sniper-Fire), the subject of extending our nuclear umbrella to defend Israel against Iran came up. Sen. Sniper-Fire even suggested that our umbrella should be tilted to shield Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
04-24-2008 |
Commentary
Take John Yoo to the International Criminal Courtnew
Yoo blithely tossed out the window the legal principle, enshrined in federal law, of posse comitatus, which says that the military cannot exercise law-enforcement functions that are the province of state officials. The president, in wartime, has the powers of a king, if you believe what Yoo wrote.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
04-15-2008 |
Commentary
The Bush Administration Gets Away with Torturenew
The torture memoranda written for Bush by John C. Yoo will someday appear in a compendium of infamous documents of American history alongside the slavery tracts, Roosevelt's order relocating West Coast Japanese to compounds in Arkansas and elsewhere and Hirabayashi v. United States, the first U.S. Supreme Court decision that affirmed its correctness.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
04-11-2008 |
Commentary
Don't Panic: Your War Questions Answered...new
Is the situation in Afghanistan improving at all?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
04-03-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: War on terror
Terrorism Wins the War?new
The decision by Congress not to override President Bush's veto of the bill outlawing waterboarding by our government and its agencies makes it unanimous: All three branches of our government have now weighed in on the subject and agree that torture is just fine ... as long as we are the torturers.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
04-01-2008 |
Commentary
What Ethnic & Religious Differences Are Dividing Iraq?new
Helpful fella that I am, here's a short and sassy primer on the religious and ethnic divisions Iraq is struggling with.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
02-13-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: war in iraq, War on terror
Tortured Politicsnew
A new version of torture has arrived in the form of arguments and shrugs from Michael B. Mukasey over the use of waterboarding by U.S. interrogators, as he deflected questioning by a Senate panel considering his nomination as the new U.S. attorney general.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
11-09-2007 |
Commentary
Is Bush Backing Al-Qaeda?new
We know that the Bush family's policies have so far only served to strengthen both Al-Qaeda and Iran -- now there are credible allegations of the Bush administration hijacking American resources and using them to lend material support to Al-Qaeda.
Artvoice |
Michael I. Niman |
03-16-2007 |
Commentary
Impeachment Popular With Vt. Voters, Not With Repsnew
Voters in 40 Vermont towns have voted to start impeachment proceedings against George Bush, but elected officials are slow to act.
Seven Days |
Kevin Kelley |
03-16-2007 |
Politics
Bush's War Crimes Cover-Upnew
The Supreme Court ordered him to treat detainees as "civilized peoples" do -- he refuses.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
12-14-2006 |
Politics
No Exitnew
Will our troops ever come home?
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
12-05-2006 |
Commentary
