Young girl waiting at a cash grant distribution by Oxfam GB in Al Hodeidah governorate, district of Al-Jarrahi, Yemen in March 2012. (photo: Wolfgang Gressmann/Oxfam, March 2012)The aid groups, including Oxfam, Save the Children and CARE, report that 10 million people, 44 percent of the population, don’t have enough to eat and say that the [...]
Image Credit: Illustration: Ramachandra Babu/©Gulf News Even extremists may find new political pragmatism The electoral failure of secular, liberal parties can be seen as a vote against continued Western interference By Abdel Bari Atwan, Special to Gulf News Published: 00:00 May 2, 2012 Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services2 [...]
Pakistan deports bin Laden’s family to Saudi Arabia By Tom Hussain / McClatchy Newspapers Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - Added 24 hours ago ISLAMABAD — On Wednesday, Pakistan was scheduled to deport the 14 members of Osama bin Laden’s family who had lived with him in a garrison town near Islamabad until U.S. forces killed [...]
Bloodied Iraq limps into treacherous quagmire Far from leading the way in the Arab world, the Iraq of 2012 will find itself way behind the nations of the Arab Spring By Abdel Bari Atwan, Special to Gulf News Published: 00:00 December 28, 2011 [...]
United States as a Global Power: New World Disorder The US is struggling with a paradox: while its military power retains global reach, its role as world leader is gradually ending You may feel that a major difficulty with this Editorial is its short sightedness. Look at the use of the word “Disorder” [...]
In eroding civil liberties, Barack Obama finishes what George Bush began: James Gill Ron Paul, who is expected to fare well in next week’s Iowa caucuses, is also attracting passionate support in various other states, including Louisiana. Nobody gives him any chance of winning the GOP nomination, however. He wants, for instance to repeal the Patriot Act, so named, in the [...]
This article needs careful attention. Unless of course looking after people is good in the West and a corrupt practice when done by others, particularly those said to be Al qa’ida. Or is it just more fodder to launch attacks being planted in people’s minds. Consider the evidence, because your opinion is [...]
Britain already faces legal action over its involvement in the plot to seize Abdul Hakim Belhaj, who is now the military commander in Tripoli. Photograph: Francois Mori/AP Secret documents reveal British intelligence concerns and raise damaging questions about UK‘s targeting of Gaddafi opponents reddit this Ian Birrell guardian.co.uk, Monday 24 October 2011 20.28 BST Article [...]
Why Did the United States Invade Afghanistan? by Tim Kelly, October 12, 2012 The tenth anniversary of the U.S. led war in Afghanistan came and went with very little attention from the mainstream media. U.S. policymakers are nevertheless confronted with many questions regarding that conflict, such as its affordability, the effectiveness of various strategies, and [...]
Veterans for Peace Denounces Obama’s Assassination Policy Eric Garris, October 04, 2011 Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum From Veterans for Peace: As of September 29, 2011, we are only one step away from a government where the top official can kill anybody, anywhere, any time he feels it necessary – and do it in [...]
Al-Qaida calls on Ahmadinejad to end 9/11 conspiracy theories In its English language magazine Al-Qaida has reportedly called on Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to stop citing conspiracy theories that the US was to blame behind 9/11. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images Al-Qaida has sent a message to the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, asking him to stop [...]
Inside al-Qaeda and the Taliban Beyond Bin Laden and 9/11 Gareth Porter on the new book by recently murdered Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad This is a RealNews video interview at http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6893 Related articles A video interview about Bush and no plans to kill Bin Laden (ikners.com) The story that killed Saleem Shahzad – The [...]
Osama bin Laden praises Arab spring in posthumously released tape Bin Laden praises protest movements across Middle East and predicts revolutions will spread Share90 Jason Burke guardian.co.uk, Thursday 19 May 2011 05.01 BST Article history Excerpts from a recording published on Islamist websites believed to have been recorded by Osama bin Laden Link to this videoA [...]
This is an article from Der Spiegel about the Bin Laden assassination. After all the rumour and innuendo dies down what we can expect is that the US will continue to lie about what really happened for what can only be reasons of world domination. However, by simply going into a foreign country and assassinating someone like Israel their close cohorts [...]
Osama bin Laden ‘revenge’ attack kills scores in Pakistan Two suicide bombers target military training centre in north-west Pakistan in assault Taliban claim is ‘first of many’ Share297 Declan Walsh in Islamabad guardian.co.uk, Friday 13 May 2011 10.54 BST Article history Suicide bombers in Charsadda have targeted new military recruits in what the Taliban called [...]
No active plots found in bin Laden intel Submitted 1 day 9 hrs ago Print Facebook Digg StumbleUpon Text Size Materials seized from Osama bin Laden‘s compound during a U.S. raid don’t indicate any active terrorist plots, U.S. police organization leaders said. Leaders of the country’s largest police organizations were briefed by the FBI late [...]
US senator views ‘grotesque’ Osama bin Laden photographs Al-Qaida leader had major head wounds and ‘is history’, says James Inhofe, who believes less ‘gruesome’ pictures of body should be released Share18 Chris McGreal in Washington guardian.co.uk, Thursday 12 May 2011 18.33 BST Article history Osama bin Laden is dead. ‘He’s history,’ says Senator James Inhofe, [...]
With bin Laden dead, some escalate push for new Afghan strategy View Photo Gallery — May 2011: Continued photo coverage of life and war in Afghanistan. Text Size Print E-mail Reprints By Karen DeYoung and Scott Wilson, Published: May 11 The death of Osama bin Laden and growing pressure from Congress to shrink the U.S. footprint and expense in Afghanistan [...]
This article from Foreign Policy in Focus has some points of interest that you may like to look at. The author could never be described correctly as a firebrand or revolutionary all in all the site is somewhat conservative relying on the assumed powers of erudition and not a US Superman to save the day [...]
After so many differing stories and accounts where the only probable conclusion is that he is dead, Do you believe Charmer Obama or if he said it was raining would you prefer to get wet before you were convinced. All a matter of opinion. But we have the same problem here in Australia where the [...]
Pentagon backtracks on claims that Bin Laden put up a fight Latest version of events contradicts claim that al-Qa’ida leader was killed in firefight By Rupert Cornwell in Washington Friday, 6 May 2011 SHARE PRINT EMAIL TEXT SIZE NORMAL LARGE EXTRA LARGE SPONSORED LINKS Ads by Google We Know Business Tailored Financial Solutions to [...]
By Jim MiklaszewskiChief Pentagon correspondent NBC News updated 5/5/2011 7:05:59 PM ET Share Print Font: Four of the five people shot to death in the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, including the al-Qaida leader himself, were unarmed and never fired a shot, U.S. officials told NBC News on Wednesday — an account that differs markedly from [...]
Surveillance, Not Waterboarding, Led to bin Laden By Spencer Ackerman May 3, 2011 | 11:00 am | Categories: Terrorists, Guerillas, Pirates Updated, 12:15 p.m. Updated again, 8:10 a.m., May 4 The torture program established by the CIA appears to have played a minor role, at most, in the intelligence effort that eventually lead to Osama bin Laden’s [...]
Frontline Chat: Pakistan’s Terrorism Double Game Posted: Wed, 04 May 2011 14:45:47 +0000 Frontline’s new documentary on Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, al-Qaida and the drone war is an amazing piece of journalism. It’s so good that we thought you’d want to chat with one of its reporters about it. In “The Secret War,” Stephen Grey traveled [...]
After Bin Laden: what next for al-Qaida and global jihad? Do the various Islamist groups in Pakistan and al-Qaida affiliates around the world pose a real threat to the west, and what strategic direction will they now take? Share17 Jason Burke guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 4 May 2011 15.00 BST Article history Will groups such as [...]
After Bin Laden: what next for al-Qaida and global jihad? Do the various Islamist groups in Pakistan and al-Qaida affiliates around the world pose a real threat to the west, and what strategic direction will they now take? Share17 Jason Burke guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 4 May 2011 15.00 BST Article history Will groups such as [...]
This is an excellent live section available at the Guardian at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/may/04/osama-bin-laden-death-aftermath. It has quite detailed information in chronological form and for that reason alone is invaluable as a research tool for your use to make up your own mind about issues. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/may/04/osama-bin-laden-death-aftermath Osama bin Laden‘s death: aftermath and reaction – live updates • Obama bars release [...]
An interesting Guardian article on bringing people to justice as opposed to killing them beforehand. George Ikners ikners.com a WordPress site What if Bin Laden had stood trial? By choosing to execute the al-Qaida leader the US has denied justice to the victims of 9/11 and perpetuated the ‘war on terror‘ Share257 Comments (445) Robert [...]
Bio Eric S. Margolis is an award-winning, internationally syndicated foreign affairs columnist. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Times, Times of London, the Gulf Times, the Khaleej Times, Dawn, Daily News Pakistan, Sun Malaysia, Mainichi Tokyo, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Globe and Mail [...]
Osama bin Laden dead: live news and reaction • US special forces kill Al-Qaida leader • Shootout at Abbottabad, near Pakistani capital • Jubilation in New York at death of 9/11 sponsor • Get the latest news and reaction here Share543 Comments (327) Sam Jones guardian.co.uk, Monday 2 May 2011 09.34 BST Article history This [...]
Latest on the Osama Raid: Tricked-Out Choppers, Live Tweets, Possible Pakistani Casualties Posted: Mon, 02 May 2011 05:59:31 +0000 No U.S. operatives were hurt or killed in the dramatic, early-morning raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden in his northern Pakistan hideout. At least, none that we know about here at 1:50 in the morning, eastern [...]
Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is dead. US President Barack Obama has announced that bin Laden was killed in a military operation in Pakistan. Addressing his country on Sunday evening US time, United States President Barack Obama confirmed that top terrorist and al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden is dead. The US is in possession of his [...]
Now that the US can claim to have killed Bin Laden think about the Pakistanis who have watched as the reign of terror of the drones has continued in their country. What will now happen is that the US will say that the use of these weapons is a Godsend or as an officer said [...]
These Guantánamo files undo the al-Qaida myth machine From the detainees’ details it is clear that the west wildly overstated the reach and capability of Bin Laden’s terror group Share121 Comments (180) Jason Burke guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 27 April 2011 20.12 BST Article history A billboard in Washington in 2009; an emphasis on Bin Laden ‘discouraged interest [...]
Guantánamo files lift lid on world’s most controversial prison • Innocent people interrogated for years on slimmest pretexts • Children, elderly and mentally ill among those wrongfully held • 172 prisoners remain, some with no prospect of trial or release Share251 David Leigh, James Ball, Ian Cobain and Jason Burke The Guardian, Monday 25 [...]
