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Bin Laden Is Dead, but What About His Ideas?

Uri Avnery — Mon, 09 May 2011 06:00:20 +0000

“Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth, lest the Lord see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.” This is one of the most beautiful passages in the Bible (Proverbs 24:17-18) and, indeed, in the Hebrew language. It is beautiful [...]

It’s All About Pakistan

Justin Raimondo — Mon, 09 May 2011 06:00:00 +0000

With the assassination of Osama bin Laden, US foreign policy – or, rather, the rationale for it – has a giant hole in its very center: the task of the War Party is to fill it, and quickly. Without a human face to put on the Terrorist Threat, without an ever-elusive target to lure us [...]

Sunday: 29 Iraqis Killed, 23 Wounded

Margaret Griffis — Mon, 09 May 2011 02:15:17 +0000

The dramatic takeover of a Baghdad prison today left nearly three dozen dead or injured, including an al-Qaeda "emir" or "wali," before an assault force was able to secure the facility. At least 29 Iraqis were killed and 23 more were wounded at the prison and in other violence across the country.

Saturday: 10 Iraqis Killed, 29 Wounded

Margaret Griffis — Sun, 08 May 2011 04:08:51 +0000

At least 10 Iraqis were killed and 29 more were wounded in new attacks. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and U.S. Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi met in Baghdad for talks with eight other U.S. politicians, mostly democrats.

Gunfight at Abbottabad: Dismantling the Myth of an American Hero

Pratap Chatterjee — Sat, 07 May 2011 06:00:30 +0000

In Hollywood Westerns, the sheriff engages in a shootout with bad guys and wins. Such was the story of Wyatt Earp, who killed rustlers in the "Gunfight at OK Corral." Then there is the American cowboy, represented by John Wayne — tall, handsome, Anglo-Saxon — who rides into town whistling before he dispatches the "bad [...]

The Defeat of the United States by al-Qaeda

Kevin Carson — Sat, 07 May 2011 06:00:28 +0000

Osama's dead, but he won, says Kevin Carson

Friday: 4 Iraqis Killed, 8 Wounded

Margaret Griffis — Sat, 07 May 2011 03:49:54 +0000

In stark contrast to yesterday, only four Iraqis were reported killed today. At least eight were also injured.

Osama bin Laden’s American Legacy

Tom Engelhardt — Fri, 06 May 2011 06:00:34 +0000

Tom Engelhardt: Stop celebrating and go back to Kansas

Vanishing American Footprint

Patrick J. Buchanan — Fri, 06 May 2011 06:00:20 +0000

Good, says Pat Buchanan

Obama Pressed to Take Stronger Action Against Assad

Jim Lobe — Fri, 06 May 2011 06:00:14 +0000

Amid a continuing crackdown against opposition forces, U.S. President Barack Obama is coming under growing pressure to impose tougher sanctions against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Two key lawmakers with close ties to the powerful "Israel Lobby" on Capitol Hill called Thursday for Obama to fully enforce existing sanctions, which would deny Damascus [...]