Scapegoating The Pakistani ISI
The hypocrisy of calling out the Pakistani ISI now, after rewarding them and covering up their involvement in the 9/11 attacks, should be recognized by everyone. Should the ISI’s role with terrorism be looked at and dealt with? Of course. But so should the US support and usage of that “terror nexus.”
Bin Laden's Death Doesn't End His Fear-Mongering Value
Even in death, bin Laden continues to serve the valuable role of justifying always-increasing curtailments of liberty and expansions of government power.
US Tries to Assassinate US Citizen Anwar al-Awlaki
One policy where Obama has gone further than Bush and Cheney in terms of unfettered executive authority and radical war powers is the attempt to target American citizens for assassination without a whiff of due process.
Revealed: CIA Agents Lived Next Door to Osama bin Laden
In a startling revelation this morning, reporters were told that in the months leading up to the violent raid that ended Osama bin Laden’s life, CIA agents had taken up residence next door, in an attempt to verify the identity of a tall, mysterious man they knew simply as “Pacer.”
Noam Chomsky: My Reaction to Osama bin Laden’s Death
We might ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush’s compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic.
SITE: Al Qaeda Confirms Bin Laden’s Death
What is the SITE Intelligence Group and why must all messages from al Qaeda be filtered through them?
Ghosts of September 11th
If the United States of America does not immediately announce a massive drawdown in Afghanistan, the world will keep asking questions about Osama bin Laden because our lives will be getting worse, not better, by the day. And every time Mr. Obama opens his mouth about 9/11, he pours more gasoline into the pool and asks for another box of matches.
US Knew Where Osama Was Since 2005
The unredacted Guantanamo files show clearly that the trail to Abbottabad was known to the US intelligence services at least since 2005. The US President announced the killing of Osama bin Laden just as Wikileaks completed its publication of the Guantanamo files. Was it coincidence? If not, what was the connection?
Photos from the Bin Laden Compound
WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF DEATH AND INJURY BELOW
Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons.
The photos, taken by a Pakistani security official who entered the compound after the early morning raid on Monday, show two men dressed in traditional Pakistani garb and one in a t-shirt, with blood streaming from their ears, noses and mouths.
The official, who wished to remain anonymous, sold the pictures to Reuters.
Obama Won't Reveal Bin Laden Photos
President Barack Obama said that he will not release post-mortem photos of Osama bin Laden to dispel conspiracy theories. “It is very important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of someone who was shot in the head are not floating around as incitement to additional violence or as a propaganda tool. That’s not who we are.”