Stories by Laila Al-Arian
My family has struggled to get in touch with my grandfather. As missiles rain over his Gaza neighborhood, I can only imagine what he is thinking.
Posted on Jan 3, 2009, Source: The Nation
A Texas jury's guilty decision in the nation's largest terrorism financing trial since 9/11 reawakens the injustices of Bush's War on Terror.
Posted on Nov 26, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The man who says we could be in Iraq for 100 years shows his lack of concern for U.S. troops -- and callous disregard of Iraqi civilians.
Posted on Jun 12, 2008, Source: Huffington Post
The threat of continuous harassment and prison time hangs over one writer's family.
Posted on Dec 8, 2007, Source: Huffington Post
Interviews with 50 Iraq war veterans reveal disturbing patterns of behavior by US troops in Iraq against innocent civilians -- brutal acts that often go unreported and almost always go unpunished.
Posted on Jul 13, 2007, Source: The Nation
My father was arrested over four years ago on trumped-up terrorism charges and was subjected to a six month trial that bordered on the farcical -- though he was acquitted, he's still languishing in jail.
Posted on Apr 26, 2007, Source: Huffington Post