Terrorism and Counter-terrorism
What creates terrorism and how to stop it
Raffi Khatchadourian, The Nation. March 28, 2002.
The Bush administration's push to make nuclear weapons more "usable" is part of a plan to use nukes not just as a deterrent but as an integral part of any military offensive.
Ian Williams, AlterNet. March 28, 2002.
The American plan to topple Saddam Hussain has found little support around the world -- with the lone exception of Britain. Maybe what hawks on both sides of the Atlantic really need is a reality check.
Patricia Zengerle, TomPaine.com. March 21, 2002.
Experts say the real heartland of violent Islamic extremism is nowhere near President Bush's "axis of evil" -- it's in Western Europe, mainly Britain.
Rene Ciria-Cruz, Pacific News Service. March 21, 2002.
The presence of active, al Qaeda-linked militant groups in Indonesia and Malaysia is undeniable. But unlike the Philippines, sending U.S. troops to take on terrorism there won't be easy
Muddassir Rizvi, WorkingForChange.com. March 21, 2002.
The much-publicized arrests of Islamic "terrorists" in Pakistan were not only illegal and unjust, but the crackdown is now proving embarrasingly ineffective.
Lynn Holland, Foreign Policy in Focus. March 14, 2002.
The recent kidnapping of Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt shows that the United States'black-and-white policy toward that nation has to change.
Geov Parrish, WorkingForChange.com. March 8, 2002.
When misleading military dispatches -- which support an expansion of U.S. role in the Colombian war -- show up in New York Times articles, we know that the Pentagon is hard at work.
Eric Boehlert, Salon. March 8, 2002.
Television's favorite "terrorism expert" Steven Emerson paints a terrifying picture of lethal Muslim fundamentalists among us in "American Jihad." But he doesn't know the difference between bin Laden and Arafat.
John Ross, Foreign Policy in Focus. March 7, 2002.
The Bush administration's global war against terror bodes ill for the future of U.S.-Latin American relations in 2002.
Tom Barry, Foreign Policy in Focus. February 28, 2002.
Not since the 1950s has the political rhetoric about the fight between American good and foreign-bred evil reached such a feverish pitch.
Jim Lobe, OneWorld.net. February 27, 2002.
Human rights, policy, and church groups say drug war aid to Colombia is being used by the government to win the country's civil war.
Sandip Roy, Pacific News Service. February 13, 2002.
Fallout from the war in Afghanistan is still being felt in the countries of the Middle East and South Asia. Read about the going price for an Afghan girl, Taliban in South Asia, and MTV for Muslims.
Charles Glass, AlterNet. February 11, 2002.
Prisoners in Camp X-Ray are shackled, gagged and held in isolation. Is the U.S. government taking its cue from the Hezbollah?
David Roodman, TomPaine.com. February 11, 2002.
Propping up Pakistani despots during the Cold War failed miserably. So why is the Bush administration repeating the mistake?
William D. Hartung, AlterNet. February 11, 2002.
The Secretary of Defense is being touted as America's new pinup boy. But this cowboy does not believe in straight talk when it comes to "collateral damage."
Ginger Adams Otis, Village Voice. October 22, 2001.
Activists hope that efforts to eradicate domestic terrorism will force the government to acknowledge the history of attacks on pro-choice organizations.
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