Al Qaeda Tag

Beware Glenn Greenwald bearing leaks

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2013 34 Comments

Just as the NSA-Snowden leak story was being broken by The Guardian via Glenn Greenwald, and to a lesser extent at The Washington Post, I thought about writing a post with the title this post bears.  In the crush of other things, and the uncertainty as...

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Now even WaPo refers to Obama’s terror policy as “wishful thinking”

Posted by David Gerstman on August 11, 2013 13 Comments

The Washington Post endorsed Obama twice while noting a major foreign policy flaw. Why don't they acknowledge that they were wrong?...

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Explosives implanted inside bodies may be behind current terror alerts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 05, 2013 58 Comments

Why the sudden and hysterical terror alerts causing shutdown of U.S. Embassies in the Middle East and worldwide concern? This may be the reason, via ABC News: The senior U.S. official said there is concern about devices that could be implanted inside the body of a terrorist. “We...

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On “Responsibly Ending the War in Iraq”

Posted by David Gerstman on July 25, 2013 31 Comments

"The gains of the surge are now in jeopardy ...

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Mideast Media Sampler – 04/25/2013 – Al Qaeda and Iran?

Posted by David Gerstman on April 25, 2013 1 Comment

1) Shia is Shia and Sunni is Sunni and never the twain shall meet A couple of Al Qaeda terrorists were arrested in Canada. So of course, expect the LA Times to start its account with this: Police in Canada said Monday that two men suspected of...

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