Tag: war on terror

Al Qaeda in Africa?

The “specter” of Al Qaeda in Africa: A Cover for Western Reconquest of the Continent The “Al Qaeda Brand”, a Lucrative “Investment”…. by Finian Cunningham, Global Research, April 5, 2012 A British foreign policy think tank has this week released…

The not so great Islamist menace

By Dan Gardner, Ottawa Citizen, Jan. 5, 2011 If someone mentioned terrorism in Europe, you would probably have an idea about the size of the threat and who’s responsible. It’s big, you would think. And growing. As for who’s responsible,…

Gov’t attacks U.S. peace movement

FBI Raids Activists’ Homes in Sinister COINTELPRO Replay By Tom Burghardt, Global Research, Sept. 27, 2010 In a replay of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s infamous COINTELPRO operations targeting the left during the 1960s and ’70s, America’s political police launched…

Combating Terrorism Act passes 2nd reading

By Creekside, Sept. 24, 2010 On the same day the nation was preoccupied with the national Con/Lib competition for votes to kill/preserve the long gun registry, the Libs and Cons got together to slip the Combating Terrorism Act through second…

Meeting a seven-year-old terror suspect

By Rick Salutin, rabble.ca, September 3, 2010 I met Abdullah, the seven-year-old terror suspect, at a dinner near Toronto on Canada Day. He came last year from Gaza with his dad, Izzeldin Abuelaish, who’s here teaching global health at the…

Behind America’s war on terror

The Greatest Covert Operation Ever: The Politics of Terror as the Business of Terror by Douglas Valentine, Global Research, August 30, 2010 The politics of terror are the greatest covert operation ever. In explaining why, I’ll begin by defining some…

Demonizing Muslims for the long war

America’s Holy Crusade against the Muslim World by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 30, 2010 We have reached a decisive transition in the evolution of US military doctrine. The “Global War on Terrorism” (GWOT) directed against Al Qaeda launched in…