Articles tagged "Terrorism"

The European-Libyan Game

Sunday, August 30 2009

IN A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT on Monday, Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill repeated his explanation for why his government decided to release Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the…

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The Pirates Challenge Obama’s Pre-9/11 Mentality

Tuesday, April 14 2009

When Somali pirates hijacked the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama this week and took 20 Americans hostage, President Barack Obama refused to comment. It seems that our new president is desperate to…

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Iran’s View of Obama

Monday, March 30 2009

By George Friedman U.S. President Barack Obama released a video offering Iran congratulations on the occasion of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, on Friday. Israeli President Shimon Peres also offered…

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GEOPOLITICAL DIARY: THE LAHORE ATTACK AND PAKISTAN’S TARNISHED IMAGE

Monday, March 09 2009

One day after militants ambushed the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan, on Tuesday, accusations, rumors and conspiracy theories about the possible culprits percolated in the South Asian press.…

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Afghan Supplies, Russian Demands

Friday, February 06 2009

THE Taliban didn’t wait long to test Barack Obama. On Tuesday, militants bombed a bridge in the Khyber Pass region in Pakistan, cutting off supply lines to NATO forces in…

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WHAT MAKES A TERRORIST: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism.

Friday, July 25 2008

The belief that poverty is a root cause of Islamist terrorism has been thoroughly discredited. Numerous studies of terrorism have debunked the notion. Islamist terrorists themselves, as well as those…

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