Terrorism

Old Threats, New Fears Old Threats, New Fears

Investigators have known for a decade about terrorist plots to bring down passenger jets with liquid explosives. So why, all of a sudden, did Bush ban most liquids on flights?

Aug 16, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Why We Don’t Know Our Enemy Why We Don’t Know Our Enemy

Hysteria over the barbarians at the gate has destroyed republics from Rome to Germany. A new book explains why Bush's post-September 11 America may meet a similar fate.

Aug 9, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Plot Against America The Plot Against America

John Updike's Terrorist rips its plot from the headlines. But the book's Irish-Egyptian protagonist is paper-thin, and its jihad-lit plot remains stubbornly inanimate, devoid of pa...

Jun 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Shainin

Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom Divided Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom Divided

September 11 marked a turning point in the history of Saudi Arabia, raising new questions about political repression, religious extremism and the future of its youth.

May 4, 2006 / Feature / Alain Gresh

Behind Enemy Lines Behind Enemy Lines

New scholarship sheds light on Osama bin Laden's rhetoric, charisma and complex religious and political vision.

Apr 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Raffi Khatchadourian

Where’s ‘Real Security’? Where’s ‘Real Security’?

Instead of parroting the Republicans' "tough" approach to national security, Democratic candidates should distinguish themselves from the Bush Administration by, for starters, sett...

Apr 9, 2006 / William D. Hartung

A Unified Security Budget A Unified Security Budget

We need a unified security budget to coherently allocate dollars to the military, homeland security and peacemaking efforts abroad.

Jan 19, 2006 / Feature / Rep. John Conyers

Meanwhile, Back in Afghanistan Meanwhile, Back in Afghanistan

It's appalingly clear Team Bush is unwilling to do the hard work it takes to make Afghanistan the functioning nation it was before cold war games tore it apart.

Jan 18, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Post-9/11 Shell Game Post-9/11 Shell Game

José Padilla will never be charged, and never have his day in court.

Dec 1, 2005 / David Cole

Intolerable Cruelty Intolerable Cruelty

If the US is to prevail in the war on terror, we must do it by distinguishing ourselves from the enemy. Torture and degrading treatment are as morally evil as terrorism, because th...

Nov 3, 2005 / David Cole

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