Here Comes the Counter-Massacre

The images of Heads of State marching at the front of the protests in Paris are enough to trigger one’s gag reflex. Arm in sanctimonious arm, these world "leaders" are seeking to veer the sentiments expressed in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo slaughter...

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Terror in Europe

The January 7 massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine and the subsequent hostage standoff at a kosher supermarket – resulting in the death of 15 civilians, two police, and three terrorists – were much smaller in scope than the September 11, 2001 attacks in...

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The Uses of Charlie Hebdo

Six months ago, 20-year-old Christopher Lee Cornell, an American convert to Islam living with his parents in Green Township, Ohio, attracted the attention of the FBI. We don't know the reason for their initial interest, although it's likely Cornell's vocal adherence...

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The Sterling Trial: Merlin Meets Curveball

On June 26, 2003, CIA posted nuclear blueprints written in English on its website, claiming they were Iraqi.[/caption]“Very often you get a curveball thrown at you.”When Bob S, a longtime CIA operations manager working on Weapons of Mass Destruction...

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The Military-Industrial Complex in Iraq

Originally posted at TomDispatch. Call it what you will – Iraq War 3.0, the war against ISIS, the new Syrian War – it was regularly headline-making news in this country in the second half of last year: the stunning advances of the Islamic State (IS)...

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What Freedom of Speech?

The photos of 40 of the world’s government leaders marching arm-in-arm along a Paris boulevard on Sunday with the president of the United States not among them was a provocative image that has fomented much debate. The march was, of course, in direct response to the...

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