Posted by Laura Rozen POLITICO October 11, 2010 Robert Pape, a University of Chicago political science professor and former Air Force lecturer, will present findings on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that argue that the majority of suicide terrorism around the world since 1980 has had a common cause: military occupation. Pape and his team of [...]
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Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu stopped and searched by police EIGHT times
By Steve Doughty Daily Mail - 28th July 2010 The Archbishop of York yesterday revealed he has been stopped and searched by police eight times, as he warned new anti-terrorist powers are a threat to civil liberties. Dr John Sentamu said police should not be able to ask for someone’s bank accounts to be frozen merely [...]
Pakistan Pushes Draconian New Terror Bill
Secret Trials, Unchallengeable Summary Detentions on the Table by Jason Ditz, AntiWar.com – July 27, 2010 Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik today proposed a massive expansion of government power with the “Anti-Terrorism Bill 2010,” a bill which is set to go through parliament in the near future. The bill dramatically redefines the concept of “terrorism” to [...]
Rachid Bouchareb: my film about the 7/7 London bombings
How do you turn the July 7 London bombings into a film? Director Rachid Bouchareb tells Stuart Jeffries how it all started with two unlikely leads Stuart Jeffries guardian.co.uk – 6 July 2010 The shoot should have been a disaster. The male lead was dying and wore an oxygen mask between takes. The female lead [...]
“I Consider Myself … a Muslim Soldier.”Cause and Effect in the War on Terror
By Glenn Greenwald Salon.com – June 22, 2010 American discussions about what causes Terrorists to do what they do are typically conducted by ignoring the Terrorist’s explanation for why he does what he does. Yesterday, Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty in a New York federal court to attempting to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, and this [...]
Ohio judge: Review US government’s terror probe
Judge: US gov’t must show probable cause for seizing Ohio charity’s assets under terror law AP News Antiwar – 10 May 2010 A judge says the U.S. government must show it had probable cause in 2006 to freeze the assets of an Ohio-based charity it suspects of having ties to the militant Islamic group Hamas. [...]
Assassination of US Muslim Cleric is Illegal, Immoral and Unwise
By Bill Quigley* Information Clearing House May 10, 2010 Agents of the United States are openly trying to assassinate Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen, while he is in hiding in Yemen. Despite what the apologists for assassination argue this is illegal, immoral and unwise. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare [...]
Police stop and search powers ruled illegal
By Geoff Meade, Press Association Independent - 12 January 2010 Police stop and search powers under UK terrorism laws were declared illegal by human rights judges today. The right to question people without grounds for suspicion – granted by the Terrorism Act of 2000 – violates the Human Rights Convention, said the European Court of Human [...]
London denies UK Muslim spy charge
Al Jazeera 19 October 2009 The British government has denied that a programme for tackling religious extremism is used by its security agencies to spy on Muslim communities. In a statement released on Saturday, the interior ministry said its $230m Preventing Violent Extremism strategy did not engage in covert intelligence-gathering on potential terrorists. Bookmark on [...]
New threat to travellers from al-Qaeda ‘keister bomb’
From Times Online 6 October 2009 Travellers in Europe could face intrusive airport security measures in response to the latest ploy by al-Qaeda — suicide bombers who carry high explosives inside their bodies, it emerged today. French anti-terrorism chiefs are expected to recommend widening examinations already used to catch drug smugglers after President Sarkozy’s new [...]
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