Posts Tagged ‘Terrorism’
On ‘Islamic’ Terrorism
Washington Post Blogs | By David Gushee | 13 July 2010 Three reasons to not call terrorism 'Islamic' There is no doubt that the vast majority of people who have sought to inflict mass destruction on the United States and its citizens in the past two decades have claimed to be motivated by their understanding of Islam. If we were to accept [...]
MI5/6 Complicit in Abduction, Torture of Non-White U.K. Citizens
Guardian | By Ian Cobain and Owen Bowcott | 14 July 2010 Covert words that paint a vivid picture of complicity in torture Foreign Office and No 10 interventions revealed Emails and memos began months after September 11 Early January 2002. The Taliban regime in Kabul had been toppled, Nato forces were spreading out across Afghanistan, [...]
U.S. Kidnap, Torture Victim Returns to Iran
PressTV | 15 July 2010 Iranian scholar speaks about abduction Iranian academic Shahram Amiri, who was abducted by US and Saudi agents last year, says the United States aims to put the Iranian government under pressure. "The US administration has connected my abduction to Iran's nuclear case to pursue certain goals and exert pressure on the [...]
Afghanistan’s Srebrinica: Massacre, and Mass Graves in Dasht-e-Leili
Physicians for Human Rights War Crimes Video Afghanistan's Srebrenica: Under the leadership of CIA agent, notorious Afghan warlord, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, 2,000 surrendered Taliban fighters were reportedly suffocated in container trucks by Afghan forces operating jointly with the U.S. in November 2001, buried in mass graves in the [...]
Mortenson’s “Three Cups of Tea”
In a brilliant reflection on Greg Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea, Nosheen Ali exposes how the book constructs a patronising and misleading narrative of terror in which the realities of Northern Pakistan and Muslim life-worlds are distorted through simplistic tropes of ignorance, backwardness and extremism, while histories of US geopolitics and [...]
German Terrorist Arrested in Pakistan
Spiegel Online | 29 June 2010 Arrest in Pakistan Conflict in Berlin over Handling of a German Jihadist Germany's Foreign and Interior Ministries are at odds over how to handle German jihadists who wish to return home. Last week's arrest of a German-born extremist by Pakistani police has left some wondering whether Germany has passed up a [...]
Bosnians mark Srebrenica genocide
Islâmi Davet - Islamic Invitation | 11 July 2010 Fifteen years after Serbs slaughtered almost 8,000 Muslims in what is believed to be one of the worst massacres in Europe, Bosnians hold a special ceremony to remember the victims. Bosnians gathered at Potocari memorial in Srebrenica on Sunday to honor the victims of the Srebrenica [...]
Government doesn’t have confidence of Kashmiris: Indian Army Chief
Times of India | By | 11 July 2010 We've failed to build on the gains in Kashmir: Army chief NEW DELHI: The basic reason behind the flare up in the Kashmir Valley is the failure to build on the gains that had been made by the security forces in the troubled state, Indian Army Chief General V K Singh said Sunday. "The Kashmir situation has [...]
A German Critique of Obama’s War
Globkult Magazin | By Walther Stützle | 16 April 2010 (Lecture and discussion. East-West Forum - Gut Gödelitz, January 23, 2010) Afghanistan — The Failed Invasion (Translated from the German) English Translation: Afghanistan – The Failed Invasion I. False Start | II. Balance | III. Way out | IV. Concept Original in German: Afghanistan [...]
Indian Army deployed to quell deadly Kashmir protests
Christian Science Monitor | 7 July 2010 The Indian Army moved into the northern city of Srinagar to clamp down on clashes between police and protesters that left at least three dead Tuesday. Elsewhere along the India-Pakistan border Wednesday, crossfire killed three troops. Indian Army troops patrolled in Kashmir on Wednesday for the [...]
