Entries from Byline Portal tagged with 'Terrorism'
After Boston, One Foot in Front of the Other
by Chloe Angyal, The Nation, USA - Like most people who were fortunate enough to not have loved ones in harm’s way yesterday, I sat in shock at the news out of Boston. I scrolled through my Twitter feed with...
Why Terrorism is a Double-Edged Sword
by Nayla Tueni, Al-Arabiya, UAE - Yesterday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad spoke of neighboring countries, including Turkey, Iraq and Jordan, which support terrorists who enter his country. He decreased the gravity of the accusation against the "brotherly" country, Lebanon, due...
Newtown, CT: The Culture of Terror and the Failure of the National Security Agenda
by Falguni A. Sheth, Translation Exercises, USA - The shooting in Newtown, CT is but part and parcel of a culture of shooting children, shooting civilians, shooting innocent adults, that has been waged by the U.S. government since September 12,...
The Truth about Pakistan’s Polio Campaign Tragedy
by Leela Jacinto, France 24, France - Taliban, CIA...who else can we blame for Pakistan’s polio campaign tragedy?...
Ennahda’s Rule of Engagement Is Lenient on Jihadist Salafism
by Monica Marks, Daily Star, Lebanon - While the embassy attacks tested Ennahda’s patience with jihadist Salafism, the party remains unwilling to pursue a comprehensive crackdown on the movement and will likely continue its relatively hands-off policy of integration and...
The Steady Drone
by Mariana Baabar, Outlook, India - Obama or Romney, it is apparent that Washington won’t certainly change its polices towards Islamabad—whether on conditional aid, the use of drones or action against militants....
Will the Apocalypse Arrive Online?
by Karen J Greenberg, Asia Times, Hong Kong - Cyber is "a new terrain for warfare", Panetta tells us, a "battlefield of the future". So perhaps it's time to ask two questions: In a world of cyber-fear, what has the...
Fundamentalist Terrorism in France: A Home-Grown Threat
by Olivia Salazar-Winspear, France 24, France - Le Figaro and Libération are in agreement on the terrorist threat: it’s a home-grown phenomenon. Le Parisien evoked a drift towards terrorism among French youth, and Libération touches on a growing anxiety within...
Innocence of Protesters, Not Killers or Provocateurs
by Merve Busra Özturk, Today's Zaman, Turkey - Either the Western countries will think that the dictators ousted by the Arab Spring have been replaced by pro-Shariah powers that must be stopped immediately, or the provocative act in Libya and...
Feminism as Counterterrorism?
by Vasuki Nesiah, Foreign Policy in Focus, USA - Today, what we may term ”security feminism” is becoming embedded in American foreign policy — a trend that has been emphatically empowered by Hillary Clinton’s State Department....
Kurdistan Worker's Party Strategy Is Based on Hatred
by Beril Dedeoglu, Today's Zaman, Turkey - The Foça attack was the precursor of new attacks aimed at provoking Turkish nationalism in order to create hatred between Kurds and Turks. The exacerbating Turkish nationalism and the growing hostility against Kurds...
Nothing but the Truth
by Caroline Jaine, Dawn, Pakistan - “Can you live with the fact that for events such as these – the Death of Bin Laden, you might not ever know an ultimate truth? Or that there might not even be an...
‘Terrorists Must Be Dealt With in the Language They Understand’
by Sinem Cengiz, Today's Zaman, Turkey - The first-ever Sri Lankan ambassador to Turkey, Bharathi Davina Wijeratne, has stated that her country's experience has shown that it is extremely difficult to deal with terrorists, who take up arms against people...
Hearts, Minds and Tongues in Cambodia
by Julie Masis, Asia Times, Hong Kong - The United States Embassy in Cambodia is financing the publication of new textbooks for minority Cham Muslims, a public diplomacy initiative that will revive a forgotten traditional writing system and attempt to...
Mali's Perfect Storm of Woes Creates a Perfect Militant Breeding Zone
by Leela Jacinto, France 24, France - A military coup followed by a rebel advance, capped by crippling economic sanctions have combined to make Mali an ideal abode for Islamist militants of varying stripes....
Toulouse Attacks Expose, and Overplay, French Jihadist Threat
by Leela Jacinto, France 24, France - The recent attacks by Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah have put the spotlight on the threat of French Islamist terrorism. But how widespread is the phenomenon of French-born jihadists and why have they not...
Our Money Helps Kill, Intimidate And Torture
by Marni Cordell, New Matilda, Australia - Australia plays a key role in training and funding elite Indonesian counter-terror unit Detachment 88 - but wants to distance itself from the unit's violent reputation....
Sectarian Scourge
by Huma Yusuf, Dawn, Pakistan - Geopolitics — in particular, increased global pressure on Iran — and upcoming general elections in Pakistan are likely to intensify sectarian clashes in the near future. And yet, political interest in coining holistic policies...
Venezuela: The Threat of a Good Example?
by Eva Golinger, Postcards from the Revolution, Venezuela - Washington has made no secret of its disdain for Venezuela’s President Chavez and mass media have turned a democratic leader into a dictatorship. Does Venezuela really represent a threat to the...
The Boko Haram Terror Chief Who Came Back from the Dead
by Leela Jacinto, France 24, France - Two years ago, Nigerian security officials thought they had killed Imam Abubakar Shekau. But the leader of the Boko Haram Islamist group is alive and has released a new video threatening the Nigerian...
Libya: Smuggling War as Human Rights?
by Khadija Sharife, Pambazuka News, Kenya - Was Gaddafi the most threatening figure on the African continent? Or was he convenient as a pretext to push through military missions vying to establish bases in Africa?...
Uyghurs See Bias in China's Anti-terror Laws
by April Sain-Ley-Berry, Asia Times, Hong Kong - China is contemplating new legislation to define terrorism more precisely, raising fears that the government is using the so-called "war on terror" to crack down on Uyghur separatists in the country's restive...
The Politics behind the Prisoner Swap
by Phyllis Bennis, Al Jazeera, Qatar - The deal has been discussed since Shalit was captured in 2006, now the time has come for 1028 families to be reunited....
Somalia Was a Sideshow in the War on Terror – and Is Paying a Colossal Price
by Madeleine Bunting, Guardian, UK - Famine is the result of conflict as well as natural disasters. The plight of dying multitudes here is also bound up with 9/11....
Interview with Former FBI Agent Ali Soufan
by Britta Sandberg, Der Spiegel, Germany - Former FBI agent Ali Soufan successfully interrogated captured Islamist terrorists after 9/11 without resorting to "enhanced' techniques. In a SPIEGEL interview, he revealed how he got jihadists to talk using tea and trucker...
9/12: From Chaos to Community
by Jacki Ochs, Link TV, USA - In the wake of the September 11 attacks, New Yorkers from all walks of life felt compelled to overcome their sense of powerlessness by volunteering to help out in the recovery effort. They...
Beyond Belief
by Beth Murphy, Link TV, USA - Susan Retik and Patti Quigley are two ordinary soccer moms living in the affluent suburbs of Boston until tragedy strikes. Rather than turning inwards, grief compels these women to focus on the country...
Canada and 9/11 Anniversary
by Zubeida Mustafa, Dawn, Pakistan - Although Americans have been overshadowed by the fallout of 9/11, the fact is that nothing is the same for Pakistanis either, whether at home or abroad. In some places, Muslims are actually experiencing racial...
Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain
by Ellie Bernstein, Link TV, USA - Tells the story of an FBI sting operation that took place in Albany, New York during the winter, spring and summer of 2004. The complex operation was designed to entrap Yassin Aref, 37...
Saskia Sassen: 'War by Peaceful Means Is a kind of Tyranny'
by Saskia Sassen, Guardian, UK - By robbing people of the opportunity to develop their own economies, imperialist powers risk reducing their constituents to children, says Saskia Sassen....
September 11th Health Issues
by Dr Sima Barmania, The Independent, UK - Although the official number of people that died in the World Trade Center is quoted as 2,753, the profundity of the attacks cannot be defined simply by mortality; there are also, health...
The Color of Terrorism
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova, European Journalism Observatory, Switzerland - The attacks in Oslo last month once again brought up the issue of framing in the media. As it turns out, not only do media outlets set the agenda for discussion in...
Crisis of Confidence: How Washington Lost Faith in America’s Courts
by Karen J. Greenberg, Tom Dispatch, USA - As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the unexpected extent of the damage Americans have done to themselves and their institutions is coming into better focus....
Stieg Larsson and the Scandinavian Right
by Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, USA - In the Times’s heavy coverage of the killings in Norway (there were five pieces Tuesday), the name of Stieg Larsson has not come up. That is curious....
The Face of Evil Infecting Europe
by Linda Heard, Arab News, Saudi Arabia - For all his impeccable family background (his father was a diplomat), superior intellect, high education and sophistication, the Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik is consumed with hatred toward Muslims in Europe whom...
Norwegian Openness: Attacks Reveal the Limits of Freedom
by Anna Reimann, Der Spiegel, Germany - Norwegians have always been proud of their society's openness. But Friday's attacks have raised questions both about police readiness to respond and about the lack of security in the Oslo government district. Norway...
Who Is Endangering the Legitimacy of Kurdish Politics?
by Fatma Disli Zibak, Today's Zaman, Turkey - A terrorist attack that killed 13 soldiers and wounded seven others in the Silvan town of Diyarbakır not only disturbed the peaceful atmosphere in Turkey but also sabotaged the dialogue between Turkish...
Indigenous Resistance is the New 'Terrorism'
by Manuela Picq, Al Jazeera, Qatar - In Ecuador, protesting for the rights of the Earth and trying to preserve natural resources may make you a "terrorist"....
The Obama Administration Doubles Down on the War on Terror
by Karen J. Greenberg, Tom Dispatch, USA - Should the postmortem to bin Laden be just a continuation of the same-old-same-old? Shouldn’t there be a national pause for reflection as the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaches? Wouldn’t it make sense...
Torture Is Never Legal and Didn’t Lead Us to Bin Laden
by Marjorie Cohn, Common Dreams, USA - Torture is not simply illegal, immoral and ineffective. It is also counter-productive. When people see the U.S. government torturing detainees from their countries, they resent us even more....
Something Has Changed
by Huma Yusuf, Dawn, Pakistan - Two weeks after Abbottabad, the jury’s still out on Pakistan. Who knew? Who didn’t? And does anyone at all feel bad about the whole thing?...
Malalai Joya: A Dirty Game in Afghanistan
by Laura Flanders, Grit TV, USA - "One of the main excuses of the US occupation is now gone. The struggle for independence, democracy, and freedom should get easier, but it won't. Not without an end to occupation."...
Does Bin Laden's Death Mark the End of Jihadism?
by Susanne Koelbl and Bernhard Zand, Der Spiegel, Germany - Osama bin Laden's violent ideology may have once garnered support in the Arab world, but his death this week came at a time when the burgeoning pro-democracy movement in the...
Bin Laden’s Death a Dilemma for Palestinian Benefactors
by Frida Ghitis, Miami Herald, USA - The United States and its allies should take a close look at the Hamas charter. They must decide if they want to fund a Palestinian government that includes an organization whose guiding document...
Osama Means Little for the Blossoming Arab Spring
by Maryam Hasan, Dawn, Pakistan - Osama’s death coincides with the demise of oppression and pessimism in the Arab world. The Arab spring is anti-thesis of what the Arab militant stood for. His death has shocked many Arabs too but...
World from Berlin: "Obama's 'Retaliatory Justice'"
by Kristen Allen, Der Spiegel, Germany - While relief that Osama bin Laden has finally been eliminated is widespread, many in Europe and Germany are concerned about the implications of the targeted killing. German commentators on Wednesday say celebrating the...
An Evil Man's Death – the Good Guys Win at Last
by Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail, Canada - The death of Osama bin Laden – surely the most evil man of modern times – is nothing but a good thing. For nine years and 232 days, he cast his malevolent...
After Osama: Stop Feeding the Beast
by Leila Hudson and Johann Chacko, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Bin Laden's discovery in a wealthy suburb of Abbottabad raises questions over US military funding to Pakistan....
Justice or Vengeance?
by Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies, USA - In the midst of the Arab Spring, which directly rejects al-Qaeda-style small-group violence in favor of mass-based, society-wide mobilization and non-violent protest to challenge dictatorship and corruption, does the killing of...
America’s Growing Intolerance
by Karen J. Greenberg, Tom Dispatch, USA - In the name of putting political correctness in its grave, a surprisingly sizeable contingent of politicians, judges, and other influential figures are now calling for transforming draconian behavior -- that once would...
A Page from the Dictators’ Handbook
by Frida Ghitis, Miami Heraldd, USA - A few days ago, terrorists butchered five members of a Jewish family, stabbing an 11-year-old boy and then his 4-year-old brother before murdering their parents and their baby sister. In the growing global...
Obama Makes Indefinite Detention and Military Commissions His Own
by Dafna Linzer, Pro Publica, USA - The order brings Obama no further toward his stated goal of closing the Guantanamo detention camp. Rather, "it creates a new bureaucratic process that will be challenged, and doesn't help legitimate indefinite detention."...
Cartoons Made Scandinavia Terror Threat 'Much Bigger'
by Nina Larson, The Local, Sweden - Five years after a Danish newspaper first published controversial cartoons of the Muslim prophet, targets in Scandinavia are increasingly in the crosshairs of would-be terrorist attackers....
Stop Sweeping Terror Under The Carpet
by Yulia Latynina, Moscow Times, Russia - The history of bombings shows that the terrorists are often just as inept as the police....
Extremists Considered in Spokane Bomb Investigation
by Rachel Maddow, Rachel Maddow Show, USA - Where's the coverage, the outrage?...
Lebanon: Avoiding the Ghosts of the Past
by Leela Jacinto, France 24, France - In Lebanon, a conflict-ridden country laced with internal tensions, confronting the past is a tricky business, as the latest crisis over a UN investigation into the killing of a former premier has revealed......
European Poll: An Islamic Threat?
by Nabila Ramdani, Al Jazeera, Qatar - A new poll conducted in France and Germany indicates that a notable portion of participants consider Islam a "threat"....
Arab Christians, America's New Victims
by May Akl, Daily Star, Lebanon - Political alliances sought by Western states and, most importantly, by the United States leverage existential threats against the remaining Christian minorities in the Middle East. Rescue is not high on the agenda....
Want to Weaken Hamas? Open Gaza's Gates
by Amira Hass, Ha'aretz, Israel - Israel's policy, meant to overthrow Hamas by prohibiting production and manufacturing, has failed miserably....
Suicide Terrorism Linked to Military Eccupation
by Laura Rozen, Politico, USA - When you put the foreign military presence in, it triggers suicide terrorism campaigns, and that when the foreign forces leave, it takes away almost 100 percent of the terrorist campaign."...
Teaching Gaza to Fish
by Gilah Kahn-Hoffman, Jerusalem Post, Israel - Adherents of Economic Peace Theory, grad students in Israel believe that Gaza fish farms may be a stepping-stone to prosperity and peace....
Floods Stunt Pakistani Effort Against Insurgents
by Carlotta Gall, New York Times, USA - The destruction caused by the recent floods and the huge relief effort undertaken since by the Pakistani Army have forced it to alter plans to combat Taliban and Qaeda militants, Pakistani military...
This 9/11, Let’s All Take Responsibility for Ending a Summer of Hate
by Rinku Sen, Fekkak Mamdouh, Color Lines, USA - As the nine years since 9/11 have passed, Americans have forgotten an essential fact: Extremists can use any religion to justify murder, and the stereotyping of Muslims as terrorists sacrifices both...
Sept. 11: A Day Without War
by Amy Goodman, Truthdig, USA - The ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States should serve as a moment to reflect on tolerance....
Zero Tolerance in the Fight against ETA
by Helene Zuber, Spiegel, Germany - Patxi Lopez is the Spanish government's great hope in the struggle against ETA. The separatists have been in retreat since the Socialist politician took office as president of the Basque country one year ago....
The Link with Governance
by Huma Yusuf, Dawn, Pakistan - There is a link, however tenuous, between accidents and natural disasters and extremist violence and terrorism — and that link is governance....
The Osama Myth
by Rafia Zakaria, Dawn, Pakistan - Since the emergence of Osama bin Laden as the terrorist leader-in-chief of the 9/11 attacks, a significant chunk of the US military effort in the subsequent war on terror has been devoted to...
What Does the Future Hold for the FARC?
by Elyssa Pachico, Colombia Reports, Colombia - No longer able to engage with the military in aggressive, large-scale offensives, the FARC is instead deploying tiny groups of combatants to hit quick, then run away even faster. During Uribe’s final...
Invisible Victims of Terror
by Rafia Zakaria, Dawn, Pakistan - The death of every head of the household means the creation of nearly five times the number of victims who are left destitute — and these victims are inevitably women and their small children....
Mother of All Jihads
by Seema Mustafa, Tehelka, India - All voices from Pakistan indicate that the mujahideen are bent on reigniting the separatist fire in the Kashmir Valley....
Egypt Islamist Arrests Highlights Militancy Fears
by Marwa Awad, Reuters, UK - Egypt has been rounding up youths accused of links to Islamist groups over the past months, reflecting a growing suspicion that militant ideologies are wooing recruits to carry out sporadic attacks....
Tragic Path Ahead
by Rafia Zakaria, Dawn, Pakistan - Individual acts of self-destruction represent a sense of helplessness before a national path of self-destruction willingly adopted....
Indonesia Pulls New Strings to Tackle Terror
by Sara Schonhardt, Asia Times, Hong Kong - Nasir Abas' easy smile grows when asked to explain the aims of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the radical Southeast Asian terror group he once led and which stands accused of plotting some of...
Eight Years of Guantánamo: What’s Changed?
by Frida Berrigan, Common Dreams, USA - The first 20 detainees arrived at Guantánamo's Camp X-Ray eight years ago, on January 11, 2002. Just over seven years later, President Barack Obama-on his second full day after taking office-issued an order...
Sick With Terror
by Amy Goodman, Truthdig, USA - Since stimulus funds will now be directed to supply more scanning equipment at airports, what about spending money to ensure mammograms and prostate exams at community health centers?...
Still Throwing Money at Doubtful Tools for Airport Security
by Anne Applebaum, Washington Post, USA - Since the hurried and heavily politicized creation of the Department of Homeland Security and its junior partner, the Transportation Security Administration, neither their priorities nor their spending patterns has been subject to serious...
Another Centre of Terror
by Huma Yusuf, Dawn, Pakistan - Earlier this week, US President Barack Obama identified Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan and Somalia as the four places where terrorists were planning attacks against America. The inclusion of Yemen on that list should be of...
The Loss of Innocence
by Iman Kurdi, Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - Can Muslim and Western values stand side by side, or more to the point, can Islam — or Muslims — live peacefully within Western cultures?...
The Farce of Fatwas and Political Expediency
By Farzana Versey, CounterCurrents, India - The country’s home minister is present at a religious convocation and he mentions how he appreciates the fatwa against terrorism and in fact seeks the support of the clerics for the country’s war on...
All over the Place
by Huma Yusuf, Dawn, Pakistan - This week will mark the eighth anniversary of 9/11. Almost a decade into the global war against terror, only one thing is clear: no one really knows what they’re doing. The fight against terrorism...
Special Relationship. Passed away 2009. R.I.P.
by Rachel Sylvester, Times Online, UK - For some time America has regarded this country as Little Britain. The Lockerbie bomber case is seen as the final straw...
Haggling Lay-Offs with Bomb Threats
by Clea Caulcutt, France 24, France - Executives and engineers at a Nortel France plant near Paris are taking their cue from disgruntled French auto parts workers who, earlier this week, threatened to commit acts of violence to highlight their...
Who's A Low Level Terrorist? Are You?
by Emily Spence, Counter Currents, India - Recently, an American Civil Liberties Union report pointed out, "Anti-terrorism training materials currently being used by the Department of Defense (DoD) teach its personnel that free expression in the form of public protests...
Countering Anti-Choice Terrorism
by Melissa Harris-Lacewell, The Nation, USA - I believe the murder of George Tiller was an act of domestic terrorism whose aim was not only to assassinate a single man, but also to frighten a generation of doctors and to...
Is Obama’s Concern Justified?
by Zubeida Mustafa, Dawn, Pakistan - After years and years of supporting military dictatorships in the country and promoting World Bank formulae that slashed subsidies and hurt the poor, the US has come round to realising that a government must...
Scouts Train to Fight Terrorists, and More
by Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times, USA - The Explorers program, a coeducational affiliate of the Boy Scouts of America that began 60 years ago, is training thousands of young people in skills used to confront terrorism, illegal immigration and...
'Terrorists Will Disappear if We Stop Provoking Them by Invading their Lands'
by Bronwen Maddox, Independent, Ireland - 'The big lesson out of all this stuff is: don't do it again." That is, don't invade countries in pursuit of a few Islamic terrorists and turn the whole population against you....
The Phantom of a New Anarchy
by Harinder Baweja, Tehelka, India - If there is consensus in Pakistan, it is on the issue of how Pakistan’s support to the US is now leading to the country itself imploding. In fighting America’s war, Pakistan finds itself at...
Northern Ireland, Part One: The dissidents
by Suzanne Breen, Sunday Herald, Scotland - Despite Northern Ireland's overwhelming rejection of the dissidents, it's disingenuous to dismiss them as lunatics or common criminals with rifles. Whether we like it or not, they are politically motivated....
Terror's Guns Don't Discriminate
by Beena Sarwar, Asia Times, Hong Kong - South Asia is caught in a vortex of violence as the countries that form this region - from Sri Lanka at its southern-most tip, Bangladesh to the east, Nepal crowning the north,...
US 'War on Terror' Eroded Rights Worldwide
by Laura MacInnis, Reuters, UK - Washington's "war on terror" after the Sept. 11 attacks has eroded human rights worldwide, creating lingering cynicism that the United Nations must now combat, international law experts said on Monday....
Voices of Peace in Din of War
by Zubeida Mustafa, Dawn, Pakistan - International politics do not move in a straight line. There are ups and downs in how states manage their ties. They move forward and backward in a zigzag movement of two steps forward, one...
More Peace Processing Won't Cut It
by Claudia Rosett, Forbes, USA - Start following the Iranian connections and it quickly becomes clear that Gaza is just one part of a larger web that we might once have called an axis--of evil, of tyranny, of totalitarian ideology....
9 Is Not 11
by Arundhati Roy, Outlook, India - The only way to contain (it would be naive to say end) terrorism is to look at the monster in the mirror. We're standing at a fork in the road. One sign says 'Justice',...
Embracing the Periphery
by Rupa Chinai, Himal Southasian, Nepal - As writers and thinkers I feel we need a more thoughtful response to the crisis our society now faces. Listening to the current discussions on our TV channels, I fear we will lose...
The Truth Of Geography
by Neeti Nair, Outlook, India - Why us? Mumbaikars have asked in anguish. Because Mumbai is, despite the glamour and the success, close to Karachi, and Karachi is falling apart. Because much as it would like to be closer to...
Muslims Must Confront the Truth about Mumbai
by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, The Independent, UK - Denial and obfuscation once again stop us from examining who the killers were, why they did what they did, the places and times they pick. It is not to exonerate them or forgive...
Counter Terror
by Rana Ayyub, Tehelka, India - The recent arrests of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and her associates in connection with the September 29 Malegaon blasts has once again focussed attention on the ugly face of right-wing fundamentalist terror modules which...
The Importance of Being Political
by Beena Sarwar, The International News, Pakistan - As Pakistan continues to be rocked by suicide bomb blasts the calls by decision-makers for political engagement rather than military means to end the "war on terror" in Afghanistan reflects a major...
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