What can terrorists teach us?
Three new studies, by very different authors taking very different tacks, reach much the same conclusion about modern terrorism: that its practitioners, especially its foot soldiers, are motivated not so much by Islamic fantasies of the caliphate’s restoration and the snuffing of freedom, but rather by resistance to foreign occupation of [...]
Continue Reading July 22nd, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Alex Jones offers a opinion. Call it conspiratorial, but the logic is impeccable and it is a fresh perspective amidst otherwise limited news coverage.
Ask the question, who benefits?
Today is the last day of parliament before an 80 day break. So if the government wanted to get those anti-terror measures through which were proposed after the [...]
Continue Reading July 22nd, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Perpetual war anyone?
The House voted by a wide margin Thursday night to renew expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act, the collection of antiterrorism measures passed after the September 11, 2001, attacks.
The final vote was 257-171. The bill makes permanent 14 of 16 provisions in the act set to expire next year and extends two [...]
Continue Reading July 22nd, 2005 Björn Hallberg
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