Tag Archives: terror

By Jonathan Cook I suspect the word “occupation” – even the more precise “belligerent occupation” – fails to convey to most people the reality of daily horrors inflicted on the Palestinians. Of course, we know that occupations in general are bad and that it would be better if this particular one ended. But what does an occupation feel like if you’re …

By Salam Kareem This is the reality, and I don’t mean individuals who are connected with the group called Isis. I mean that fascists and bigots are everywhere. They all share the same principles and ideology. Yes same ideology. The ideology of hatred and intolerance. the ideology of forcing their ideology on others. The ideology of violence. The ideology of …

 by Richard Silverstein – Tikun Olam The mass murder yesterday in the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in which 10 staff members and two policemen were gunned down, represents a gross failure of so many. Most obviously, it represents a failure of the French security forces who failed miserably in their job.  It represents the failure too of Francois …

By Ramzy Baroud “This is not who we are. This is not how we operate,” were the words of President Barack Obama commenting on the grisly findings of a long-awaited congressional report on the use of torture by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). But what if this is exactly who we are? The report is difficult to read, not …

London police on Thursday said that they arrested a fifth British man on suspicions of “terrorism” after earlier saying that they had averted a “significant plot”. The twenty-year-old man was arrested “on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism”, the Metropolitan Police said. The man was arrested on Tuesday along with four other …

On Tuesday, Israel shot down a Syrian warplane over Golan Heights airspace, the first such incident in over three decades, and warned that it will respond “forcefully” in case of any security threat. The last time Israel had shot down a Syrian warplane was in 1985, drawing a sharp response from the then Syrian government. Israel has said that the …

Donors from all over the world will meet in the Egyptian capital of Cairo to pledge funds and reconstruct Gaza after a more permanent ceasefire between the Palestinians and Israelis is reached. The funds will be raised under the patronage of Norway and Egypt and will be released to Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority,Norwegian Foreign Minister Boerge …

How Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki plans to defeat the horribly abusive Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) and other Sunni groups that have seized control of large swathes of Iraq remains unclear. And under his government’s new media regulations, the Iraqi public isn’t likely to find out. The new guidelines, issued on June 18 by the state media …

By Michel Kilo The Assad regime described the reelection of its president for a third term as “national celebrations.” Traditionally, people take part in festivities for holidays and weddings, delighting in sharing this delight. However, “the national celebrations of Bashar al-Assad” are not a moment of joy, because participation in these celebrations is mandatory and whoever refuses to take part …

On Monday, a Yemeni and US air campaign killed at least 68 al-Qaeda members in an attempt to one-up al-Qaeda’s local affiliate. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has been connected to several failed terror plots against the US, and its leader had made a rare appearance in a recent video, in which he promised to attack Western “crusaders … …