Spencer Ackerman nails it.
For me, the prospect of KSM grandstanding at his trial falls into I-wish-a-motherfucker-would territory. I want to hear how KSM builds a case against America, because everyone will hear how laughably conspiratorial and clownish it is. Think of what a cathartic moment it will be when America sees the face of the [...]
Al Qaeda News
Not Bedwetting Over Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
November 19th, 2009
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Sec. Of State Clinton Calls Out Pakistan
October 29th, 2009
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It’s like we have a secretary of state actually interested in fighting Al Qaeda, for a change.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday questioned why Pakistani officials have not been able to capture or kill members of al Qaeda taking refuge in the country.
“Al Qaeda has had safe haven in Pakistan since 2002,” she told [...]
Biden Approach To Afghanistan Sounds Right
September 22nd, 2009
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I don’t agree with nation-building, not now in the way the world is currently going, at least. But neither do I think its wise to just get out while Al Qaeda elements are there. Al Qaeda is the target. 9/11. Seriously.
Among the alternatives being presented to Mr. Obama is Mr. Biden’s suggestion to revamp the [...]
Al Qaeda Agent Killed On Obama’s Orders
September 15th, 2009
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See, this is how you do it.
American commandos killed one of the most wanted Islamic militants in Africa in a daylight raid in southern Somalia on Monday, according to American and Somali officials, an indication of the Obama administration’s willingness to use combat troops strategically against Al Qaeda’s growing influence in the region.
Natl. Security Adviser Jim Jones: More Success Terrorists Killed/Captured Under Obama
August 31st, 2009
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Elect a president like Obama who actually takes national security and the defense of America seriously and the results tend to follow.
‘This type of radical fundamentalism or terrorism is a threat not only to the United States but to the global community,’ Jones said. ‘The world is coming together on this matter now that President [...]
Time To Do The Damn Thing In Afghanistan
March 27th, 2009
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I have waited so long for this. So long. One of the things I’ll never forgive Bush for is that he let Bin Laden get away. The man and the network responsible for the worst terror attack in our history still breathes, and its an insult to the dead and their loved ones every day [...]
Al Qaeda For McCain?
October 22nd, 2008
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Just sayin’.
Al-Qaeda is watching the U.S. stock market’s downward slide with something akin to jubilation, with its leaders hailing the financial crisis as a vindication of its strategy of crippling America’s economy through endless, costly foreign wars against Islamist insurgents.
And at least some of its supporters think Sen. John McCain is the presidential candidate best [...]
Bush Administration Legalism Keeps Losing The War On Terror
June 30th, 2008
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Again.
“A federal appeals court has slammed the reliability of U.S. government intelligence documents, saying just because officials keep repeating their assertions does not make them true.
A guard looks over the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in this file photo.
A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington likened the Bush [...]
Republicans Soft On Terror
June 29th, 2008
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The ongoing story of how the Bush administration sacrificed American and global security to Al Qaeda in order to invade Iraq marches on.
Current and former military and intelligence officials said that the war in Iraq consistently diverted resources and high-level attention from the tribal areas. When American military and intelligence officials requested additional Predator drones [...]
The Other Thing On The Gitmo Decision
June 12th, 2008
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I say again: If the president had declared war, these issues would likely not have come up. But he chose to do it under murky legal auspices and it becomes a FUBAR.
B.S. Conservative Legal Theory Makes Us Less Safe, Again
June 12th, 2008
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This keeps happening again and again and again. These idiot cons who Bush packed into our government think that they can just make up brand new laws in their heads and ignore the existing ones. They do so mostly to keep up the mirage of strength cons need to make it through the day. But [...]
Rhetoric From McCain, Right Wing Talk Helps Terrorists
April 25th, 2008
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According to a report from the Homeland Security Department.
Clueless John McCain Still Can’t Understand That Al Qaeda=Sunni
April 8th, 2008
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John McCain said in the Petraeus testimony today that Al Qaeda was a “sect of Shi’ites”. Al Qaeda is Sunni.
These are not “gaffes” from John Mccain – who thinks we should stay in Iraq for at least 100 years – he honestly is clueless on these issues and uses his military service as a crutch [...]
