A fine rant from “the somewhat offbeat mind of an armed lesbian pinko.” Be sure to read the whole thing.
Americans need to grow up and get a grip. The Luftwaffe sent over wave after wave of bombers in 1940 in order to pound the British into submission, the British did not buckle. Yet al Qaeda [...]
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Grow up, America
Homeland Security and the recent terrorism attempt
Just because the attempt failed doesn’t mean it wasn’t terrorism. He slipped through and nearly detonated a bomb on a plane while in flight. It could have been catastrophic.
The initial reaction of the Obama Administration on this was to try to paint a perky PR picture. Heckuva job there, TSA. Well no, it wasn’t. Sure, [...]
Associates of Al Qaeda arrested by DEA on drug charges in Africa
All manner of criminals, terrorists, and renegades are linking up in a lawless area of northwest Africa. The DEA just arrested three of them, who were linked to al Qaeda, in a sting in Ghana. (How the DEA gets access into Ghana certainly bears pondering but this is no phony threat. Read on.)
Moreover, conversations among [...]
Countering Extremism. Interview with former terrorist leader
Belgian journalist Andy Carling interviews Maajid Nawaz, founder of the Quilliam Foundation, “the world’s first counter-extremism think tank.” Nawaz founded an extremist group and spent four years in prison before renouncing terrorism.
You were previously an extremist, what was the appeal? It’s claimed that poverty is part of the motivation.
It’s not necessarily poverty, but it it [...]
Machetero. The movie
Machetero is a meditation on violence as a means toward liberation. Post 9/11 definitions, ideas and notions of terrorism are challenged in this highly controversial and experimental film.
The structure of Machetero is built around songs from “Liberation Day”, a concept album centered on the liberation struggle of Puerto Rico, written and preformed by Ricanstruction. The [...]
I’m afraid of Americans: Understanding the new threat of domestic terrorism
So right wingers brought guns to a town hall meeting? Black Panthers on the California State Capitol steps 1968. Both actions were quite legal. And the world didn’t end.
UJ, writing in Enduring America.
The domestic terror groups are not dangerous for their extremism, their paranoia, or their particular calibration of ideology. Rather, the danger lies in [...]
Terrorism as a business
Economist and terrorism expert Loretta Napoleoni researched terrorist groups and found most of what they do is raise money.
She also discovered that the life of a terrorist was not ruled by politics or ideology, but by economics. They were constantly searching for cash. Terrorism, she explains, is actually a very expensive business — arms, vehicles, [...]
Organized crime active in film piracy
The Rand Corp. details three cases where film piracy profits went to terror groups. They are quick to note that they don’t mean people making copies for friends but large scale international piracy.
Court upholds $156 million judgment against Hamas supporters
The ruling establishes a major precedent. If you give money to a group engaging in terrorism, you are liable, even if the money was not meant for terrorism. This assumes you knew what the group was doing and they have been deemed as terrorist.
An appellate court has upheld a $156 million judgment against two organizations [...]
The three waves of Al-Qaeda – managers, murderers and muppets
We’re at the muppet stage now, the more clueless than not terrorist wannabes rather than the cold, hard zealots who came before them.
Sageman’s policy advice is to “take the glory and thrill out of terrorism.” Jettison the rhetoric about Muslim extremism — these leaderless jihadists are barely Muslims. Stop holding news conferences to [...]
Britain drops ‘war on terror’ label
The words “war on terror” will no longer be used by the British government to describe attacks on the public.
“The people who were murdered on July 7 [2005 subway bombing] were not the victims of war. The men who killed them were not soldiers,” Macdonald said. “They were fantasists, narcissists, murderers and criminals and need [...]
