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Protesters Pack Tahrir to Push Military Council on Unfulfilled Revolutionary Demands
The Revenge Killing of Osama bin Laden
President Obama announced that “justice has been done.” Many did not agree – even close allies.
There Is Much More to Say
On May 1, 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed in his virtually unprotected compound by a raiding mission of 79 Navy Seals.
Now What?
The fact that Osama bin Laden is dead does not alter the landscape much at all.Â
War as the Politics of Failure
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry launches a missile against Col. Moammar Gadhafi's military on March 29, 2011. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Sunderman/U.S. Navy via …
Not Why, but How: To the Shores of (and Skies Above) Tripoli
A president, being the most powerful man in the world, begins history anew -- so at least Americans pretend to believe.
Militarized Conservatism and the End(s) of Higher Education
There can be little doubt that America has become a permanent warfare state.
Libya and the World of Oil
Libya's leader Col. Moammar Qaddafi shakes hands with supporters upon arrival at a tent-like convention hall on the grounds of the Rixos Al Nasr Tripoli Hotel before presiding over …
Copy of EXCLUSIVE: “Guidebook to False Confessions”: Key Document John Yoo Used to Draft Torture Memo Released
A key document that describes the origins of the Bush administration's torture program was just released by the Department of Defense under the Freedom of Information Act. The so-called …
EXCLUSIVE: CIA Psychologist’s Notes Reveal True Purpose Behind Bush’s Torture Program
This diagram was included in a paper written by Dr. Bruce Jessen's and shows his view of the conflicting psychological pressures bearing down on a prisoner who is held …