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Where Is Bin Laden?
A Political Glimpse from Ireland | August 19th 2008 by Crian Padayachee
I recently watched Morgan Spurlock’s documentary entitled: “Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden.” Unfortunately the title is too long hence I could not fit it in the title of the blog but it is a rare documentary combining humor w read more
Not a Good Time For Musharraf to Go
Ice Station Tango | August 18th 2008 by Jay Allbritton
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is getting out of town one step ahead of impeachment. Smart move by him, but what does this mean for a region that he may have been holding together single-handedly? Does al-Qaida now have the opening it's been read more
The Guantánamo Trials: Castles Built Of Sand & Other Bush Tortur…
The Moderate Voice | August 18th 2008
When the Bush administration put out the word that only guilty verdicts were allowable at the Guantánamo Bay war crimes tribunal, Brigadier General Thomas Hartmann saluted crisply and answered the call. Hartmann (small photo), an Air Force reservis read more
George Clooney macht Guantanamo-Film
Transatlantikblog | August 17th 2008 by Markus
Der für seine liberalen Positionen und sein politisches Engagement bekannte Star hat die Filmrechte des Buchs “The Challenge” [Herausforderung, Anfechtung, Infragestellung, jur. Anfechtungsklage] des Journalisten Jonathan Mahler gekauft, read more
God’s Terrorists: The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Mode…
Spiritual Book Recommendations | August 14th 2008 by Admin
God’s Terrorists: The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad. British author Allen (Soldier Sahibs) argues persuasively that violent Islamic extremism isn’t as new as we might think, but unfortunately, his book doesn’t do read more
DVD Review: Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?
Blogger News Network | August 13th 2008
Hey all… I can’t say I was a big fan of Super Size Me (I still get longings for McDonald’s now and again), but with his latest movie - Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? -Morgan Spurlock again makes us do something it seems that read more
Don’t Tap the Strategic Oil Reserve
International Affairs Report | August 13th 2008 by Paul Hidalgo
On August 4, Senator Barack Obama suggested the United States sell 70 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to reduce rising energy costs. Although the move would likely succeed in reducing prices in the short-run, the fleeting read more
The driver and the outlaw
Pakistani Bloggers | August 12th 2008 by Moin Ansari
| PAKISTAN LEDGER | August 7th, 2008 | Moin Ansari | The outlaw got away, the driver got caught. The conviction of Mr. Hamdan as well as the abduction and incarceration without trial in Afgahnsitan of Ms. Sidiqui is full of contro read more
Ένοχος κρίθηκε ο οδηγός του Οσάμα Μ…
ΔΙΚΗΓΟΡΙΑ ONLINE | August 12th 2008 by hellalt
Ο Σαλίμ Χαμντάν, οδηγός του Οσάμα Μπιν Λάντεν, κρίθηκε ένοχος από το σώμα των ενόρκων στη δίκη που διεξάγεται σε ειδικό στρατοδικείο στην read more
Al Qaeda: Ayman al-Zawahiri calls for jihad against Pakistan
Online Breaking News | August 12th 2008 by Samantha Morris
As per latest news, Al Qaeda has launched a blistering attack on Pakistan’s beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf accusing him of betraying Muslims by supporting the US-led war in Afghanistan. As per audio message from Ayman Al Zawahiri, which read more
RUSSIA DETERMINED TO DO WHAT WE DO - NOT WHAT WE SAY
Caledonian Comment | August 11th 2008 by Caledonian Jim
Russian premier Vladimir Putin yesterday raised the stakes over the conflict in Georgia by lashing out at the U.S. as fighting continued to escalate in the region. The Russian Prime Minister rejected calls from Georgia for a ceasefire and decl read more
Bush muss wegen Mordes angeklagt werden
Transatlantikblog | August 11th 2008 by Markus
Bislang haben es die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika schändlicherweise nicht zustandegebracht, George W. Bush wegen Amtsmißbrauchs, Rechtsbeugung, Mißachtung der Verfassung und Beginn eines völkerrechtswidrigen und auf Lügen basierenden Kriegs d read more
IS THE REAL THREAT ISLAMIC RADICALISM OR ISLAMIC LIBERALISM?
The Truth Of Islan | August 10th 2008 by Islam Dummies
Is The Real Threat Islamic Radicalism Or Islamic Liberalism? By Lee Jay Walker Dip BA MA It is often perceived that Islamic radicalism is the real threat and not Islamic liberalism, yet how true is this? For history teaches that Islam not only con read more
Falsifican pasaporte electrónico
TECH:consumer | August 9th 2008 by Antonio Trejo
The Times logró introducir los datos de Bin Landen en una falsificación del nuevo documento. read more
Fahrer von Bin Laden in Gitmo schuldig gesprochen
Transatlantikblog | August 9th 2008 by Markus
Das Militärtribunal auf Guantanamo hat den ehemaligen Fahrer von Osama Bin Laden schuldig gesprochen. Das Tribunal hat Salim Ahmed Hamdan allerdings nur in einem der beiden Anklagepunkte schuldig gesprochen: “The split verdict [das nicht einm read more
WHAT MAKES PEOPLE SO STUPID?
The Truth Of Islan | August 9th 2008 by Islam Dummies
What Makes People So Stupid? By Syed Kamran Mirza For all these years after 9/11 tragedy I was always telling my peers that though it was orchestrated by Osama’s grand terrorist team al-Qaeda-there must have been at least some sort of supports read more
First ‘Gitmo’ Trial in the Books
The Dayton Pundit | August 8th 2008 by DP
Salim Hamdan was found guilty…of being Osama bin Laden’s driver On Wednesday, the much contested military tribunal system established to render judgment on ‘enemy combatant’ detainees held at the US detention facility at Guant read more
Hamdan’s Light Sentence
Outside The Beltway | OTB | August 8th 2008 by James Joyner
Salim Hamdan, the former driver and bodyguard for Osama bin Laden convicted by a U.S. military tribunal Wednesday, could be released from prison before President Bush leaves office. The U.S. military jury sentenced the Yemeni prisoner Thursday to ju read more
From Howard to Osama, brand ambassadors - and a hint of satire?
News hour, with Jerry Caesar | August 8th 2008 by Jerry Caesar
Poor Howard from Halifax, who will no longer appear singing and dancing on British TV screens – having been elevated from a lowly branch position, he became the bank’s ‘brand ambassador’, his cheery grin and unscary spectacles endearing him t read more
Osama bin Laden’s driver sentenced to 66 months
Bent Corner | August 8th 2008 by Rick Rottman
Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden’s former driver, was convicted of supporting terrorism, but he was acquitted of conspiracy to murder. He was sentenced to only 66 months. Since he has already been held down in Guantanamo Bay for 51 months, he t read more
Krauthammer Konfession: Even Right Wingers Demand Conservation- K…
Schreiner's Media Landscape | August 7th 2008 by Ken Schreiner
Thanks to Gristmill for catching this one! Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer is finally living up to his self-ascribed title. He admits that America’s oil debt to Saudi Arabia, OPEC, other oil-producing and potentially terrorist states read more
Hamdan Gets 5.5 Years (Plus Time Served)
Comments From Left Field | August 7th 2008 by Michael Tedesco
Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald reports from beautiful, sunny Guantanamo Bay: In a stunning rebuke, a six-member U.S. military jury Thursday ignored a Pentagon prosecutor’s plea for a 30 years-plus term and ordered Osama bin Laden’s d read more
Bin Laden Driver Sentenced To 5 1/2 Years
Politics And Hypocrisy | August 7th 2008 by Bob Schwartz
For being Bin Laden’s driver. A military jury sentenced Osama bin Laden’s former driver to 5 1/2 years in prison for aiding terrorism Thursday, making him eligible for release in just six months, despite prosecutors’ pleas to give h read more
Great Job, America
FITSNews | August 7th 2008 by fitsnews
WE GOT BIN LADEN’S DRIVER … YIPPEE FITSNews - August 7, 2008 - The latest installment of America’s thoroughly-unimpressive war on terror is the conviction of Osama bin Laden’s driver, some guy whose name we can’t pronou read more
Hamdan and Military Tribunals
Outside The Beltway | OTB | August 7th 2008 by James Joyner
The most outrageous headline I’ve seen in quite some time, at least from a legitimate media outlet, is the one that accompanies this morning’s NYT editorial on yesterday’s verdict in the Hamdan case: “Guilty as Ordered.” read more
Despite Stacking The Deck, It Took The U.S. Seven Years To Convic…
The Moderate Voice | August 7th 2008
The overriding question in the wake of the conviction of a driver for terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden is whether he received a fair trial. There are two answers and they depend entirely on your perspective: * If you believe, as I do not, that t read more
Bad Procedure: The Hamdan Conviction (A Round-Up)
The Moderate Voice | August 7th 2008
“The White House said the trial was fair and looked forward to more tribunals.” (BBC News) I’m sure. Salim Hamdan, who has been in custody since 2001, was acquitted of conspiracy, but convicted of providing material aid to terror read more
Studentische Terror-Selbstauskunft
Transatlantikblog | August 7th 2008 by Markus
Die Sicherheitsbemühungen hierzulande nehmen bisweilen groteske Formen an. Über die Einbürgerungstests wurde schon viel geschrieben und sich zurecht noch mehr lustig gemacht: Welches ist ein Stadtteil von Berlin: Altona, Prignitz, Pankow, Demmin read more
Search for Osama moves to Toronto
aidan maconachy blog | August 6th 2008
The search for Osama has moved to Toronto. Word is there may be not one, but many Osamas in T.O.Osama seekers reckon they can flush out at least 500 Osamas in 50 days of hard searching.None of this is sponsored by the CIA - the aim is to give dignity read more
Guilt by association - Guantanamo style!
A View From Middle England by Arden Forester | August 6th 2008 by Arden Forester
I see that a US military jury at Guantanamo Bay has convicted Osama Bin Laden's former driver of supporting terrorism. Salim Hamdan was found guilty of five of eight charges of supporting terrorism but acquitted him of two separate, more serious, cha read more
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