The dramatic saga of seized defence documents, illegal wire tappings, and unsealed rooms in the case against ‘security certificate’ detainee Mohammad Mahjoub took another turn Thursday last week when Justice Blanchard of the Federal Court of Canada ruled that though…
Tag: war on terror
Al Qaeda in Africa?
The “specter” of Al Qaeda in Africa: A Cover for Western Reconquest of the Continent The “Al Qaeda Brand”, a Lucrative “Investment”…. by Finian Cunningham, Global Research, April 5, 2012 A British foreign policy think tank has this week released…
Can we bring the troops home now?
Robert Fisk: If this is a US victory, does that mean its forces should go home now? Iran spoke for many Arabs when it said Bin Laden’s death took away the West’s reason to have troops in the region By…
The not so great Islamist menace
By Dan Gardner, Ottawa Citizen, Jan. 5, 2011 If someone mentioned terrorism in Europe, you would probably have an idea about the size of the threat and who’s responsible. It’s big, you would think. And growing. As for who’s responsible,…
Gov’t attacks U.S. peace movement
FBI Raids Activists’ Homes in Sinister COINTELPRO Replay By Tom Burghardt, Global Research, Sept. 27, 2010 In a replay of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s infamous COINTELPRO operations targeting the left during the 1960s and ’70s, America’s political police launched…
Combating Terrorism Act passes 2nd reading
By Creekside, Sept. 24, 2010 On the same day the nation was preoccupied with the national Con/Lib competition for votes to kill/preserve the long gun registry, the Libs and Cons got together to slip the Combating Terrorism Act through second…
Another take on the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque”
Shame on America, Jews and the ADL By Rabbi Bruce Warshal, Jewish Journal, September 7, 2010 To begin, the mosque controversy does not involve a mosque. It is planned as a 13-story community center encompassing a swimming pool, 500-seat performing…
Meeting a seven-year-old terror suspect
By Rick Salutin, rabble.ca, September 3, 2010 I met Abdullah, the seven-year-old terror suspect, at a dinner near Toronto on Canada Day. He came last year from Gaza with his dad, Izzeldin Abuelaish, who’s here teaching global health at the…
Behind America’s war on terror
The Greatest Covert Operation Ever: The Politics of Terror as the Business of Terror by Douglas Valentine, Global Research, August 30, 2010 The politics of terror are the greatest covert operation ever. In explaining why, I’ll begin by defining some…
Demonizing Muslims for the long war
America’s Holy Crusade against the Muslim World by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 30, 2010 We have reached a decisive transition in the evolution of US military doctrine. The “Global War on Terrorism” (GWOT) directed against Al Qaeda launched in…