Category Archives: bin Laden

Guernica: It’s increasingly clear that the operation was a planned assassination, multiply violating elementary norms of international law. There appears to have been no attempt to apprehend the unarmed victim, as presumably could have been done by 80 commandos facing … Continue reading →

Washington Post: Few individuals in recent history have exerted greater influence on world events than Osama bin Laden — and even fewer have inspired as much mythology. From the origins of the al-Qaeda terrorist network to the devastation of Sept. … Continue reading →

The first time Time Magzine put the face of a murderer with a bloody X over it on its cover was when Hitler’s regime was brought to a crumbling defeat at the end of WWII. After that, Time did it … Continue reading →

Syracuse.com: Onondaga Nation Territory — Leaders of the Onondaga Nation blasted as “reprehensible” the code name used for Osama bin Laden in the commando assault that killed him: “Geronimo.” “We’ve ID’d Geronimo,” U.S. forces reported by radio Sunday to the … Continue reading →

Salon.com: There is ample reason to feel relief that Osama bin Laden is no longer a threat to the world, and I say that not just because I was among the many congressional staffers told to flee the U.S. Capitol … Continue reading →

Huffington Post: Osama bin Laden may be dead, but U.S. officials expect at least one new bin Laden tape to surface soon, according to multiple reports. According to The New York Daily News, bin Laden may have ordered the tape … Continue reading →

JuanCole.com: If Obama can get us out of Iraq, and if he can use his good offices to keep the pressure on the Egyptian military to lighten up, and if he can support the likely UN declaration of a Palestinian … Continue reading →