By Diana Johnstone: A little over four years ago, CounterPunch ran an article I wrote based on my presentation at an international conference held in Tripoli on the International Criminal Court. At a moment…
Category: Global Issues
By Gar Smith: When President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden, his demeanor was properly restrained. It is hard to imagine George W. Bush issuing a similar pronouncement without cracking a…
“The United States spent millions of dollars to supply Afghan schoolchildren with textbooks filled with violent images and militant Islamic teachings….The primers, which were filled with talk of jihad and featured drawings of guns, bullets, soldiers and mines, have served since then as the Afghan school system’s core curriculum. Even the Taliban used the American-produced books,..”, (Washington Post, 23 March 2002)
BEIJING,May 5 (Xinhuanet) — Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have proclaimed a landmark, reconciliation pact, aimed at ending their bitter four-year rift. A signing ceremony to formally endorse the deal has been held in…
WASHINGTON, May 4 (Xinhua) — White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said on Wednesday that President Barack Obama has decided not to release photos of Osama bin Laden’s corpse. “The president has made the decision…
Very little is known about the top-secret U.S. operation that executed Osama bin Laden, except what President Barack Obama chose to announce: that U.S. secret forces found bin Laden, killed him May 1 and disposed…
By Maksim Shevchenko: Why has the almost-forgotten Osama bin Laden, the main reason the US has been campaigning in Iraq and Afghanistan for the past 10 years, been killed rather than seized? Why has this…
Osama Bin Laden: unasked and unanswered questions about the claims of his killing by the US military
By Fazal Rahman, Ph.D.: This piece is being written on May 3, 2011, on the basis of information that has been made public thus far. A realistic scenario of a dialogue between President…