Category Archives: Terrorism

Justice Stevens Schools John Yoo

Posted on June 30, 2006 by Mash

    "Even assuming that Hamden is a dangerous individual who would cause great harm or death to innocent civilians given the opportunity, the Executive nevertheless must comply with the prevailing rule of law in undertaking to try him and … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitution, Human Rights, Politics, Terrorism, Torture | 2 Comments

The SWIFT Boating Of The Media – A Third World Perspective

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Mash

    I have largely ignored the New York Times report about the Bush Administration’s tracking of international banking transactions. I have done so mainly because this is a non-story. Almost everyone with a pulse had to assume that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Politics, Terrorism | 10 Comments

A Parting Of Ways In Iraq

Posted on June 27, 2006 by Mash

Over the weekend Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki offered a national reconciliation plan to the Iraqi National Assembly. The plan offered to the Assembly was lacking some of the more controversial clauses that were part of an earlier draft. Nonetheless … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Iraq, Terrorism | 7 Comments

What Would Jack Bauer Do?

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Mash

On Friday, while the Attorney General of the United States was preparing to announce the indictments of seven alleged terrorists in Miami, where was Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff? Of course, you say, he was engaged on the issue of … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics, Terrorism | 11 Comments

A Coward Meets A Violent End

Posted on June 8, 2006 by Mash

At approximately 6pm in the evening Iraq time on Wednesday, the thug who called himself Abu Musab al-Zarqawi left this world assisted by two American-made 500 pound bombs that fell from the sky. The American military has rid Iraq of … Continue reading →

Posted in Iraq, Terrorism | 11 Comments