Category Archives: Terrorism

War Crime In Qana

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Mash

    Israel late Saturday night killed more than 60 Lebanese civilians including at least 34 children in an airstrike on a building in the Lebanese village of Qana. I was up last night blogging as part of the Blogathon … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Middle East Conflict, Terrorism | 15 Comments

Debunking The “Ticking Bomb” Argument For Torture

Posted on July 30, 2006 by Mash

Alan Dershowitz uses the "ticking bomb" scenario to justify torture. Though Dershowitz makes other equally flimsy excuses to justify torture, the so-called "ticking bomb" scenario is the one that has the most emotional appeal. This is also the argument trotted out … Continue reading →

Posted in Terrorism, Torture | 1 Comment

We Have Ways Of Making You Talk!!!

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Mash

In the spring of 2002, the Bush Administration scored a major coup against al Qaeda. The third ranking member of al Qaeda, Abu Zubaydah, was captured in a daring raid in Pakistan. This surely was a major blow to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Politics, Terrorism, Torture | 1 Comment

Terrorist Lawyers And The Civilians They Help Kill

Posted on July 23, 2006 by Mash

Alan Dershowitz says that civilians in Lebanon are not "civilians" like civilians in Israel. Civilians in Lebanon, according to Dershowitz, must be graded on a sliding scale of terroristness or "the continuum of civilianality." Dershowitz’s argument is the same tired argument … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Middle East Conflict, Terrorism | 17 Comments

Losing Our Humanity One Atrocity At A Time

Posted on July 13, 2006 by Mash

On March 12, 2006 a gruesome crime took place in a farmhouse in Mahmoudiya, Iraq. A 14-year-old girl was raped and murdered. Her parents and her 5-year-old sister were shot in the head in another room. Their bodies were then … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Iraq, Society, Terrorism | 25 Comments