War on terror

The War On Terror(ism) is a term used most frequently during the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush, referring to political, military, and legal conflict against terrorist organizations in the wake of 9/11.

The resulting ideology is commonly held to have been a major contributor to such actions as the Iraq War and the internment of political prisoners in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, as well as the creation of the Patriot Act and other controversial legal and political movements.

A hotly debated topic in the blogosphere, the War On Terror continued to be a common phrase even after its official discontinuation by the Obama administration (in favor of the slightly-more-doublespeak "Overseas Contingency Operation"). Bloggers disagree greatly on definitions of terrorism and what actions should be taken against terrorists and terror organizations, and in the pundit-heavy blogosphere, little middle ground can be reached. The War On Terror may officially be over, but there can be no doubt that the ideas it signifies still occupy the minds of many, and that this issue has yet to be resolved in the public consciousness.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “War on terror”

• Lahore tragedy – an eyewitness account

  
  Pak Tea House — Authority: 435
  I am grateful to Khurram Siddiqi for his timely and rather chilling account of what Lahore underwent this evening. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of Lahore tragedy. Raza RumiToday, two bombs struck Allama Iqbal Town’s ‘Moon Market’- a place that I remember from my childhood when our family used to ...
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• We are Tamil and Pushtun Today

  
  The Pakistani Spectator — Authority: 490
  Ich  bin ein Tamil and Pustun. We are all Tamil and Pushtun today, back in 1960s American President J.F Kennedy chanted for the freedom of Berliners. We should show our humanitarian solidarity with the civilian victims of terrorism in Tamil and Pushtun areas. The Top news story, across the global media, is the human ...
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• Transnational NGO Shows Global Presence

  
  A COMMENT OR TWO — Authority: 125
  Chicago Man Charged by U.S. in 2008 Mumbai Attack A Chicago man, arrested in October on charges he planned attacks against a Danish newspaper, conducted surveillance of targets in Mumbai before the 2008 terror attack there that killed about 170 people, the Justice Department said. David Coleman Headley, 49, was ...
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• Ron Paul: Who Wants War?

  
  Veritas Vos Liberabit — Authority: 469
  By Ron Paul, If anyone still doubted that this administration’s foreign policy would bring any kind of change, this week’s debate on Afghanistan should remove all doubt.  The President’s stated justifications for sending more troops to Afghanistan and escalating war amount to little more than recycling all the ...
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• Guide to Save Pakistan from Suicide Bombing

  
  The Pakistani Spectator — Authority: 490
  We will start winning this war the moment we will start chasing them in streets and markets like our army is doing in caves and mountains. No terrorist group can carry out the attacks for years without the continuous supply of 3F’s; fighters, fighting material and finances. And neither does any country could fight ...
  21 hours ago

• Chicago Man Charged with Conspiracy in 2008 Mumbai Terror Attack that killed 172

  
  Infidels Are Cool — Authority: 613
  Remember the raid of a meat packing plant in the Chicago area in October that led to an American Jihadi being charged with plotting to blow up a Danish Newspaper ? Well it seems he did a lot more than just that.  The DOJ has brought new charges on the man for his direct involvement in the planning of last ...
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• The Diminished Expectations of Nation Building

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 635
  By Steve Hynd Not Denmark, nor Switzerland in the Hindu Kush - more like Kosovo, Mosul or Columbia. Afghanistan could look like Iraq, the Balkans or Central America if NATO succeeds in its mission there, the alliances top commander said on Monday. "It will be a world in which there is a central government, ...
  22 hours ago

• Umm Qasr – Iraq’s seaport

  
  America's North Shore Journal — Authority: 130
  When the city of Basra was particular unstable between 2006 and 2008, the port of Umm Qasr was left to tread water as a contributor to Iraqs economic development.Now, however, through the collaboration of the Joint Interagency Task Force Iraq and Iraqi partners, the port is positioned to navigate over its next ...
  23 hours ago

• Moon Market Blasts in Lahore

  
  The Pakistani Spectator — Authority: 490
  Twin blasts in Lahore have killed more than 12 people and injured several people, some of them seriously, at Moon market in Iqbal Town Lahore just hour ago. The two blasts occurred within 30 seconds of each other. Fire erupted in the shops after the blasts. Today, a suicide attacker struck in Peshawar and a car ...
  23 hours ago

• Cover Up: Death At Gitmos Camp Delta

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 635
  By Steve Hynd On June 10, 2006 three detainees at Gitmos Camp Delta were found hanged in their cells. The governments own autopies showed theyd been hanging there for at least two hours, in cells under suposedly constant surveilance by video cameras and guards. Now, Seton Hall Law has a new report on the deaths at ...
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• Whats Really Going On In Afghanistan and Pakistan; The Perspective of a Pakistani Woman Living in Pakistan

  
  Library Grape — Authority: 479
  by Vaneeza * ( see intro here ) Whats Really Going On In Afghanistan and Pakistan, And Why It Matters We in Pakistan are seeing real changes in Americas way of dealing with our country. When Hilary Clinton came to Pakistan, although her visit was short, still sh e utilized it very well. She did a number ...
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• The UnChurchill

  
  MoltenThought II — Authority: 142
  Barack Hussein Obama.
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• The Latest Outbreak of Sudden Jihadi Syndrome

  
  MoltenThought II — Authority: 142
  This time, a lefty professor was the victim, so perhaps liberals will drop the P.C. crap for a moment and think.
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• America-Hating Leftists Ban Troop-Supporting Yellow Ribbons

  
  The Daley Gator — Authority: 600
  Borough Of Litchfield Board: Get Those Yellow Ribbons Off Our Town Green Trees – Hartford CourantFor the past six years several military mothers here and their supporters have decorated the trees on the town green with yellow ribbons to express their support for local residents who serve in Afghanistan and Iraq.But ...
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• Secretary of Defence: Weve Had No Solid Intel On Bin Ladenin Years

  
  Newsvine - Killfile's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 485
  Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States has not had good intelligence on the whereabouts of terrorist Osama bin Laden in years.
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• John Ross : Days of Dementia in Obamalandia

  
  The Rag Blog — Authority: 550
  The Zhu Zhu virtual hamster: Dementia in Obamalandia. Photo by Rex Larsen / The Grand Rapids Press.On the loose in Obamalandia:Days of Dementia (Is the war over yet?)Yes, Baracko, the economy is booming again for Chinese-made mechanical hamsters but homelessness is the real growth industry.By John Ross / The Rag Blog ...
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• Our nations finest

  
  Betsy's Page — Authority: 571
  The Washington Post talks to some of the cadets at West Point who were in the audience of President Obamas speech. And you just have to marvel at some of these young men and women. It reminds me of the description of the firemen and policemen at the World Trade Center on 9/11. While everyone was running away from ...
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• Afghanistan’s Great Game And Superficial Analysis By US Foreign Policy Analysts

  
  Pak Tea House — Authority: 435
  By Yasser Latif HamdaniThe article below from Examiner epitomizes bad analysis that some in the US insist on carrying out which is damaging to the much flaunted “common objective”.     God forbid if the author is right, it just means that the US is pursuing a perilous path by ignoring advice from ...
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• Thirteen militants killed in Swat, Lower Dir

  
  Pakistan Views — Authority: 153
  Pakistani security forces killed 13 militants, including a prominent commander identified as Gul Mulla, in gun battles in two parts of the northwest over the weekend. Pakistani troops in northwest Swat district killed four militants including a local commander named Gul Mulla on Sunday, the army said.‘An army convoy ...
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• Little Known Facts About Afghanistan and Bin Laden

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 558
  Little Known Facts About Afghanistan and Bin Laden Evidence which has come out over the last couple of years makes it clear that top Bush administration officials knew that Saddam didn’t have weapons of mass destruction and knew that Saddam had no connection with 9/11. It is now reasonably obvious that the ...
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