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”

• Obama meets Yudhoyono to improve ties

  
  Cempaka Global Hotspots — Authority: 126
  Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post , Singapore | Sun, 11/15/2009 10:05 PM President Obama meets with President Yudhoyono of Indonesia. US President Barack Obama met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on Sunday ...
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• Hillary Prepares The Ground For An Exit Timetable

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 653
  By Steve Hynd Theres been a substantial change in Obama administration rhetoric in the last week or two, which has only accelerated after Gen. Eikenberry put his spanner in the escalationists works. Hillary Clinton, talking to ABC News this Sunday, gives the clearest indication yet that the administration is looking ...
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• 71 Percent of Brits Want Afghan Withdrawal

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 653
  By Steve Hynd Support for the continuing occupation of Afghanistan is cratering in Britain, according to a new poll for the Independent on Sunday . In a ComRes poll for the IoS this weekend, an overwhelming proportion – 71 per cent – supported this newspapers call for a phased withdrawal of British forces from ...
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• Barack Obama In 2006: Khalid Shiekh Mohammed Will Get “Full Military Trial”

  
  Below The Beltway — Authority: 691
  Similar Posts: Parents Of Daniel Pearl Speak Out Against Plan To Send Khalid Shiekh Mohammed To Civilian Court FBI Agent: Torture Didn’t Help Get Information From Khalid Sheikh Mohammed No, The Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Story Does Not Prove That “Torture Works” Barack Obama, Ron Paul Got Most Donations ...
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• Obama to Troops: Drop Dead

  
  American Conservative News Politics & Opinion - The Land of the Free — Authority: 511
  Candidate Obama couldn’t wait to get to fighting the war in Afghanistan. It was, as the Democrats saw it, the good war. It was the war the Americans should have been fighting until President Bush dragged our forces away from the hunt for Osama Bin Laden to go fight in an imperialistic adventure in Iraq. When he was ...
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• Barack Obama Was For Military Commission Tribunals Against KSM before He was Against Them … What Happened to the Full Military Trial?

  
  Scared Monkeys — Authority: 596
  Barack Obama was for Military Tribunals, before he was against them. So what changed from 2006? Will Americans question Obama and his Administration why he has done a reversal of fortunes on this issue? Does this look like a common crime committed by common criminals? Remember when Senator Barack Hussein Obama ...
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• Article Title Unknown

  
  Lex Communis — Authority: 133
  Jumping Away from ConclusionsJonah Goldberg observes:We have a real problem when much of the political and journalistic establishment is eager to jump to the conclusion that peaceful political opponents are in league with violent extremists, but is terrified to consider the possibility that violent extremists really ...
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• Today’s Ancient Warfare: Facts vs. Beliefs

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 554
  By Jeff Gates In unconventional warfare, manipulated beliefs are used to displace inconvenient facts. When waging war by way of deception, false beliefs are an oft-deployed weapon.  Recall Iraqi weapons of mass destruction? Iraqi ties to Al Qaeda? Iraqi mobile biological weapons laboratories?Iraqi meetings in Prague ...
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• Parents Of Daniel Pearl Speak Out Against Plan To Send Khalid Shiekh Mohammed To Civilian Court

  
  Below The Beltway — Authority: 691
  You may remember Daniel Pearl as the American-Jewish journalist who was captured by al Qaeda and beheaded in a gruesome video shortly after the War in Afghanistan started. After he was captured, 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shiekh Mohammed admitted that he had personally beheaded Pearl in the gruesome video. Now, ...
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• Jim Ryan opposes transfer of Gitmo terrorists to Illinois

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 560
  Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Ryan, who is endorsed by this blog, issued the following statement about the proposed transfer of Guantanamo Bay terrorists to Thomson, Illinois. While the issue of jobs is extremely important to our economy, protecting the public is the number one responsibility of government. ...
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• Obama’s Theator of the Weird

  
  BitsBlog — Authority: 140
  Sam Youngman, Hill : Barack Obama Even as he travels through Asia, President Barack Obama said Saturday that he has ordered a full investigation of what happened last week at Fort Hood, Texas, and he promises accountability for mistakes made that allowed the tragic shootings. The president, in his ...
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• Obama’s war in Afghanistan

  
  P U L S E — Authority: 588
  Fault Lines brings together a panel of guests and a studio audience to discuss Obama’s war in Afghanistan. Hosted by Avi Lewis. Excellent interventions from Jeremy Scahill and Matthew Hoh.
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• The First Casualty In The White Houses War Against Terrorism

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 503
  President Barack Obama speaks with White House Counsel Gregory Craig in the Oval Office, June 11. (Pete Souza/Rapport Press/Newscom/File) Bauer To Be White House Counsel, Amid Snags On Terrorism Policy -- Christian Science Monitor Robert Bauer, Obama’s personal lawyer, will replace Gregory Craig, who ...
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• question of the day...

  
  skippy the bush kangaroo — Authority: 557
  if military tribunals, not trials in american courtrooms, for suspected terrorists were inappropriate and indefensible when bush oversaw them (as nearly everyone on the left insisted repeatedly during his presidency), then how are they appropriate and defensible on obamas watch? (im paraphrasing glenn greenwald . ...
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• Major Hasan Of Fort Hood – A Patsy In A Drill Gone Live?

  
  In These New Times — Authority: 142
  Webster G. TarpleyRense.com15th November, 2009In the wake of the massacre at Fort Hood Texas , two principal theories have emerged to explain the conduct of the accused shooter, identified by the U.S. Army as Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist of Jordanian-Palestinian ancestry. One of these theories is ...
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• Don’t Forget Education

  
  The Pakistani Spectator — Authority: 446
  Even the terrorists know the importance of education and that is why they are targeting the academic institutions in the country and not even sparing the female students in full veils. Education is the foundation of any nation and as terrorists want to destroy Pakistan, they are now striking at the education centers. ...
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• Immortal Technique on Obama, 9/11 Truth & Corporate America

  
  JustGetThere — Authority: 430
  The U.S. government uses foreign wars to distract people’s attention from internal problems. That’s according to rapper and political activist ‘Immortal Technique’. In an exclusive interview with RT’s Marina Portnaya he says America’s bad decisions are covered up with lame excuses.
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• Will Torture Taint Al Qaeda Prosecutions?

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 566
  One of the ongoing mantras of the left during the Bush torture years was that, aside from the fact that torture produces little in the way of reliable intelligence, torturing Al Qaeda suspects might cause a future court to throw out the cases against them. There is one wonderful thing and one frightening thing about ...
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• Pashta Khara suicide attack FIR lodged

  
  Pakistan Views — Authority: 152
  Peshawar police have lodged Pashta Khara suicide car bomb blast First Information Report (FIR) against Amir Lashker-e-Islam – an outlawed outfit of Khyber Agency – Mangal Bagh and his other accomplices. Police sources said Mangal Bagh, Wahid, Saifor, Syed Noor, Taiyab, Satana Gul and Fazal Ahmed have been ...
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• Fifteen militants killed in Swat, Malakand

  
  Pakistan Views — Authority: 152
  Fifteen militants, including three commanders, were killed and a huge cache of arms was seized in Swat and Malakand regions on Saturday. According to ISPR spokesman Major Mushtaq Ahmed, troops killed three militants in mountainous areas of Mangaltan in Charbagh tehsil. Major Mushtaq, who is the operational commander ...
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