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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Original Technorati articles tagged “war on terror”

• in Politics
  US-Pak Duo: What Has Changed Since 1979?
  Having a look at the changing US Pakistani relationship in terms of a common Pakistani
  by guyver1918 / on Oct 28, 2011
• in Politics
  To Torture or Not to Torture? That Is The Question...
  Torture of terrorist suspects is not wrong or immoral, it just doesn't work.
  by lgvelez / on Oct 1, 2011
• in Politics
  The Next American Invasion
  The next American Invasion, could neither be in Iran nor North Korea. Instead .. Guess where ..
  by mariorozario / on May 23, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “war on terror”

 

• OpenU approves pro-Beijing scholar as president, despite student sit-in

  
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  Despite a sit-in protest by Open University students, pro-Beijing scholar Wong Yuk-shan was appointed to be the fifth president on Thursday morning. The university council chairman made the announcement during a meeting where six students staged a demonstration to protest against what they called an opaque selection ...
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• Afghanistan: Taliban Peace Talks

  
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  Filed under: Afghanistan , news , Pakistan , Taliban , USA , video , War , War on Terror
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• Open thread: Syria

  
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  What’s going on? ‘Syriasly.’ I understand where Iran and Hezbollah are in this: they’re Assad allies and want their interests preserved. But: Do Assad’s troops really use chemical weapons? Are the rebels worth supporting? Aren’t they basically al Qaeda? Is this Obama’s Iraq War: where he must ...
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• Obamas Running Biggest Terrorist Operation That Exists...

  
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  Wow, Obamas even getting thrashed by the most hardened America-hater, Noam Chomsky: And Chomskys also at the Guardian UK, " NSA surveillance is an attack on American citizens, says Noam Chomsky ."
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• Obama’s Latest Move To Close Guantanamo Heralds Yet Another Fight With Republicans

  
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  In this Jan. 21, 2009, file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a guard talks to a Guantanamo detainee in the open yard in Camp 4 detention center on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP/File/Brennan Linsley) President Barack Obama announced on Monday that he has chosen a special envoy to reopen the ...
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• Why it’s dangerous to privatise America’s intelligence services

  
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  The post 9/11 world has seen an explosion in private companies making a killing in both assisting and exaggerating the “threat” of terrorism. I examine this deeply in my upcoming book, Profits of Doom . Here’s a great piece by a beacon on this issue, journalist Tim Shorrock, writing in the New York Times ...
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• White House to Appoint Guantánamo Detention Camp Closure Envoy

  
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  ______________________________ On Monday, the White House shall announce the appointment of an envoy to close the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility . Clifford Sloan , a Washington lawyer and a close confidant of US Secretary of State John Kerry , will have the assignment of overseeing the closure of the ...
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• Ron Paul: Obama’s Syria Policy Looks a Lot Like Bush’s Iraq Policy

  
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  As the civil war in Syria escalates (which risks becoming a regional or global conflagration) , former US Congressman Ron Paul slams the Obama administration for assimilating the deception employed by Bush administration in justifying the Iraq war. Here is Ron Paul (from Ron Paul’s Texas Straight ...
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• “Let’s You and Him Fight!”

  
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  Saudi Gazette editorializes about the US government’s decision to become involved in Syria’s civil war. The paper finds there to be compelling reasons for US engagement, even as it casts doubts on whether the Syrian government has used (or even has) chemical weapons, the ‘red line’ that triggered the US ...
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• "Now that President Obamas administration says its prepared to arm Syrias rebels, this raises a question relatively few people can answer:..."

  
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  "Who exactly are these guys?" Are The Rebels United? No.... U.S. policy shows the sharp distinction the Obama administration is making between the various factions. Weapons will be going to more secular groups, while the administration has declared the leading Islamist faction, Jabhat al-Nusra, a terrorist ...
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• Why Israel Is Losing the Internet War

  
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  ISRAEL IS LOSING THE INTERNET WAR for chiefly the same reason that France and Poland fell early in World War II. Israel is fighting a new war using old methods. The end results are predictable and devastating. … Hundreds of videos of Muslim outrages should be distributed daily. Fortunately, these are not hard to ...
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• Another Shoe Drops

  
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  ( Drew Sheneman via GoComics.com) Declan McCullagh, at CNET : The National Security Agency has acknowledged in a new classified briefing that it does not need court authorization to listen to domestic phone calls. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, disclosed this week that during a secret briefing to ...
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• Your Daley Gator Saturday Op-Ed Roundup Featuring John Hawkins, Mark Steyn, Stephen Hayes, Thomas Sowell, Michelle Malkin, Walter E. Williams And Jonah Goldberg

  
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  Everything You Need To Know About The Rubio/McCain Amnesty Catastrophe In 15 Quotes – John Hawkins . 1) This is President Obama’s number one political agenda item because he knows we will never again have a Republican president, ever, if amnesty goes into effect. We will perpetually have a progressive, liberal ...
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• The President Has No Spine: Syria Here We Come!

  
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  It is time to let the rest of the world get involved if they must…but it is time for the United States to stop thinking that we need to be involved in every local conflict in the world. But now, bowing to pressure from critics, advisers and purportedly former President Clinton, the president is moving the US more ...
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• Greenwald Responds to False Claims, Threat of Arrest by Republican Congressman [VIDEO]

  
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  Earlier this week, CNNs Anderson Cooper interviewed The Guardians Glenn Greenwald about the baseless claim made by Rep. Peter King (R-NY), on Fox "News", that Greenwald was "threatening to disclose" the identities of covert American CIA operatives. Additionally, and in flagrant disregard for the U.S. ...
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• Manufactured Hero Edward Snowden: Glenn Greenwald Goes “Full Retard”

  
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  by Scott Creighton The other day I wondered if the Guardian set Glenn up for a fall on this one. I figured maybe they told him they vetted this new NSA whistle-blower and sent him off to Hong Kong to meet a high-school drop-out with his Rubic’s Cube in what appeared to be a secret meeting scenario written by the ...
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• Flags to be Flown at Half-Staff to Honor Three New Yorkers Killed in Afghanistan

  
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  Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has directed that flags on state government buildings be flown at half-staff on Friday, June 14, 2013 in honor of three New Yorkers who died in Zarghun, Shaha, Afghanistan on June 8. Killed were Lt. Col. Todd J. Clark, of Evans Mills; and Major Jaimie Leonard, of Warrick; and civilian law ...
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• Is Obama Starting A War With Syria Just To Distract Us From All The Scandals?

  
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  Economic Collapse | Well, isnt that convenient?
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• Gosduma Deputy Sez American Chemical Weapons Report in Syria “Fabricated”

  
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  ______________________________ On Friday, RF Gosduma Deputy Aleksei Pushkov , head of the RF Gosduma International Affairs Committee, stated that a US government report concluding that Syria used chemical weapons against rebels, crossing what US President Barack Obama  has previously described as a ...
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• Syria Crosses Obamas Red Line on Chemical Weapons

  
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  Ive said it many times, but the U.S. should have considered military intervention in Syria long ago. I doubt wed make things better at this point. An Islamist regime coming to power wont be an improvement on Assad. As sick as it sounds, theres no good choice for Syria right now. Maybe Obama will get some wag-the-dog ...
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