By Paul Craig Roberts Trends Research Institute Until the decline of the dollar reached the breaking point, Osama bin Laden, who many experts believe to have been dead for years, was a useful bogeyman to use to feed the profits of the US military/security complex. If today were April 1 and not May 2, we…
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7 Deceptions about Bin Laden’s killing pushed by the Obama administration
By Joshua Holland AlterNet The Obama administration deftly shaped the media coverage of its prized kill by detailing a picture-perfect, morally unambiguous special forces operation, which culminated in the death of Osama bin Laden. Most of the details of that narrative have now unravelled, but the conventional wisdom that the tale established remains. As Glenn…
Now That Bin Laden Is Dead, Can We Have Our Freedoms Back?
By Karen Greenberg Alternet Osama bin Laden’s death removes the single focal point that has dominated American foreign affairs – and much of American politics at home – for a decade. And certainly, the United States and the world can breathe a sigh of relief that a dreaded enemy no longer needs to be countered.…
The Killing of Bin Laden: Justice or Vengeance?
Does the killing of al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden represent ultimate justice, or even an end to the “unfinished business” of 9/11? By Phyllis Bennis Alternet (Amman, Jordan) U.S. agents killed bin Laden in Pakistan, apparently without cooperation from the government in Islamabad. The al Qaeda leader was responsible for great suffering, and I…
Bin Laden killing won’t settle debate over enhanced interrogations
By Zachary Roth Reposted by Bulatlat.com The killing of Osama bin Laden has reignited a heated political debate over the value of “enhanced interrogation techniques”–what many call torture–in the fight against terrorism. The harsh techniques were authorized under the Bush administration and championed over the last decade by several Bush officials as crucial tools in…
Benjie Oliveros | The end does not justify the means
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis The US has finally caught up with Osama Bin Laden, its number one enemy and its former ally. It could be remembered that the US helped build up, arm and strengthen Osama’s forces during the Afghan people’s war against Russian occupation, but later became its number one enemy. In other words,…
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Terrorist bogery
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Osama bin Laden, the elusive head of the Al Qaeda, is dead. The Obama administration thumps its breast as it announces this feat, which reads like an action-thriller movie with US Navy SEALS and CIA-led operatives as the intrepid heroes completing their mission with deadly precision and efficiency, and…
Kiss American Security Goodbye: 15 Numbers That Add Up to an Age of Insecurity
When the history of this era is finally written, based on the Tai Chi Principle, Osama bin Laden and his scattering of followers may be credited for goading the fundamentalist leaders of the United States into using the power in their grasp so – not to put a fine point on it – stupidly and…
Kiss American Security Goodbye: 15 Numbers That Add Up to an Age of Insecurity
When the history of this era is finally written, based on the Tai Chi Principle, Osama bin Laden and his scattering of followers may be credited for goading the fundamentalist leaders of the United States into using the power in their grasp so – not to put a fine point on it – stupidly and…