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America’s Most Lethal Navy SEAL Sniper

I want to feel sorry for him for not being able to see how he was contradicting himself in saying that the people he killed were “savage”, while also maintaining that he had to portray them as savage, and that he had “to get in the mentality and…not think of them as human beings.”

Don’t Ignore Ron Paul

Ron Paul stands in a unique position amongst fellow Republicans as well as amongst general Progressives. This has, unsurprisingly, made him perhaps the most polarizing contemporary political figure in American politics as well perhaps the most misunderstood. How can we understand him?

The Myth-Making of The Iraq War’s ‘End’

While reading the transcript of Obama’s speech at Fort Bragg, meant to signal the end of the Iraq War, three words dominated my mind as I sought to find adjectives that best described the speech – “lies,” and “more lies.”

Arab Americans & 9/11 tenth Anniversary

How will Arab Americans commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks?

Colbert Smashes US Media Norway “Coverage”

Stephen Colbert’s Monday night show featured a sharp takedown of US media that rushed to point fingers at Al-Qaeda after the devastating attack in Norway, and then played defense even after they were proved wrong.

The Bodies of Permanent War

Masculine bodies in the war on terror.

KABOBexclusive: Osama Bin Laden Pic Revealed

Recent reports of bin Laden hanging around in his underwear and with a young wife at the time of his killing confirm the authenticity of the photo.

TCF unfreezes Abudayyeh accounts

TCF’s bizarre decision to freeze and then later release the Abudayyehs’ accounts is a dangerous infringement on our due process rights.

Dear US Attorney Fitzgerald: Enough is enough

Hatem Abudayyeh’s only crime has been his unwavering commitment to justice in Palestine and Arab community organizing in Chicago.

Bin Laden’s death: Moving forward

Americans will be remiss if they continue to celebrate Bin Laden’s death with blind jubilation.

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