Searching for Closure at Ground Zero Searching for Closure at Ground Zero
Closure. That was the word on people’s lips last night after President Obama announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a firefight with US forces in Pakistan.
May 2, 2011 / Laura Flanders
The Ghost of bin Laden The Ghost of bin Laden
Now that Osama is dead, can America at last break free of the conceit of endless war?
May 2, 2011 / William Greider
Slide Show: What Will Osama bin Laden’s Death Mean for the ‘War on Terror’? Slide Show: What Will Osama bin Laden’s Death Mean for the ‘War on Terror’?
On Sunday, May 1, President Barack Obama delivered an address to the nation announcing the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden. Obama’s call to Americans to remember that…
May 2, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
JSOC: The Black Ops Force That Took Down Bin Laden JSOC: The Black Ops Force That Took Down Bin Laden
Some call them “Murder, Incorporated.” Others say they're America's counterterrorism ”ace in the hole.” JSOC is the elite Special Ops force that has been at...
May 2, 2011 / Jeremy Scahill
China as Number One: Don’t Bet Your Bottom Dollar China as Number One: Don’t Bet Your Bottom Dollar
Back before 9/11, China was, of course, the favored future über-enemy of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and all those neocons who signed onto the Project for the New Ame...
May 2, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Sports, bin Laden and the New Normal Sports, bin Laden and the New Normal
The death of Osama bin Laden was reflected immediately in the rapturious cheers of sports fans. It was another sign how 9/11 changed everything, in terms of politics at the park.
May 2, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Video: President Obama’s Remarks on Osama bin Laden’s Killing Video: President Obama’s Remarks on Osama bin Laden’s Killing
President Barack Obama delivered a national address on Sunday, May 1 to explain the operation that led to Osama bin Laden's killing.
May 2, 2011 / The Nation
A Pakistani Student Reflects on Osama bin Laden’s Death A Pakistani Student Reflects on Osama bin Laden’s Death
With Osama bin Laden's death, let us not forget that much remains to be said and done in the name of peace and stability the world over.
May 2, 2011 / StudentNation / Maria Kari
Qaddafi Is Not Osama bin Laden Qaddafi Is Not Osama bin Laden
The bombing of the Qaddafi compound is outrageous and unacceptable, besides being illegal.
May 2, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Jeremy Scahill: How Osama bin Laden Led the US to Declare War on the World Jeremy Scahill: How Osama bin Laden Led the US to Declare War on the World
Jeremy Scahill explains that Osama bin Laden is dead, but so are the hundreds of thousands of victims of the US War on Terror
May 2, 2011 / Press Room