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 / Video / Democracy Now!
Osama bin Laden Dead: The Nation’s Coverage Osama bin Laden Dead: The Nation’s Coverage
Find links to all of The Nation's coverage of the killing Osama bin Laden, and what it means for the war on terror, here.
May 2, 2011 / The Nation
Hamas Idiotically Calls Osama bin Laden ‘Holy Warrior’ Hamas Idiotically Calls Osama bin Laden ‘Holy Warrior’
The Palestinian Islamist group condemned the killing by US forces of Osama bin Laden and mourned him as an “Arab holy warrior.”
May 2, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Full Text: Pakistan’s First Official Comment on OBL’s Death Full Text: Pakistan’s First Official Comment on OBL’s Death
US says Pakistan was not informed in advance of the raid on Bin Laden's compound.
May 2, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Full Text: White House Briefing on Bin Laden Killing Full Text: White House Briefing on Bin Laden Killing
Just after midnight, a senior US official describes the operation that eliminated Al Qaeda's leader.
May 2, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Political Coup: He Heads Toward 2012 as the President Who Did What Bush Could Not Obama’s Political Coup: He Heads Toward 2012 as the President Who Did What Bush Could Not
Forget trumping Trump with the long-form birth certificate. President Obama's announcement that he ordered a successful mission to kill Osama bin Laden is likely to yield political...
May 2, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Bin Laden’s Dead: Good Job, CIA! Now, Let’s Get Out of Afghanistan Bin Laden’s Dead: Good Job, CIA! Now, Let’s Get Out of Afghanistan
And which side is Pakistan on?
May 2, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
With Osama bin Laden Dead, It’s Time to End the ‘War on Terror’ With Osama bin Laden Dead, It’s Time to End the ‘War on Terror’
President Obama's call to Americans to remember that “justice has been done” is an opening to seize. It is time to stop defining the post-9/11 struggle against stateles...
May 2, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Is US Aid Suppressing Yemen’s Freedom Struggle? Is US Aid Suppressing Yemen’s Freedom Struggle?
The increased use of military helicopters to crack down on demonstrators in Yemen begs the question: Are any of these helicopters part of a recent aid package from the Obama admin...
Apr 28, 2011 / Nick Turse
Panetta, Petraeus, Allen: Bad News, Good News Panetta, Petraeus, Allen: Bad News, Good News
Most worrying are signals from the White House that nothing will change.
Apr 28, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss