Terrorism

By Joaquín Roy | (Inter Press Service) | – – In this column Joaquín Roy, Joaquin Roy, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Director of the European Union Centre at the University of Miami, says the recent terrorist attacks in Belgium indicate the need to strengthen, not weaken, European unity. MIAMI, Mar 24 2016 […]

Belgium

Europe: Improve your Police Work instead of reducing your Peoples’ Rights

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By Fiona de Londras | (The Conversation) | – – The attacks of March 22 in Brussels were shocking, but not surprising. They reinforced what many have known for years: Belgium has a serious problem with terrorism. For a long time, security analysts have expressed anxiety about the depth and extent of radicalisation and fundamentalism […]

Featured

Dear Trump & Cruz: Muslim Turkey arrested Brussels Terrorist & Gave him to European Authorities

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The paroxysms of hatred and bigotry spewed by the two GOP frontrunners in the 2016 presidential campaign probably do not need any pretext, since Trump and Cruz are clearly sadistic and unfair individuals. But the Brussels airport and metro attacks gave them another excuse to blame […]

Iraq

Remember: Refugees are fleeing ISIL; they aren’t ISIL

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Kamal al-Ayash | (Niqash.org) | – – Getting from Turkey to Europe was a cakewalk compared to escaping the [so-called] Islamic State-run city of Fallujah, says one Iraqi. Fleeing families must cross a reservoir, in a ten-passenger boat, on an active battlefield. “Life had become impossible in the city of Fallujah,” Hamid Abu Ziad says. […]

Terrorism

Brussels: An Older Kind of Terrorism, and the challenge of Airport Security

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By Steve Hewitt | (The Conversation) | – – The terrible scenes in Brussels following a terrorist attack now claimed by Islamic State are a reminder of just how vulnerable airports can be. In the years since the September 11 attacks in the US in 2001, a clear priority of western security agencies has been […]

Featured

How not to talk about Muslims after a Fringe Terrorist Group attacks

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 1. Stop calling Daesh “the Islamic State.” They are manipulating you. They aren’t a state and they aren’t Islamic. If some fringe cult took over some villages in Mexico and called itself “The Vatican,” then committed terrorism, would journalists blithely say on air “Today, the Vatican […]

Belgium

Brussels Attacks: It isn’t about Molenbeek, it is about a Broken Belgian Government

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By Martin Conway | (The Conversation) | – – Just as during the German invasions of 1914 and 1940, war, it seems, is coming to France through Belgium. If one follows the logic of the statements of various French political leaders since the bloody attacks in Paris on November 13, Belgium has become the base […]

Saudi Arabia

Is Saudi Arabia’s ‘Islamic’ Coalition against Terrorism a Paper Tiger?

Juan Cole

By Frud Bezhan | ( RFE/RL ) | – – Saudi Arabia made a splash when it announced the formation of a 34-country "Islamic" alliance against terrorism in December — and followed it up with a massive military exercise that ended last week. The mainly Sunni Muslim coalition — which includes regional power and NATO-member […]

Islam-hatred

White Terrorist and Muslim-Hater Breivik Sues Norway over ‘Inhumane Treatment’

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AJ+ | – – “Anders Breivik’s trial over inhumane prison conditions just ended. His more serious complaints include 23-hour isolation, censorship and hundreds of strip searches. In 2011 he killed 77 people in what he calls an attempt to prevent “Islamization.” A decision is expected in April.” AJ+: “Anders Breivik, Norway Mass Killer, Sues Over […]