Bin Laden's Son Reportedly Calls Father's Killing 'Criminal'
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With Osama bin Laden now dead, it's going to be a lot easier to begin pulling out of Afghanistan. The only question left to ask is how fast this drawdown will be accomplished.
The 83-year-old Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is giving itself a 21st Century facelift just in time for the upcoming September parliamentary elections.
I spent the years following 9/11 reacting to the discrimination of those around me. Bin Laden's death is at least, for now, some comfort that my dark decade -- and that of my nation -- has finally come to a close.
For all its high-toned statements about sustainability, Wal-Mart's backroom practices in Argentina should be vivid enough to scare away any nation tempted by the "live better" motto.
The redeployment of senior players in Obama's national security team will have no consequential effect on American foreign policy or on defense spending.
The death of the world's most wanted terrorist is building up pressure on the United States government to end our country's longest-running war. The question now is whether the American public and its leaders are willing to invest in a long-term strategy for peace.
Egypt and the broader Middle East isn't experiencing a clash of civilizations so much as a clash within civilizations. Part of it is generational, part is economic and part is a conflict over ideas, values and beliefs.
If the United States intends to refocus on East Asia only to screw it up royally in the same way we've made a mess of the Middle East, it would be in everyone's interest if we fail to reorient our policy.
On May 1st, as President Obama looked into the eyes of Americans and the world to announce the bizarre end to an even stranger manhunt, we looked back into his eyes and for the first time ever, there was no trace of Stanley Ann.
Osama bin Laden and the "suspected militants" targeted in drone attacks should have been arrested and tried in U.S. courts or an international tribunal. Obama cannot serve as judge, jury and executioner.
Rule number one of a Praetorian State such as Syria is complete unity of the armed forces, which are the regime's main tool of oppression. It is in this light that the unthinkable may be happening for Bashar Assad.
The first Arab revolution in Tunisia may stand the best chance of success of ushering in the more open, democratic government that protesters demanded. Robert Malley shared his insights into Tunisia's revolution.
How can so many reasonable minds welcome the reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas as good news, a good sign, like the far too long delayed reunion of a too long divided people, when it is, in reality, a catastrophe?
The big debate about the Fatah-Hamas unity agreement of earlier this month is whether it will increase the chances of Israeli-Palestinian peace, or weaken them.
After the Osama killing Washington will bask in the warm glow of triumphalism, just the way it did following the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. But that triumph will be an illusion.
He was an evil mass-murderer. Does it matter how it went down? Absolutely.
I grew up in Cairo, where I had, and still have, close Christian friends. I can only imagine how Egyptian Christians feel right now. It is outrageous that they would feel threatened in their own country.
Though Armenian singer singer Emmy never tells us what her lover's kiss is actually like, the video implies it's as powerful as a punch delivered by a boxer wearing silver stilettos and black spandex.
The fact that the most wanted man in the world was found in a suburb of Islamabad is absolutely astounding. The criticism and second-guessing of Pakistan have been blistering and relentless since last Sunday.
John Feffer, 2011.05.10
Marcelo Ebrard, 2011.05.10
