The War Against Terrorism - Post Afghanistan

14 of the 18 accused terrorists who attacked America on 911 were from Saudi Arabia. None were from Iraq or Afghanistan. But those two countries were attacked soon after. Saudi Arabia wasn't. Saudi supply America with 60% of their oil at a very nice price. In return the US support the ruling Saudi royal family by selling them the best arms money can buy, also at a good price, these weapons aimed at their own people so to keep the House of Saud in power and the people in line to suppress their home grown Wahabi Islam. Saudi Arabia attacked America on September 11 to make it look like it hates America to appease that 90%. America took the punch; it had to, and like a good ...  Read the complete review

I write this review after the shooting of Brazilian citizen Jean Charles de Menzes, who was killed by Metropolitan firearms officers at the Stockwell while trying to board a tube train, and the subsequent investigation by ITN news. After the London bombings of the 7th of July 2005 and the failed attacks a fortnight later, the Metropolitan police were understandably on edge. Two groups claiming to have carried out the atrocities had threatened more bombings and nobody, least of all the police, wanted to take these threats lightly. Mr de Menezes had left a block of flats that was under surveillance from the police, one of whom said he may be 'worth ...  Read the complete review

Yes I know the category says "The War Against terrorism - Post Afghanistan", but you can't look at today's terrorists without looking at the history of terrorism, so that's what I'm going to do now. Let's start by looking at what terrorism is, and dictionary.com gives me three separate entries for the actual word, which are : "The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons." "The unlawful use or threat of violence esp. against the ...  Read the complete review

or truth can live with right and wrong/ or molehills are from mountains made..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Update & Explanation - 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I originally wrote this in August of 2002 - the first time I'd been to the States following 9-11-2001. Things have moved on since then. The London Underground has been a terrorist target - twice. We have the terror on our doorstep, and we feel it personally. Nevertheless, the concerns expressed here are perhaps even more relevant now in light of recent events. Ultimately, how far are you willing to go to feel safe, and how much freedom will you sacrifice for ...  Read the complete review

How apt a subject, if somewhat dated in title. Post-Afghanistan is not really the issue here, it could have been post any conflict or invasion or even incident such as the siege at the Iranian Embassy way back before some of you were born. No, the title of a modern day terrorist threat would have been far more focussed on current events rather than those of another anti-American protest come Bush slating merry-go-round that seems to take presidency over the over criminal acts that are becoming a plague in today’s society. But which version or stance on terrorism though, mine, yours, the circus Medias interpretation of right and wrong or maybe ...  Read the complete review