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9/11: a perfect pretext, a terrible legacy
September 2011
Mariano Aguirre

The tragedy of 11 September 2001 was used by authoritarian forces in the United States as a political opportunity.

9/11 did not start or end at midnight
September 2011
Richard Falk

All too often 9/11 is viewed from the perspective of the nation-state rather than from a global standpoint.

Osama is no martyr, but the man prevailed
May 2011
Walden Bello

The US response to 9/11 over the last decade played right into bin Laden's preferred terrain.

Justice or Vengeance: lessons from Bin Laden's death
May 2011
Phyllis Bennis

Vengeance may have been wreaked on the infamous Al Qaeda leader, but as long as deadly U.S. wars continue in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and beyond, justice has not been done.

Blacklisted
December 2010
Ben Hayes
 Gavin Sullivan

Human rights experts call for abolition of United Nations ‘terrorist list’ and wholesale reform of EU blacklisting regime.

No Threat from Iraq
November 2002
Saul Landau

US policy towards Iraq is a replay of the deceits that launched and sustained its long conflicts with the Soviet Union and Vietnam.

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