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After a spate of warnings, Israel went down the 9/11 path anyway
Middle East

After a spate of warnings, Israel went down the 9/11 path anyway

Overreaction has unleashed a fury that has sucked away sympathy and likely spawned a new generation of terrorism

The 'war on terror' lives on 22 years after 9/11
Global Crises

The 'war on terror' lives on 22 years after 9/11

Despite being out of Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has normalized a militarized approach to security worldwide

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Military Industrial Complex

Report: post-9/11 era one of the most militarily aggressive in US history

America has conducted nearly 400 interventions since its founding, with more than a quarter in the last 30 years.

Bin-laden
Global Crises

How a cottage terrorism industry made a lion out of an al-Qaeda mouse

A new book puts together documents uncovered at Osama bin Laden's hideout and finds the roots of a 20-year threat inflation.

Torture killed every single avenue for 9/11 terror prosecution
Military Industrial Complex

Torture killed every single avenue for 9/11 terror prosecution

What happens when suspects have permanent brain damage? America is about to find out as plea deals replace anticipated trials.

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North America

The US is building, rather than tearing down GTMO prison facilities

Report drowned out by other outrages of the day prove Biden has no interest in shuttering the military detention center.