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Osama bin Laden could have been captured back in December 2001

Osama bin Laden could have been captured back in December 2001

The US is currently lamenting that if only it had sent a sufficient enough force to Afghanistan back in 2001, it would have already captured Osama bin Laden in December of hat year. ‘The Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s report says that a robust American force could have barred bin Laden’s escape in the Afghan mountains of Tora Bora; [...]
What’s in a name? A war by any other name would still smell as costly… (Obama renames Bush’s ‘War on Terror’)

What’s in a name? A war by any other name would still smell as costly… (Obama renames Bush’s ‘War on Terror’)

A month ago, the International Commission of Jurists urged the White House to change the term ‘War on Terror’ because it “justifies the violations of humanitarian law and human rights.” Some sectors of the army had also requested a change of title because it gathers under a single name all the policies that deal with different enemies. George [...]