Archives: Domestic Terrorism

Other Acts of Terror get Media Anniversaries, but not White Terrorists like Dylann Roof

By Bryan van Hulst Miranda | ( TeleSur) | - - A year after Roof was charged over the mass-killing of nine Black people in an African Methodist church, it is worth…

After Paris, Rights Groups warn against Police State Tactics

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - 'Whilst closed oppressive societies breed hatred and barbarism, open reflective states built on rights, freedoms and the rule of law ultimately prevail.'…

Turkey’s Snap Elections: Erdoğan is forcing his people to take sides

By Bahar Baser and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk | (The Conversation) | - - Ever since the June 2015 elections, which thwarted the proposed presidential system that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has long…

Turkey: As Violence hits Istanbul, southeast, Can Pres. Erdogan turn it to Political Advantage?

By Alpaslan Ozerdem | (The Conversation) | - - Armed attacks on the US consulate and a police station are the latest in a wave of bloody violence in Turkey that has…

European Islamophobic Networks influenced Roof to Kill in Charleston

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Muslim-hatred of the Geert Wilders and Marine LePens in Europe, for which Daniel Pipes, and Pamela Geller, and the whole Islamophobic network…

Egypt: Executing Muslim Brotherhood leader Morsi for “Terrorism” will Fuel… Terrorism

By Ebrahim Deen | (Informed Comment) | -- ‘In contemporary Egypt, due process is often not granted, evidence is often not considered, and impartiality and independence are often not maintained.’ The…

French Far Right Poised to Exploit Paris Attacks for Political Gain

By Thomas Scotto | (The Conversation) On the streets of France there is a strong public response to the murders of 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. But…

‘Cartoonists for Peace’ respond defiantly to Paris Terrorists

By A. D. McKenzie PARIS, Jan 8 2015 (IPS) - “They are cowards who react to satire by going for their Kalashnikovs.” That was how renowned French cartoonist Plantu described the killers…

Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The horrific murder of the editor, cartoonists and other staff of the irreverent satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, along with two policemen, by terrorists in Paris was…

Blackwater: Nice State Dept. you have here, shame if Anything happened to It

State Department official documented in memo that mercenary threatened him just weeks before Nisour Square massacre By Jon Queally As the trial continues against Blackwater mercenaries accused of a bloody massacre that…

US Press once again Declines to Call White Terrorism in Kansas, Nevada, White Terrorism

(By Juan Cole) My Top Ten differences between White Terrorists and Others, judging by the Facebook shares, must be among the more popular pieces I have ever written. It keeps being proven…