terrorism

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• SOURCE: Boston Review
  6/25/2020
  

  Policing the World (Review)

  by Andrew Lanham

  Since World War II, the United States has spread its style of policing—and police technology—around the world as a way to exert control. This link between modern policing and the national security state means they will have to be democratized together.

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• SOURCE: New York Daily News
  5/25/2020
  

  9/11 Families Outraged by 'Massive Coverup’ Linking Saudi Arabian Official to Hijackers

  The recent inadvertent revelation of the name of a Saudi official believed to have aided the 9/11 hijackers has renewed calls by many victims' families for much greater transparency about the Saudi regime's involvement in the attacks. 

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• SOURCE: Daily Beast
  4/19/2020
  

  CIA Agents Reveal How Bill Clinton Stopped Them From Killing bin Laden and Preventing 9/11

  In The Longest War, a new documentary from director Greg Barker (Manhunt) and executive producer Alex Gansa (Homeland), former CIA agents reveal that they had another opportunity to take out Osama bin Laden with little collateral damage, contradicting President Clinton's account. 

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  4/6/2020
  

  U.S. Labels Russian White Supremacist Group as Global Terrorist

  First time a white supremacist organization Is targeted by terrorism designation.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  4/6/2020
  

  U.S. Will Give Terrorist Label to White Supremacist Group for First Time

  The designation of the Russian Imperial Movement reflects growing concerns among U.S. officials about violent white supremacists with transnational links.

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• 3/1/2020
  

  The Infamous Incarnations of the Ku Klux Klan

  by Michael McAuliffe

  The history of the KKK and what I learned as a federal civil rights prosecutor. 

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  12/22/19
  

  The Ongoing Crashes of the 21st Century

  by Tom Engelhardt

  Depending on what tipping points are reached and what happens after that on our rapidly warming planet, so much could come down around humanity’s ears.

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• 11/7/19
  

  The History Briefing on the Assassination of ISIS Founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: How Historians Have Discussed Recent News

  by Lila Someshwar

  Historians give much-needed context to a complex issue. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  9/10/19
  

  9/11 Is History Now. Here's How American Kids Are Learning About It in Class

  by Olivia B. Waxman

  Textbooks are not the go-to resource for learning about 9/11 in 2019.  

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• SOURCE: History Channel
  09/09/2019
  

  How the Pentagon's Design Saved Lives on September 11

  On September 11, 2001, 125 people inside the Pentagon were killed. The losses were devastating, but it could have been even worse.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  September 9, 2019
  

  On or off, peace talks with the Taliban spell disaster for Afghanistan

  by Ali A. Olomi

  With tweets on Saturday, President Trump killed secretly planned peace talks with the Taliban at Camp David. If history is any indication, the consequences of the Trump administration’s reckless attempt at an agreement and even hastier reversal will be borne out by Afghans themselves — a reality that Afghans know all too well.

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• SOURCE: Politico Magazine
  09/05/2019
  

  We May Have to Shoot Down This Aircraft

  What the chaos aboard Flight 93 on 9/11 looked like to the White House, to the fighter pilots prepared to ram the cockpit and to the passengers.

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• 5/19/19
  

  Why Do People Join Extremist Organizations?

  by B.Z. Khasru

  It didn’t take long after the suicide bombings that hit Sri Lanka over Easter Sunday for an old question to resurface: What motivated the attackers?

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/29/19
  

  The Poway shooter used an age old terrorist tactic. The media fell for it.

  by Ibrahim Al-Marashi

  The history behind terrorists’ favorite tactic and how we can fight it.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  4/21/19
  

  For Sri Lanka, a Long History of Violence

  Here is some context to help you understand the latest events in the small island nation.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  3/25/19
  

  U.S. Said to Have Tapes of Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Plotting With Co-Conspirators

  The tapes featuring Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and three of his accused co-conspirators were made between April and October 2001, prosecutors say.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/22/19
  

  The warped history that fuels right-wing terrorism

  Brenton Tarrant, the white supremacist suspected of killing at least 50 people last week in two New Zealand mosques, saw his murderous rampage as part of a morbid historical fantasy.

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  3/21/19
  

  Citizenship in the Age of Trump

  by Karen J. Greenberg

  Death By a Thousand Cuts

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• SOURCE: The Economist
  2/25/19
  

  The 9/11 compensation fund is running out of money

  The fund for victims of the terrorist attack is struggling to meet all claims.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  1/29/19
  

  National Security Archive Releases New documents on Soviet 1979 Invasion of Afghanistan

  Declassified Documents Show Moscow’s Fear of an Afghan Flip, U.S. Diplomat’s Meeting with Afghan Leader Helped Put Soviets Over the Edge