492. Operation Enduring Freedom

(tags: Political Series, War, US Army, Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom, gwot, Terrorism)

481. Soldiers: The 99.9%

(tags: Politics, Political Series, War, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Iran,  Soldier, Bales, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, Flag)

462. Moral Outrage?

Kabul, Afghanistan -- A large crowd swarmed a military base and numerous demonstrations turned deadly Friday in Afghanistan, the fourth day of fallout after NATO troops burned Qurans at a military base, officials said.

The developments came a day after U.S. President Barack Obama apologized for the incident at Bagram Airfield this week, calling it an unintentional error.
(tags:Foreign Policy, Political Series, Politics, Defense, Military, 9-11, Koran, Quran, War, Terrorism, Afghanistan)

443. Our Heroes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Marine Corps took a first, formal step on Friday toward possible charges against four Marines who, in a widely circulated video, appear to be urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.

(tags: Political Series, Military, marines, abu ghraib, Military, marines, War, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Terrorism, War, Taliban, democracy, gwot terrorism, Pakistan)

435. Happy Halloween U.S.A.

(tags: Holiday, Halloween, Trick or Treat, haunted house, black cat, batman,  white house, Political Series, Politics, War, Terrorism, gwot, Saddam, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, Gaddaffi, Qaddafi, Libya, Iraq, cartoon, humor)

434. Muammar Gaddafi, RIP

(tags: War, Gaddafi,  Muammar Gaddafi, Ocuupy Wall Street, Libya, VC, execution, Terrorism, gwot, Political Series, Obituary Series)

429. 9/11 Tribute

WASHINGTON — Undaunted by talk of a new terror threat, New Yorkers and Washingtonians wove among police armed with assault rifles and waited with varying degrees of patience at security checkpoints Friday while intelligence officials scrambled to nail down information on a possible al-Qaida strike timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

(tags: Political Series, Obituary Series, Holiday, nine-eleven, 9-11, World Trade Center, New York, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, War)

399. The State of Pakistan

(tags: Pakistan, Terrorism, Political Series, Osama bin Laden, Military, USA, US Army, Middle East, War, Afghanistan, Taliban)

398. Bin Laden Postmortem

Hours after he was killed in a United States-led operation in Pakistan, Osama bin Laden’s lifeless body -- bathed, wrapped in a sheet and placed in a weighted bag -- was “eased” off the decks of the U.S.S. Carl Vinson into the waters of the north Arabian Sea.

(tags: Osama bin Laden, Terrorism, gwot,  Pakistan, Military, United States, USA, Army, Navy, U.S.S. Orca, sea)

397. Osama Bin Laden: A Deep Dive Retrospective

(tags: Politics, Political Series, Osama bin Laden, UBL, Terrorism, gwot, Military, Obituary Series, RIP, War)

381. How To Topple A Dictator

(tags: Political Series, Politics, Egypt, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Saddam, Dictator, Autocracy, Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak, Hosni, War, Terrorism, Noose, Twitter, Bird, Tweet, Social, Social Media)

352. Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?

301. America's Three Front War on Terrorism

295. Times Square Car Bomb

On May 1, 2010, a car bomb was discovered by a mounted New York City Police Department officer in Times Square, New York City (NYC). Two nearby street vendors had alerted the officer to the threat, after they spotted smoke coming from a vehicle.The bomb had been ignited, but failed to explode, and was disarmed before it caused any casualties. (read more http://alturl.com/pn89)

289. South Park vs. Terrorists

Inspired by Heather 

A radical Islamic website has threatened the creators of "South Park" by stating that Trey Parker and Matt Stone could face violent retribution for depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a bear suit during the 200th episode of the show.

Read more: http://alturl.com/onrh

281. Nuclear Security Summit 2010

President Obama hosts foreign delegates in Washington for the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit.

According to this account from the Washington Post; “the only part of the summit, other than a post-meeting news conference, that was visible to the public was Obama's eight-minute opening statement, which ended with the words: ‘I'm going to ask that we take a few moments to allow the press to exit before our first session.’” read more http://alturl.com/znc7

This cARToon might explain why the heightened media secrecy.

276. Hamid Karzai: The Prodigal Puppet

KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened over the weekend to quit the political process and join the Taliban if he continued to come under outside pressure to reform.

271. Bin Laden's Bedrock Hideout

266. Jihad Jane Action Figure

Colleen Renee LaRose, who also used the names Jihad Jane and Fatima LaRose is from Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, in the Philadelphia suburbs. Her U.S. federal indictment charged her with actively trying to terrorists to wage jihad as well as murder Swedish artist Lars Vilks for drawing a disparaging cartoon of the prophet Muhammad.

240. Osama bin Laden Rendition