by lundry | Aug 25, 2010 | Counterterrorism, Indonesia, Media, Southeast Asia, Uncategorized
by Chris Lundry Indonesian police have charged Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Basyir with supporting terrorism for his role in the the Jemaah Islamiyah training camp in Aceh. He has been accused of participating in planning and funding the project and ordering others to...
by Posted by AD Brown | Aug 23, 2010 | Monitor
Despite a change in rhetoric, the legislation, practices, policies and structures introduced since 9/11 still inhibit society’s ability to practise democracy The recent leaks of more than 90,000 sensitive documents revealing the extent of civilian casualties in...
by halverson | Aug 18, 2010 | Analysis, Framing, Image, Islam, Narrative, Obama
by Jeffry R. Halverson In the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, Indian novelist and activist Arundhati Roy wrote an opinion piece in the British daily The Guardian, stating: [Bin Laden] has been sculpted from the spare rib of a world laid to waste by American...
by Darren | Aug 16, 2010 | Monitor
The Black Nile: One Man’s Amazing Journey Through Peace and War on the World’s Longest River While the The Black Nile‘s subtitle boasts, “One Man’s Amazing Journey…”, a cliched line that probably should be forbidden from any...
by Posted by AD Brown | Aug 12, 2010 | Monitor
‘We try to help them … but it just seems pointless’ one British solider says, referring to the battle for ‘hearts and minds’ in Afghanistan. The biggest problem, says another, is “convincing the locals to help themselves.†Next year marks...