by Global War on Terror Blog Series | May 18, 2011 | Monitor
So Osama bin Laden is now dead. After months of observing his hide-out in Abbottabad, 40 miles north of Islamabad, Pakistan, American Special Forces launched a clandestine operation to capture or kill Bin Laden. Within forty minutes it was all … Continue reading...
by Global War on Terror Blog Series | May 2, 2011 | Monitor
This morning a familiar image was again splashed across the newspapers but this time (at least in the West) the mood was celebratory. Ten years on, with wars fought, lives lost, civil liberties curtailed and billions spent, Bin Laden has been killed – taken out...
by Global War on Terror Blog Series | Apr 19, 2011 | Monitor
Freedom of speech is a civil liberty at the core of democracy but when it comes down to exercising this right, the reality of upholding this principle can often be fraught with difficult compromises. There can be no better a … Continue reading →