and Revealing Reactions
There's not much to say about Monday's Boston
Marathon attack because there is virtually no known evidence regarding who did
it or why. There are, however, several points to be made about some of the
widespread reactions to this incident. Much of that reaction is all-too-familiar
and quite revealing in important ways: (1) The widespread compassion for
yesterday's victims and the intense anger over the attacks was obviously
authentic and thus good to witness. But it was...
Guardian.co.uk
ex
In
late September 2011, AFP reported that a man was charged with "planning to fly
explosive-packed, remote controlled airplanes into the Pentagon and the Capitol
in Washington." In its report, " US man charged with Pentagon bomb plot ," AFP
stated (emphasis added): During the alleged plot, undercover FBI agents posed as
accomplices who supplied Ferdaus with one remote-controlled plane, C4
explosives, and small arms that he allegedly envisioned using in a...
To
murder several runners using bombs at a sporting event is terrorism. To murder
175 children using military drones is U.S. policy. We should accept neither. We
should fight against both. List of children killed by U.S. drone strikes in
Pakistan and Yemen: Compiled from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reports
PAKISTAN Name | Age | Gender Noor Aziz | 8 | male Abdul Wasit | 17 | male Noor
Syed | 8 | male Wajid Noor | 9 |...
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