Tag Archives: terrorism
links for 2007-11-12: engineers, embattled churches, magenta and lavender
Crooked Timber » » Engineers of Jihad engineers predisposed to (right wing) extremism? Worth chasing up the earlier thread too (tags: psychology jihad terrorism engineering) Norfolk battle training area churches Another venture into another exclusion zone, via nyplep (tags: history … more…
Theatre of war
I was stopped and searched under the Terrorism Act, on my way through Euston station. Sniffer dog and flamboyantly over-equipped uniformed hat, who at least was reasonably polite about it. As he said, he didn’t actually suspect me of anything. … more…
First synthetic virus created
First synthetic virus created “Responding to criticisms that such research could lead to bioterrorists engineering new lethal viruses” says here, “the scientists behind the experiment said that only a few people had the knowledge to make it happen”. “To construct … more…
FBI says shoe bomber had help
BBC News | AMERICAS | FBI says shoe bomber had help – “FBI investigators believe Richard Reid… must have had help planning such a sophisticated attack”. If the FBI considers this spectacularly inept suicide attack “sophisticated”, you have to wonder … more…
Eliminate the Tools of Future Terrorism
Eliminate the Tools of Future Terrorism, says Mikhail Gorbachev (finally tracked a copy down at Common Dreams)
Haruki Murakami Analyzes Terrorists and Their Victims
Haruki Murakami Analyzes Terrorists and Their Victims – just finished reading his Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of The World, and it was astonishing. (Random Walks again)
Hijacker ‘given anthrax flask by Iraqi agent’
Hijacker ‘given anthrax flask by Iraqi agent’ – and so, just when there was nothing left to bomb in Afghanistan… (Times, via RW)
Human Sacrifice Is a Thoroughly Modern Phenomenon
Human Sacrifice Is a Thoroughly Modern Phenomenon – I’ll own up to not having thoroughly digested this one yet, but there is much to digest: comments on the globalization of terror, by Hans Magnus Ensenburger, author of (amidst a great … more…
Terror Act Has Lasting Effects
Terror Act Has Lasting Effects Declan McCullagh points out that the much-trumpeted 2005 expiration date applies only to small sections of the USA Act; many measures, some of which have previously been rejected as unconstitutional – are here (or there) … more…
How to Lose a War
How to Lose a War – pretty comprehensive mauling of the Bush administration pre- and post-911 (NYTimes)