War on terror

In the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings ( August 7, 1998), more than 220 people were killed and over 4,000 wounded in simultaneous ** car bomb explosions at the United States embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. The attacks, linked to local members of the al Qaeda terrorist network headed by Osama bin Laden, brought bin Laden and al Qaeda to international attention for the first time, and resulted in the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation placing bin Laden on its Ten Most Wanted list. ** ...more on Wikipedia about "1998 U.S. embassy bombings"

On October 29, 2004, at 21:00 UTC, the Arab television network Al Jazeera broadcast excerpts from a videotape of Osama bin Laden addressing the people of the United States, in which he takes responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks, condemns the Bush government's response to those attacks, and presents those attacks as part of a campaign of revenge and deterrence begun after having personally seen destruction in the Lebanese Civil War in 1982. ...more on Wikipedia about "2004 Osama bin Laden video"

Aero Contractors Ltd., a private charter company based in North Carolina, is said to provide discreet air transport services for the CIA. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aero Contractors (US)"

On August 20 1998, the al-Shifa ("Health") pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum, Sudan, was destroyed in cruise missile strikes launched by the United States in retaliation for the August 7 truck bomb attacks on its embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, in which 225 people were killed and a further 4,000 wounded (see: 1998 U.S. embassy bombings). ...more on Wikipedia about "Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory"

Ali Al-Tamimi is an American biologist and Islamic scholar. He was convicted of inciting terrorism in connection with the Virginia Jihad Network. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ali al-Tamimi"

The McCain Detainee Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Senate Department of Defense Authorization bill, commonly referred to as the Amendment on (1) the Army Field Manual and (2) Cruel, Inhumane, Degrading Treatment, amendment #1977 and also known as the McCain Amendment 1977. The amendment would prohibit inhumane treatment of prisoners. The Amendment was introduced by Senator John McCain, a candidate for the 2000 presidential Republican primary, who is viewed as a likely candidate for 2008. On October 5, 2005, the United States Senate voted 90-9 to support the amendment. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bagram torture and prisoner abuse"

Black site is a military term that has been used by intelligence agencies to refer to secret prisons, generally outside of the mainland territory and legal jurisdiction, and with little or no political or public oversight. Currently, it refers to the CIA-controlled facilities used by the U.S. in its " War on Terrorism" to detain suspected " enemy combatants", outside of the Intelligence Oversight Act which authorises Congressional supervision. The existence of those black sites was revealed by the Washington Post in October 2005. A presidential directive allows the agency to capture and hold specific classes of suspects without accounting for them to the public, or revealing the conditions they face in the prisons. The prisons are assumed to be serviced by the N44982, N4476S and N221SG prisoner transport planes, although there is no proof of the allegation. In this context, the term "black site" refers to a political scandal which came with the public disapproval of such sites. An investigation on the origins of the leaks has also been opened by the US Justice Department. ...more on Wikipedia about "Black site"

Camp Delta (composed of detention camps: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and Camp Echo) is located in the U.S. naval base that stands on Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. It is a permanent 612-unit detention center. Construction of the camp began on February 27, 2002 with workers from Kellog, Brown and Root, Navy Seabees and Marine Engineers. It finished approximately in the middle of April 2002. The U.S. army military police make up the security force present at Camp Delta. ...more on Wikipedia about "Camp Delta"

Camp Iguana is a small compound in the complex on the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Camp Iguana originally housed all three children detainees who were under age 16. It was closed in the winter of 2004 when the three were sent home. ...more on Wikipedia about "Camp Iguana"

Cindy Lee Miller Sheehan (born July 10, 1957 in Bellflower, California) is an American anti- Iraq War activist who attracted international attention in August 2005 for her extended demonstration at a peace camp outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch. She is sometimes referred to by the media as the "Peace Mom". ** ** ...more on Wikipedia about "Cindy Sheehan"

The United States Central Intelligence Agency defines Class of '05 problem as the possibility that Western dissidents could become insurgents in postwar Iraq and use the fighting as an opportunity for military training against the United States and its allies, increasing the likelihood and magnitude of future terrorist attacks. The New Republic summarizes the problem thus: ...more on Wikipedia about "Class of '05 problem"

Clearstream Banking (CB) is a Bank and a transaction clearing company based in Luxembourg ( Europe) created in January 2000. CB was previously known as Cedel (est. 1971); as Cedel, it specialized in clearing until 1996 when it changed into a bank. It has been accused by investigative reporter Denis Robert and Attac of being a major part in the underground economy, a main platform of money laundering for hundreds of banks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clearstream"

As of January 15, 2006, there have been 319 coalition deaths in Afghanistan and other theaters of war during Operation Enduring Freedom — 255 American, 18 German, 17 Spanish, 8 Canadian, 5 British, 3 Danish, 3 French, 3 Italians, 3 Romanians, 2 Swedish, 1 Australian, 1 Norwegian, and 1 Portuguese. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coalition casualties in Afghanistan"

The Combatant Status Review Tribunals (rel. Periodic Report of the United States of America to the United Nations Committee Against Torture) were held by the United States Department of Defense between July 8, 2004 through March 29, 2005, ostensibly for the purpose of determining whether the detainees they had been holding at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba were lawful combatants. ...more on Wikipedia about "Combatant Status Review Tribunal" Simply http://www.shortopedia.com!

Criticisms of the War on Terrorism addresses the issues, morals and ethics surrounding the " War on Terrorism". Arguments are also made against the phrase itself, calling it a misnomer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Criticisms of the War on Terrorism"

Culture of fear is a term proposed in a variety of sociological theses, which argue that feelings of fear and anxiety predominate in contemporary public discourse and relationships, changing how we relate to one another as individuals and as democratic agents. Though each of these theses may provide different accounts for the sources and consequences of the trend they seek to describe, most share the basic claim that this is a relatively new phenomenon with important and potentially harmful implications. Many commentators who endorse this view are found on the political left, and some make more specific allegations about cultural manipulation by opponents on the political right. ...more on Wikipedia about "Culture of fear"

On January 13, 2006 U.S. aircraft fired missiles into the Pakistani village of Damadola in the Bajaur tribal area, about 7 km (4.5 miles) from the Afghan border, killing at least 18 people: the Bajaur tribal area government confirmed that at least four foreign members of al-Qaeda were among the dead. The attack targeted Ayman al-Zawahiri, purportedly second-in-command of al-Qaeda after Osama bin Laden, who was thought to be in the village. ...more on Wikipedia about "Damadola airstrike"

The Dasht-i-Leili massacre occurred in December 2001 during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan where between 250 and 3,000 (depending on sources) Taliban prisoners were shot and/or suffocated to death in metal truck containers, while being transferred by U.S. and Afghan Northern Alliance soldiers from Kunduz to Sheberghan prison in Afghanistan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dasht-i-Leili massacre"

(Dilawar) The New York Times reported on May 20 2005 that: ...more on Wikipedia about "Dilawar"

The duct tape alert refers to the recommendations made by the Department of Homeland Security on February 10, 2003, that Americans should prepare for a biological, chemical, or radiological terrorist attack by assembling a "disaster supply kit", including duct tape and plastic, among other items. ** ** ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Duct tape alert"

Extraordinary rendition is a United States government term for an extra-judicial procedure of sending criminal suspects, generally suspected terrorists, to countries other than the United States for imprisonment and interrogation. Critics have accused the CIA of rendering suspects to other countries in order to avoid US laws proscribing due process and prohibiting torture and have called this "torture by proxy" or "torture flights" . ...more on Wikipedia about "Extraordinary rendition"

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The 2004 documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11, generated substantial controversy and criticism after its release shortly before the U.S. presidential election, 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fahrenheit 9/11 controversy"

Far'Falastin is a notorious Syrian prison located near Damascus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Far'Falastin"

In military strategy, the flypaper theory is the idea that it is desirable to draw enemies to a single area where it is easier to dispatch them and where they are far from one's own vulnerabilities. Perhaps the best description of the benefits of the strategy was given by U.S. Army General Ricardo Sanchez, who is commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq: ...more on Wikipedia about "Flypaper theory (strategy)"

A forced disappearance occurs when an organization forces a person to vanish from public view, either by murder or by simple sequestration. The victim is first kidnapped, then illegally detained in camps, often tortured, and finally assassinated and its corpse hidden. In Spanish, "disappeared people" are called "desaparecidos", a term which specifically refers to the (mostly) South American victims of state terrorism during the 1970s and the 1980s, in particular concerning operation Condor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Forced disappearance"

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