The death of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in the early hours of May 2, 2011, has several noteworthy implications worldwide. The US can claim a very important symbolic victory in the ‘War on Terror’ (admittedly a phrase seldom used these days). Osama Bin Laden shot to international prominence in August 1998, when he was… [Read more]
It is now nine years since the ‘9/11’ terror attacks, and in recent years, I have used this occasion to comment on the state of the ‘War on Terror’ – a phrase that is heard less often these days. This year, the anniversary has been marred by plans by a very obscure American pastor, Terry… [Read more]
Eight years after the ‘9/11’ terror attacks, the outcome of the subsequent ‘War on Terror’ is still inconclusive. Overall, I have not really changed my view from the blog post I wrote on the seventh anniversary. Neither ‘the West’ and its allied governments nor al-Qaeda and its offshoots have scored a decisive blow. In any… [Read more]