Terrorism – Page 35 – People's World

‘War on terror’ zeroes in on Yemen

January 8, 2010 By Susan Webb

A few things we need to know about Yemen: strategic location, oil, a Very Important Neighbor, imperialism and Cold War history, poverty and economic/environmental crisis.

Of Terrorism, Cuba, and Yemen

January 8, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Who gets a visa to enter the United States? Nigerian citizen Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab did, even though his father had notified the U.S. embassy there of his son's worrisome terrorist associations.

GOP anti-union stance weakens national security

January 6, 2010 By John Wojcik

A bunch of right-wing Republicans led by Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina are trying to blame the labor movement for airport security weaknesses.

Terrorist activities surface as anti-terrorists are sentenced

December 12, 2009 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Critics of the resentencing this month of three of the Cuban Five prisoners in U.S. jails focused once more on U. S. "double standards."

Obama’s Nobel Prize: world wants peace surge

December 10, 2009 By Susan Webb

Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, President Obama acknowledged "considerable controversy" over the award, while others said the prize signals the world's hopes for peace.