Terrorism related links 082915

The Trials of Hannah Arendt

http://www.thenation.com/article/trials-hannah-arendt/

 

Noam Chomsky says Why America Is the Gravest Threat to World Peace

What, exactly, is the alleged Iranian threat?

http://www.alternet.org/noam-chomsky-why-america-not-iran-gravest-threat-world-peace?sc=fb

 

Making a State by Iron and Blood

http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/19/making-a-state-by-iron-and-blood-isis-iraq-syria/

 

Debate: Is A Containment Strategy Enough For Isis?

http://www.npr.org/2015/08/18/432712806/debate-is-a-containment-strategy-enough-for-isis?utm_source=FPRI+E-Mails&utm_campaign=30dd82ba74-FPRI+Insights+071115&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e8d0f13be2-30dd82ba74-165231757

 

Afghanistan to increase defence spending in an effort to revamp military

http://www.strategicdefenceintelligence.com/afghanistan-to-increase-defence-spending-in-an-effort-to-revamp-military/

 

Statement by NSC Spokesperson Ned Price on the Death of ISIL Deputy Leader Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/08/21/statement-nsc-spokesperson-ned-price-death-isil-deputy-leader-fadhil

 

American Heroes

http://www.airforcemag.com/Features/Pages/2015/August%202015/American-Heroes.aspx

 

Three Americans thwart gunman aboard European train

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150823_Americans_thwart_gunman.html

 

A Shot, a Glimpse of an AK-47, and U.S. Servicemen Pounced on Gunman on Train to France

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/world/europe/americans-recount-gunmans-attack-on-train-to-france.html?_r=0

 

Profile Emerges of Suspect in Attack on Train to Paris

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/world/europe/thalys-train-attack-france-moroccan-suspect.html

 

3 Who Stopped Train Attack Were Boyhood Friends

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/world/europe/3-heroes-who-stopped-train-attack-were-boyhood-friends.html

 

Americans and Briton Receive Top French Honor for Stopping Train Gunman

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/world/europe/france-train-attack-legion-of-honor.html?_r=0

 

Train Attack in Europe Puts Focus on Vulnerability of US Rail

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/us/train-attack-in-europe-puts-focus-on-vulnerability-of-us-rail.html

 

Dozens of retired generals, admirals back Iran nuclear deal

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/retired-generals-and-admirals-back-iran-nuclear-deal/2015/08/11/bd26f6ae-4045-11e5-bfe3-ff1d8549bfd2_story.html

 

Retired generals and admirals urge Congress to reject Iran nuclear deal

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/retired-generals-and-admirals-urge-congress-to-reject-iran-deal/2015/08/26/8912d9c6-4bf5-11e5-84df-923b3ef1a64b_story.html

 

Admiral Joe Sestak Discusses the Iran Nuclear Agreement on the Jeff Santos Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVBYMRKpCfY

 

Speech: Admiral Joe Sestak on His Cautious Support for the Nuclear Agreement with Iran -- Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvGJsn9RMEg

 

Iran deal increases risk of war

http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20150823_Iran_deal_increases_risk_of_war.html

 

How to put some teeth into the nuclear deal with Iran

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-to-put-some-teeth-into-the-nuclear-deal-with-iran/2015/08/25/6f3db43c-4b35-11e5-bfb9-9736d04fc8e4_story.html

 

The better alternative to the Iran deal

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/251958-the-better-alternative-to-the-iran-deal

 

Debating the Iran Nuclear Deal

http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2015/08/iran-nuclear-deal-battleground-issues-einhorn

 

How Iran Fuels Negative Perceptions–and What That Means for Nuclear Deal

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/08/26/how-iran-fuels-negative-perceptions-and-what-that-means-for-nuclear-deal/

 

Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania Voters Back Limits On Coal 2-1, Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll Finds; Voters In Each State Oppose Iran Nuke Deal 2-1

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/2016-presidential-swing-state-polls/release-detail?ReleaseID=2272

 

Double-Crossing the Kremlin

http://www.wsj.com/articles/double-crossing-the-kremlin-1440457419

 

Two U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan attack

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/08/26/two-us-troops-killed-afghanistan-attack/32419477/

 

Muslims Must Combat the Extremist Cancer

http://www.wsj.com/articles/muslims-must-combat-the-extremist-cancer-1440718377

 

Is the US Ready for an Endless War Against the Islamic State?

https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/27/is-the-u-s-ready-for-an-endless-war-against-the-islamic-state/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=Flashpoints

 

Meet the Americans Flocking to Iraq and Syria to Fight the Islamic State

http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/26/meet-the-americans-flocking-to-iraq-and-syria-to-fight-the-islamic-state/

 

Americas Dangerous Bargain With Turkey

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/opinion/americas-dangerous-bargain-with-turkey.html?_r=1&gwh=2861F7C4F65783A5A3EA011379F3D284&gwt=pay&assetType=opinion

 

Saudi Arabia Said to Arrest Suspect in 1996 Khobar Towers Bombing

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/world/middleeast/saudia-arabia-arrests-suspect-khobar-towers-bombing.html