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Bin Laden Euphoria and Wild West Justice

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Eric Margolis: Bringing bin Laden to justice would have meant a trial, not an assassination.

Eric S. Margolis is an award-winning, internationally syndicated foreign affairs columnist. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Times, Times of London, the Gulf Times, the Khaleej Times, Dawn, Daily News Pakistan, Sun Malaysia, Mainichi Tokyo, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Globe and Mail and the American Conservative. His internet column www.ericmargolis.com reaches global readers on a daily basis. He is the author of two best selling books, War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan And Asia, and nominated for the Governor General's prestigious award for American Raj: Resolving The Conflict Between The West And The Muslim World. As a war correspondent Margolis has covered conflicts in Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Lebanon, Turkist Kurdistan, Peru, Afghanistan, Kashmir, India, Pakistan, El Salvador and Nicaragua. He was among the first journalist to ever interview Libya’s Muammar Khadaffi and was the first to be allowed access to KGB headquarters in Lubyanka.
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    • "The ghost of Osama will live on"

      Muhammad Junaid: "For followers of Al Qaeda, Bin Laden a more powerful symbol dead than alive."

    • 1 year ago
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    • Bush Admin Didn't Pursue Bin Laden Post 9/11

      Gareth Porter: Bush admin "had no plan by design" to kill or capture bin Laden.

      Gareth Porter is a historian and investigative journalist on US foreign and military policy analyst. He writes regularly for Inter Press Service on US policy towards Iraq and Iran. Author of four books, the latest of which is Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam.

    • 1 year ago
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    • Why Kill Bin Laden Now?

      Gareth Porter: Domestic politics dictated decision to assassinate bin Laden, not national security.

      Gareth Porter is a historian and investigative journalist on US foreign and military policy analyst. He writes regularly for Inter Press Service on US policy towards Iraq and Iran. Author of four books, the latest of which is Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam.

    • 1 year ago
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