War and Conflict

Eric Harroun of Phoenix Charged With Conspiring to Use RPG While Fighting With Al-Qaeda Group

Eric Harroun, a 30-year-old former U.S. soldier raised in Phoenix, has been charged with conspiring to use a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) while fighting in Syria with an Al-Qaeda group. The charge, which carries a potential sentence of life in prison, comes a couple of weeks after a video surface ... More >>

Here's How Matt Salmon Spent His Time "Questioning" Hillary Clinton on Benghazi

Earlier this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave testimony at both House and Senate committees on the September 11 attack on the on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.Finally, Republicans got what they were waiting for -- although not quite everyone was effective in their opportunity to ... More >>

John McCain Somehow Got His Way -- Susan Rice Doesn't Want to Be Secretary of State

Despite becoming the butt of jokes for his concerns about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Senator John McCain got his way -- U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice told NBC News she's taking herself out of the running for the secretary of state post.In a letter to President Obama, Rice expl ... More >>

David Horowitz Has Made Taunting College Students a Spectator Sport

Abdullatif Aldosary Facing One Charge Related to Casa Grande Explosion

Abdullatif Aldosary, the Coolidge resident accused of detonating an "explosive device" outside the Social Security Administration building in Casa Grande Friday morning, was hit with two charges yesterday, although just one of those charges is related to the bombing.The other charge is related to th ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Sics Feds on Alleged "Cop-Killer" Website Owner Who "Threatened to Kill" Sheriff

​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced today that the FBI's Portland, Oregon office raided a house belonging to the person they believe was running a website that glorified killing cops and "threatened to kill" the sheriff.The suspect, 35-year-old Clifton Dawayne Brooks, wasn't arrested, bu ... More >>

Coupling

Mary Purcell Called in Bomb Threat to Keep Family From Flying on Eve of 9/11 Anniversary

*Fake bomb.​A New York woman really didn't want her mother and brother flying on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, terrorist attacks -- so she called in a bomb threat, according to federal authorities.Mary Purcell, 37, of Lake Ronkonkoma, anonymously called the Tucson Airport Au ... More >>

9/11 Anniversary Means One Thing at Joe Arpaio's Jails: Another Inmate Coloring Contest

www.idon'twannagrowup.comThat's because he's a child -- not an inmate in a county jail.​In an apparent attempt to continue treating adult inmates in his jails like a classroom full of fourth-graders (and to try and cash in on the media buzz surrounding the most tragic day in the country's history) ... More >>

Anthrax's Charlie Benante on Worship Music and the Band's Name

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9/11 - 10 Years Later

Hip-Hop Massacre's "Death to Bin Laden" Flier

​Everyone had a reaction to last weekend's downing of terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden, even the superstars of hip-hop.Rappers ranging from Public Enemy's Chuck D to Soulja Boy had something to say about Bin Laden's death via Twitter. For instance, Lupe Fiasco tweeted "Osama Dead!?! Afgha ... More >>

Osama bin Laden Death Swag Selling Well, At Home and Abroad

Cafe PressIt's never too early to become a patriot.​We might not be getting pictures of Osama bin Laden's corpse from Barack Obama -- but there's some interesting memorabilia for sale. The Toronto Star is reporting that t-shirts, greeting cards and coffee mugs celebrating bin Laden's death are se ... More >>

Morning Poll: Do You Agree With Barack Obama's Decision to Not Release Photos Of Osama bin Laden's Corpse?

This photo of Osama bin Laden is fake. Photos of the real dead Bin Laden will not be released to the public.​President Barack Obama announced yesterday that he would not release photos of Osama bin Laden's bullet-riddled corpse to the public, claiming the photos are too graphic and "not in our nat ... More >>

Q&A: Toby Keith Reacts to the Death of Osama Bin Laden

Toby Keith​Two pretty big events have happened in recent hours -- events that will forever change the course of American history. First off, the obvious -- it was confirmed late last night that Osama Bin Laden was killed by close-range firefight by Navy Seals. Secondly, and maybe just as important ... More >>

Missing Reaction: An Arizona Soldier Goes AWOL, and the Army Doesn't Tell Anyone Until It's Too Late

Book Glamorizing Suicide Bombers Found in Arizona Desert

www.funnypicturesofanything.com​Department of Homeland Security officials confirm that a book glamorizing suicide bombers was found in the Arizona desert earlier this week. The book, "In Memory of Our Martyrs," was found Tuesday by a U.S. Border Patrol agent from the Casa Grande substation who wa ... More >>

Sam Crump Goes Mano a Mano with Dennis Gilman on Terrorists Crossing Southern Border

Gilman and Crump go at it in Gilman's latestIn this latest video from Dennis Gilman, the feisty videographer goes at it with GOP candidate for Congress Sam Crump. Crump asserts that there have been documented cases of terrorists attempting to cross the Arizona-Mexico border, and Gilman confronts him ... More >>

McCain and Kyl Bash Obama and Napolitano's Handling of Christmas Day Terror Scare

www.point-spreads.com​Both of Arizona's senators teamed up today to throw some jabs at how the Obama administration -- namely former Arizona governor and Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano -- handled the Christmas-day terror scare in Detroit.At an end-of-the-year press conference at John McC ... More >>

"Camp Darfur"

F. Paul Wilson

Community Move Night: The Weather Underground

“Binh Danh: In the Eclipse of Angkor” at Lisa Sette Gallery Uses an Alternative Photographic Process to Burn Images of Khmer Rouge Victims Into Your Soul

A Former Marijuana Smuggler and Vietnam War Hero Seeks Greater Recognition From His Government

Hamas-Tied Charity Group Helper Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI

A Mesa father and engineer has pleaded guilty to charges of lying to the FBI about his involvement in a charity organization tied to Hamas. Between 1994 and 1997, Akram Musa Abdallah, 54, raised funds for the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, which the federal government accuses of f ... More >>

Phoenix Film Festival: Homeland

For Canadians and Deserter Kim Rivera, Iraq Is Not Your Daddy’s Vietnam

Guantánamo’s Final Days: America Prepares to Shutter the Infamous Prison Camp, and Jihad Looms

Disaster Exercise to Test Hospitals, Public Safety Officials With 1,200 Volunteer Victims (Including You, If You Want)

Disaster will strike the Valley on March 10, 2009.No, that's not a prediction from the Mayan calendar. It's a mock event being held on or near Arizona State University's Tempe campus to test the disaster readiness of local public safety officials and health care workers.The "Coyote Crisis Campaign" ... More >>

Half-assed troofer death threat against me offers further reason why John McCain should not meet with hunger striker Blair Gadsby.

Errol Morris cuts Abu Ghraib MPs some slack in Standard Operating Procedure

The next wave of post-9/11 political films trade sobriety for satire

Morgan Spurlock attempts political commentary with Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? but falls short of Michael Moore

In the multi-perspective Vantage Point, the gimmick is mega-annoying

The Yoda of 9/11

Pat Curley slices through the loony conspiracy theories at his influential "Screw Loose Change" Web site

Holy shit, I agree with Darrell Ankarlo! Rosie O'Donnell's a big fat dumb bitch.

Arizona Republic publishes puff piece on Chandler 9/11 Conference

A Controlled Performance

United 93’s Ben Sliney, as played by an actor who understood the role

One Day in September

A toned-down Oliver Stone finds uplift in the rubble of the Twin Towers

Fear of Flying

You may not want to see it, but you should

Last Laugh

Finding humor in suicide bombing

Raging Bull

Kerry's a wuss. Dubya's a doof. How can anybody vote for either of these clowns?

Caine Unable

Catholics are bad, Nazis are bad, and Michael Caine's movie about both is boring

Welcome Back Warrior

The government was supposed to take care of mentally disabled Marine combat veteran Brian Callan. It didn't.

Best Place To Cop Out

The Phoenix Police Museum

War on War Books

Donald Miller has rewritten one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?

News From Left Field

In which we bunt a few out of the park

Culture Shock

How will Hollywood react now that real life is more terrifying than fiction?

War Crimes in Downtown Phoenix

Vietnam vets discuss the allegations of atrocities leveled at Bob Kerrey

To Serb With Love

Pavle Milic untangles his Balkan roots and discovers a cauldron of ancient passion and prejudice