terrorists on Vice

A Stone for Michael Stewart

Last week you threw away a Crock-Pot your mom gave you for Christmas 20 years ago. What if some terrorist, or some lunatic mistaken for a terrorist, or a terrorist who is a lunatic, as so many are, fished that Crock-Pot out of the garbage and made a bomb from it? Could Mom’s thoughtful Xmas gift mutate hideously into your freakiest nightmare? Can you be charged in that situation as an accessory, or conspirator, or an accessory to a conspirator? Full story

Al Qaeda Wants Africa

Are the French in Over Their Heads in Mali?

A soldier called our attention to a severed head facedown in the dust. “Is it Malian, do you think?” The gendarme kicked it over and studied the face. Dark blood dripped from its mouth. A fly crawled up its nose. “Nah, maybe Algerian or Nigerien." Full story

What Are the French Really Up to in Mali?

When it comes to going to war, it’s not too often we get to see France beat the US to the punch. But in the case of Mali, the troubled north African country with a serious jihadi problem, the French are playing the usual American role of global terrorist-hunter. Full story

World Peace Update

Last week's World Peace Update looked at the riots engulfing Slovenia, the trigger-happy Tunisian policemen who tried to blind the citizens of Siliana, and the looming possibility of Bashar al-Assad gassing what remains of his population to death with nerve agents. But Christmas Full story

Mind Thoughts... with Michael Ian Black - I Will Kill You

President Obama, I would like to offer my services as an assassin. Please let me kill our enemies, foreign or domestic. Full story

The Hangover News

This weekend nothing really happened, which was weird. Full story

Why Heart Iraq?

Bahaa Mayah Wants Tourists, Not Terrorists

Hey! We were just partying down in Cartagena, Colombia, and guess who we bumped into? Bahaa Mayah. Full story

Outside-in

I Spy on You

his was shortly after 9/11. I had read that two of the hijackers had worked at gas stations and used prepaid cell phones. My brain became alive with farts. I decided to conduct some cursory surveillance. Full story