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Sunlight On The American Mosque

My best guess is the sun is hot. I feel its heat. I see by its light. I understand its role in the growth of crops and other living things. If I were to come across scholarly data attesting to

My Story

My name is Meagan Broussard. I am 26 years old. I served in the U.S. Army, and I am a full-time college student and a single mom. I admired Rep. Anthony Weiner because I had seen a video of him

'Targets Down' Review: Bob Hamer Hits the Bullseye

Working undercover meant more than a fake driver’s license and a fictitious name. It was living life as a liar for hours, days, even months at a time. It meant becoming one of them without becoming one of them. Distance

The Senseless Cop-Out on Jihad

The Army honored a fallen hero of the Ft. Hood Jihad Massacre with a medal this week. Not, of course, that the Army describes the November 2009 attack in such meaningful terms. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan may have shouted

My Journey Toward Islamoawareness

Note to readers: A friend who works in Hollywood penned this essay which I thought would be of interest to BigPeace readers. He would have gladly have contributed it directly, but as he works in Hollywood, he is concerned about

Castro and Che's Foiled (and Forgotten) 9/11

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, a.k.a., Carlos the Jackal “I’m proud of the path of Osama bin Laden,” gushed Ilich Ramírez Sánchez from a French prison in 2002. Ramirez was also known during the 1970’s as “Carlos the Jackal,” and “The World’s

Really, OFA? Really?

The President has apparently stated that one of the reasons why his administration will not release the photographs of Osama Bin Laden’s body is that he feels it would be akin to “spiking the football.” As sports fans know, that

The Problem With Asymmetrical Warfare

The idea behind asymmetrical warfare is not a bad one – it just has one fatal flaw. That thought was probably the second to last thing that went through Osama Bin Laden’s mind when the SEALs came calling. The last

Who Was Bin Laden Anyway?

So, if there’s one thing you learn when you interview students over the death of Osama bin Laden… it’s not to interview students over the death of Osama bin Laden. Still, a NY1 reporter went to a Brooklyn school, and

Breaking Up Is Not Hard To Do: Cut Aid To Pakistan

AP photo: Pakistani “ally” driving US stealth helicopter secrets to China? — Stirrings of life on Capitol Hill: Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, has introduced a bill to stop distribution of $3 billion in aid that Congress appropriated for Pakistan this

Talk About The Economy, Stupids

I tuned in for the first GOP debate held in South Carolina. Everyone did fine. I laughed, I cried, and had some chicken nuggets. A few at the podiums were more polished than others. Pawlenty seemed to distance himself from

Liberal Policies Lose on a Day America Wins

Sunday was an historic day for America, an historic victory in the War on Terror – Osama Bin Laden, the man who had ordered the death of over 3,000 Americans on 9/11, had finally been killed. It was also an

Excerpt From The Terrorist Next Door

Former Bin Laden Associate Recalls Meetings with UBL, Ayman al-Zawahiri: During the summer of 2000, Noman Benotman stood face-to-face with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, listening as the al-Qaeda kingpin described, in detail, his plans for an upcoming major operation