War and Conflict

FIU Students Organizing Anti-Drone Protest

When it comes to war-mongering, President Barack Obama has at times put his predecessor, George W. Bush, to shame. Consider the commander-in-chief's cold-hearted use of unmanned drones to fight America's war on terror. He's launched more than five times as many drone strikes than Bush did, according ... More >>

Miami imams accused of funding terrorists: Hate and redemption

Documenting Murder

Memories of 9/11

Do Implant Bombs Mean Miami Is Now More Dangerous Than Mazar-i-Sharif?

Suspicious.​Miami has long been the unofficial fake boob capital of the country, probably the world (nice try, Caracas).Now, however, the Transportation Security Administration says that terrorists may be plotting suicide bombings using surgical implants.Suddenly our artificially enhanced paradise ... More >>

Celebrate Osama Bin Laden's Death Tonight With King of Diamonds' Big-Booty Strippers

​Unless you've been holed up in a $1 million dollar compound without phone, internet, or cable service, you've heard the news ... Osama bin Laden is dead. Yesterday, the mass-murdering founder of Al Qaeda, Most Wanted Man in the Universe, facial-hair aficionado, evil millionaire, and general ass ... More >>

Ground Zero mosque idea stinks

Remember 9/11 and Say No to the Ground Zero Mosque

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times.This week, Luke says no to the Ground Zero mosque.I don't believe there should be a mosque next to the Ground Zero memorial site in Ne ... More >>

Miami's Own Adnan Shukrijumah Becomes Osama's Lieutenant

​I was wrong. Seven years ago, at the Iraq War's start, I wrote a column expressing skepticism about the Bush administration's claim that Adnan Shukrijumah of Miramar was a top terrorist. Earlier today, reports leaked from the FBI that Shukrijumah has become Osama Bin Laden's top man on globa ... More >>

Hamid Karzai likely had Louis Maxwell killed

Florida's Israeli Consul General Accuses Flotilla Activists of Plotting With Al-Qaeda

First it was Hamas. Now the Gaza-bound, blockade-defying flotilla was helping Al-Qaeda too. Ofer Bavly​So claims Israel's Consul General to Florida and Puerto Rico, Ofer Bavly. "The so-called peace activists on board the flotilla with ties to Al-Qaeda and other terror organizations were interested ... More >>

Miami Has Been the Target of More Terrorists Than Any Other US City Except New York

​This certainly isn't anything to brag about, but a new study from the University of Maryland shows that between 1970 and 2007, Miami was the target of more terrorists attacks than any other city in America, with the big exception of New York. In fact, New York has been the victim of ter ... More >>

Black-Market Cigarettes: Miami's New Vice

The feds say a local man smuggled millions of smokes for terrorists. He's not alone.

Memo From Baghdad: Miami Soldier Says Obama's Withdrawal Plans Will Work

Capt. Agustin Dominguez understands the ebb-and-flow of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as only a battle-hardened soldier who's been there truly can.Courtesy Wikimedia CommonsAn Iraqi soldier on patrolDominguez, a Miami native and '98 grad of Palmetto Senior High, followed a stint in northern ... More >>

Gimme Shelter

U.S. military deserters once again flock to Canada to avoid war. Looks like this time they picked the wrong country.

Guantanamo's Final Days

America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms.

The Stain of Gitmo: "We Destroyed People's Lives."

Tomorrow on newsstands, we tell the story of Omar Khadr, who is the youngest detainee at Guantanamo, the only Westerner, and a symbol of sorts. To some, he is exhibit A for all that is wrong with America's War on Terror. For others, he's an example of why the camp exists in the first place. For us, ... More >>

Joe Scarborough Won't Run For Senate Because Republicans are Now the Taliban

Just Yesterday, we were talking about a Joe Scarborough Senate run in 2010. And why not? If Charlie Crist doesn't run, former Rep. Joe "I Have a TeeVee Show" Scarborough sounds just as good or better than Connie "Hey, Remember my Dad?" Mack IV, Vern "Not Katherine Harris" Buchanan, and Marco "Check ... More >>

Get Out of Jail Free

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

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Leaving no gimmick unturned, that Super Size Me guy goes searching for Public Enemy No.1.

The Truth Won't Set You Free

Multiperspective, mega-annoying Vantage Point.

Liberty City Seven Trial Travesty

The case against Miami “terrorists” is mired in greed and falsehoods.

Pacifists. Not Crazies

Liberty City Seven Trial Begins!

Catastrophic Kitsch

"Cathartic" makes tragedy trite at Abba Fine Art

Ramadi Madness

When every member of Florida's 124th Infantry returned from Iraq alive, it seemed too good to be true. It was.

Osama’s Thug

Jose Padilla is (a) a punk; (b) a terrorist in training; (c) an unwitting pawn for Uncle Sam and al-Qaeda; or (d) all of the above

One Day in September

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

Lights! Camera! Terrorists!

The federal indictment against the so-called Liberty City 7 was TV at its finest

Pearl of the Antilles

The elephant in Guantanamo's living room gets 4200 calories a day and a Koran

Fear of Flying

You may not want to see United 93, but you should

The Terrorist Who Wasn't

Hollywood's Manny Ebaid struggles to rebound after the War on Terror made him collateral damage

Peace of the Gables

These guys just don’t like war. What’s wrong with them?

Various Artists

Genocide in Sudan Waxploitation

Headbangers Ball

Claims that police didn't aim at FTAA protesters' upper bodies get a black eye

The Me Country

For some, 9/11 was life-changing; for others, it was just another bad day

Maritime Vigilantes

South Florida citizens take homeland defense into their own hands with Operation On Guard

How to Organize a Peace Protest in Little Havana

First, get unified; next, give out food

A Tale of Two Mosques

Both are in South Florida and both attracted terrorists, but they could not be more different

The Accidental Terrorist

He stumbled into a group of Muslim extremists with plans to attack America. Then he stumbled into Miami. Today Shaheed Mohamed is nowhere to be found.

The Wake-Up Call

Hamas is as close as Ecuador. And they're arguing about American targets.

Terrorists, but Our Terrorists

Where can terrorists find safe harbor? If you're of the Cuban exile variety, right here.

Admitting Terror, Part 3

Four more cases of egregious ineptitude at the Immigration and Naturalization Service

War on War Books

Donald Miller has (re)written one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?

Admitting Terror, Part 2

The INS has its own peculiar way of meting out justice: Promote the supervisor who intentionally misled Congress and harass the inspector who warned of terrorists

Admitting Terror

The immigration service's own describe how America failed to protect its borders from the September 11 terrorists

Fair Game

A terrorism survivor and expert digs into the bin Laden dilemma

Amused to Death

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

Of Pain and place

Documenting devastation near and far-of the body, the mind, and the soul

Mullin

The Burden of a Violent History