JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel says it has successfully tested an anti-rocket system developed to protect the country from short-range rocket and artillery attack from Lebanon and Gaza, defense officials said.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/27/ ( Read more... )

"Her sweat shirt, which she described as a piece of art, had a battery-powered circuit board with flashing lights. Security personnel became alarmed by the device and arrested her at gunpoint outside the airport.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_re_us/ ( Read more... )

You could make a fuel-oxidizer bomb that would kill dozens of people using groceries, oxygen from the air, a reasonably well equipped kitchen, and a basic knowledge of chemistry. Which of those should we make illegal in the name of stopping terrorism?

"Authorities surrounded 60-year-old Chhaganbhai Patel at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on October 25 after he was found with a number of knives including a martial arts-style knife ( Read more... )

A British teenager who is accused of possessing material for terrorist purposes has appeared in court ( Read more... )

A good (if somewhat political) online petition to outlaw evidence gained by torture, and give a decently fair trial to "unlawful combatants". I signed it, and maybe a million more signatures will help convince some senators and representatives to do the right thing.http://www.restore-habeas

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http://www.wondermark.com/d/220.html

Hezbollah hiding among civilian buildings to launch their attacks.

This is cynical, cowardly foulness of the worst sort, deliberately using Lebanese civilians as disposable shields. it doesn't change the obligation of the Israelis to minimize civilian casualties, but it shows how tough that job is.

The recent explosives-lobbing between Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon has got me thinking about the rules of war. Specifically, under what conditions do you consider your foes to be enemy soldiers, to be shot on sight in combat, but treated honorably as prisoners of war; or alternately, criminals, to be captured alive without harm to local civilians, ( Read more... )