War and Conflict

Colorado Muslim Society denies report it will bury Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Last month's shocking bombing at the Boston Marathon was followed by a manhunt that ended with the arrest of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the death of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar's older brother and the presumed mastermind of an attack that killed three and injured hundreds. Since then, controversy has ari ... More >>

David Horowitz has turned taunting Muslims into a spectator sport

The CELL: Michael Chertoff talks terrorism, protesters compare it to bee stings

Last night, former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff visited the grand reopening of the CELL, the downtown terrorism prevention center, to discuss cyber security and impending concerns in the Middle East. In front of a packed house at the Denver Art Museum, Chertoff talked both Al-Qaed ... More >>

Denver Cruisers: disco inferno edition

The Denver Cruisers took to the streets last night in '70s attire, perhaps to evoke a sensible response to the gas crisis of that era. Westword photographer Christopher Morgan was on hand to catch all the carbon-neutral fun.

Najibullah Zazi, beauty-school bomber, helps convict his co-conspirator

Eric Holder called it the most serious terror threat to the United States since 9/11. And the bombs that could have blown up New York's subway system got their start in Denver beauty-supply stores, where Najibullah Zazi bought the ingredients to make homemade detonators. But that plot exploded, and ... More >>

Underwear Bomber moves into Supermax cell

This past week, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, dubbed the "Underwear Bomber" after a failed attempt to bring down an airliner in December 2009, joined the ranks of Ted Kaczynski (the Unabomber), Terry Nichols (who conspired with Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing) and others as one of the most ... More >>

Underwear bomber to join list of ten most notorious prisoners at Supermax?

Big photos below.​Disgraced ex-Illinois governor Rod "Blago" Blagojevich isn't the only infamous convict likely to be Colorado bound. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, dubbed the Underwear Bomber after a failed attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound airplane on Christmas 2009, has been sentenced to life ... More >>

Occupy Denver: Biggest riot squad presence to date, pepper bullets, multiple arrests (PHOTOS)

​Update, 11:01 p.m. October 29: Twenty people were arrested during what has been Occupy Denver's most violent day in weeks. All evidence of the Thunderdome and the front desk has been removed, and officers offered protesters the chance to claim their belongings one at a time as the area was cl ... More >>

Barack Obama announces "end" to U.S. war in Iraq: Mark Udall, Michael Bennet weigh in

"Come home."​Today, President Barack Obama, who's due back in Denver next week after a visit late last month, announced the end of the Iraq war, more or less, with the vast majority of U.S. troops due out before 2011 bids adieu. Colorado Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet quickly released ... More >>

Anwar al-Awlaki, reportedly killed in Yemen, joins list of terrorists with Colorado connections

Anwar al-Awlaki.​ Anwar al-Awlaki, a cleric with alleged ties to the Fort Hood shootings and the underwear bomber, was reportedly killed in Yemen, but his death strikes close to home. Born in New Mexico, he attended Colorado State, where he studied civil engineering and attended a mosque near ... More >>

9/11 anniversary: Top 10 terrorists with Colorado connections

No. 3.​The 9/11 events being memorialized on Sunday, ten years after they shook the world, didn't take place in Colorado. But our state has no shortage of connections to terrorists -- and not only because plenty of them are housed at Florence's Supermax facility. Below, we look at the most pr ... More >>

The Civil Wars

Wednesday, June 29, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Barack Obama Afghanistan speech drinking game: The revenge of Rush Limbaugh

The toastmaster.​I watched Barack Obama's speech about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan more closely than any presidential address ever -- but not for the expected reason. I was a (sober) judge in a speech-related drinking game suggested yesterday by none other than super-conservative Rush ... More >>

Ward Churchill: CU-Boulder has been worse off since prof fired no matter what Glenn Beck says

Churchill.​Jonathan Shikes's post about Glenn Beck calling out Ward Churchill after he turned up at a Tucson school board protest didn't prompt a slew of attacks on the controversial former CU-Boulder professor. In fact, one commenter argues that the university has slid downhill in the wake of ... More >>

Osama bin Laden or Obama bin Laden dead? Two Denver TV stations confused (VIDEOS)

Videos below.​Barack Obama's announcement of Osama bin Laden's slaying presented newscasters with a tongue twister -- and some lost the game. 9News reported that "in 2001, Obama was linked to the 9/11 terror attacks" -- because he's Muslim, I guess -- and CBS4 anchor Kathy Walsh said Obama tol ... More >>

Reader: Department of Homeland Security's terrorism video uses fear to try to control us

​Our post yesterday about Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's visit to Denver to promote the expansion into Colorado of the "If You See Something, Say Something" anti-terrorism campaign drew a strong response from one reader, who sees terrorists as only the latest in a ... More >>

Mark Udall called Armenian genocide defector by advocacy group in candidate report card

Mark Udall.​In April, Senator Mark Udall marked the anniversary of the 1915 Armenian genocide with a strongly worded statement. But these words didn't satisfy Rocky Mountain Hye Advocates, an organization trying to get all members of the Colorado congressional delegation to support a national ... More >>

Mark Udall calls Armenian genocide what it was -- "genocide"

Mark Udall isn't into using synonyms.​In politics, a single word can get in the way -- especially when that word is "genocide." During his presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama left little doubt where he stood when it came to the events of April 24, 1915, when Turks exterminated somew ... More >>

Terrorism is big business for the Cell. In fact, it's the nonprofit's only business

Read the indictment against Mohammad Zazi

Mohammad Zazi, the center of attention -- here, anyway.​The federal indictment against Mohammad Zazi is a lot less substantial than the one handed to his son, terror suspect Najibullah Zazi. The gist of the false statement charge against Mohammad reads as follows: "Defendant ZAZI denied that h ... More >>

Michael Bennet's e-mail snafu amid terror-plot revelations

Michael Bennet.​The "send" key: It's so easy to push -- and so dangerous when it's pressed prematurely. Witness the chain of events that followed an unwise forward inadvertently shared with assorted reporters by a member of Senator Michael Bennet's staff as information about a Colorado connect ... More >>

Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?

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

The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Spurts of laughter, spurts of blood.

Vantage Point

Multi-perspective, mega-annoying Vantage Point.

War Stories

Elizabeth Cook-Lynn discusses the past and the present.

The Small Things

Rwanda Deliverance

DU law professor David Akerson and his students sum up justice.

Eyewitness Reports

The message is in the medium at the Mizel Museum's new show.

Watch Your Step

The Mailman Cometh

More Messages: The Extended Anniversary

One Day in September

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

Front Line Assembly

Sunday, June 11, Ogden Theatre, 1-866-468-7621.

Fear of Flying

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

Last Laugh

Paradise Now finds humor in the mission of suicide bombers.

Flick Pick

Lili's Apron

Off Limits

The yolk's on us

I Am the World Trade Center

The Cover Up (Gammon Records)

Caine Unable

Catholics and Nazis are bad -- and a new movie about both is boring.

Artbeat

Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

Our Fair City

Denver is such a world-class town that even terrorists want to visit!

Best Osama bin Laden Game and Puzzle Book

Where's Osama?

Best Band Name

Bio-Bitch

He Got Blame

Bleeped words and dropped balls mark the media frenzy around the suspension of Dan Issel.

War on War Books

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

Culture Shock

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

Emerald Ire

A Colorado publisher puts out a book too hot for the U.K.

Punch and Duty

Selling You on an IRA