Story Behind Famous Beheading — and What’s Not There
A new documentary on the life, capture and execution of a young American journalist is riveting. It does not, however, help us understand why he had to die.
A new documentary on the life, capture and execution of a young American journalist is riveting. It does not, however, help us understand why he had to die.
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We originally published this in September, 2012. More relevant now than ever. Also be sure to see this other piece with views from Clark on oil and activism, and our other related stories by typing “Syria” in our search box. In this stunning but little-known speech from 2007, Gen. Wesley Clark claims America underwent a “policy […]
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