LET'S TRY REDUCING TERROR INSTEAD OF INC

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LET'S TRY REDUCING TERROR INSTEAD OF INC
Wed, 09-08-2004 - 8:18pm
Terrorist activity has increased steadily in Iraq since we occupied it. From a few attacks daily at first, hostilities have increased until the U.S. military and civilian (contractor) posts are experiencing hundreds of attacks on the worst days. All available quantitative measures show an exponential rise in hostilities. There is evidence of new weaponry, finally, showing up in the insurgents' hands. That is a very bad omen.

by Rami Khouri: Until we get a global strategy to eliminate the root causes of terrorism, military-led strategies will only inspire new recruits and more adaptation. Rami Khouri reflects on what it will take to deal effectively with the roots of terror. Sitting here in Washington, one of the hardest looks to be "systematically identifying and redressing its actual, rather than its imagined, causes." Got duct tape?

full article:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=8157

dablacksox


Cynic: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.---Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.