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Commentaries on Terrorism

The articles listed below present sober and realistic commentaries on terrorism that rise above the usual talk:

Pepe Escobar, the Roving Reporter for Asia Times OnLine presents an ominous analysis about al-Qaeda:  Why al-Qaeda is winning.  The ATOL web page also has links to related articles.

We should not have allowed 19 murderers to change our world is a review of events since 9/11/01 through September 2004 by Robert Fisk of The Independent (UK)

Osama's Dream Team:  Kerry-Edwards or Bush-Cheney? by John Dean from the FindLaw web site

Jason Burke of the Observer (UK) provided this excellent analysis of terrorism on May 18, 2003:  Terror's myriad facesWhat is al-Qaedo? is another article by Burke based on his book, Al-Qaeda: Casting a shadow of terror.

The Fallacy of the War on Terror by Patrisia Gonzales and Roberto Rodriguez, published on December 12, 2003 by the Universal Press Syndicate takes a critical look at this alleged war.

The Protean Enemy by Jessica Stern, in the July/August 2003 issue of Foreign Affairs, demonstrates what a threat al-Qaeda can be.  Jessica Stern is Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a respected authority on terrorism. 

A UN report on how the US war on terror is radicalizing Arabs helps us to understand the consequences and blowback of US actions related toward terrorism.

See also Commentaries on War

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"A terror decreed by a Secret Committee is child's play compared with a terror instituted by 'lawful authority'" Ramsay MacDonald, British Prime Minister