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Giving citizens more power to act in these situations would mean giving individuals the right to judge preemptively whether a person is a terrorist or not. But the power to be judge and executioner is of necessity the prerogative of the state alone. Obviously we "talk like victims" because we are the targets of terrorism. I don't find it "intolerable to travel" and certainly do not see an alternative to giving Grandma a pat down. What are you proposing? Profiling passengers on age? Then we are just one step away from doing the same for gender, race and religion...
...best thing we can do is increase security and intelligence - but in a way that makes sense. Having to sit for part of a flight will simply mean an adjustment in plans for a terrorist. And if we focus too much on Afghanistan, where our intelligence agencies say there are only 100 or so al-Qaeda operatives, we run the risk of taking our eyes off the prize and playing into the hands of the forces we are trying to defeat. Roland Nicholson Jr. Mont-Tremblant, Canada...
...clear, the town that bears that name has absolutely no relation to the infamous terrorist organization. Al-Qaeda, which means "the base," is named for its position at the foot of a high, rugged mountain range in western Yemen. Still, residents joke that having Al-Qaeda in your passport makes it impossible to get a visa. And in a country better known as Osama bin Laden's ancestral homeland, the site of the U.S.S. Cole bombing in 2000 and, most recently, the alleged training ground for underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the coincidence is lost on no one. (See pictures...
...viewing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One—that which Mr. Rashid espouses in his article—portrays Israel as an oppressive force that brutally persecutes the Palestinian people. The other, the one I was raised with, describes Israel as a peaceful place constantly under attack by terrorist groups dedicated to its utter annihilation. However, as a rational person, I can understand that neither of these discourses accurately describes the situation. Yet one-sided voices like Mr. Rashid’s (and certainly a plethora of others that are ideologically opposed, yet equally uncompromising) do nothing to help solve...
...Quotes By: "Today we have been able to liberate the entire country from the clutches of terrorism. We have been able to defeat one of the most heinous terrorist groups in the world." - Declaring the end of civil war with the announcement that Tamil Tiger rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran had been killed...