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palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

At some point, we in the West are going to have to learn that if we intervene militarily in Mali or Iraq or Libya or Syria or interfere in Turkey, or Egypt, or the Gulf, or the Maghreb – then we will not be safe 'at home'
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nice-terrorist-attack-france-isis-francois-hollande-response-syria-iraq-military-bombs-vicious-a7139101.html

Dhaka's IS attack: Oppression, poverty and tyranny breeds terror

When I heard the news of a gun attack in Dhaka last Friday by the self-professed Islamic State (IS), my immediate thought was that Bangladesh had reached a boiling point. Being of Bangladeshi origin, I have visited the “motherland” on numerous occasions. My last visit was in 2012, and the political situation in Sylhet, where more than 90 per cent of British Bangladeshis originate from, was volatile.

Unemployment was soaring; poverty had become an accepted reality for millions, and frustration with the autocratic regime of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had manifested itself into violent street brawls and strikes. Bangladesh is no stranger to political violence. Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis lost their lives during the independence war with Pakistan in 1971, and since then, the country has become somewhat desensitised to violence.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/dhakas-attack-oppression-poverty-and-tyranny-breeds-terror-940149222

We love to talk of terror – but after the Munich shooting, this hypocritical catch-all term has finally caught us out

The frightful and bloody hours of Friday night and Saturday morning in Munich and Kabul – despite the 3,000 miles that separate the two cities – provided a highly instructive lesson in the semantics of horror and hypocrisy. I despair of that generic old hate-word, “terror”. It long ago became the punctuation mark and signature tune of every facile politician, policeman, journalist and think tank crank in the world.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/munich-shooting-nice-attack-terrorism-robert-fisk-catch-all-finally-caught-out-a7153176.html