Countering Terrorism With Violence

On the next day after the US military killed the head of Al-Qaida, Osama Bin Laden, US President Barack Obama claimed that it was a beautiful day for the United States and the world will become safer following the death of Osama. This US military attack against Osama reminds us of the movie "Wag the Dog". In the movie, the US president was plagued by a sex scandal before the presidential election. His aide found a Hollywood director Stanley Motss to "produce" a fake news about a battle against international terrorists. With the help of the computer-generated virtual images, they successfully created the sufferings of the US troops and people and the victimized civilians.
Post-Osama Scenario
The righteous image of the US president in combating terrorism became so rightful, glorious and larger than life. Amid the wave the patriotism, they successfully diverted people's attention from the sex scandal and the US president won his second term.
Some opine that Osama's death will help raise Obama's popularity in his bid of seeking reelection. But we have our reservation about this view. If Al-Qaida fights back all out and launches a series of terrorist attacks around the United States after Osama's death. Obama and the Americans will be the biggest victims then. Undoubtedly, Obama's successful bid to kill Osama has catered the psychological needs of the US people who face the threat of terrorism. He has become a defender of the people and brought great relief to the terrified American people.
Nevertheless, there are still things for us to ponder over in the ensuing development of this incident. First of all, the terrorist attacks in the post-Osama era will become more frequent and more unpredictable. In the 1970s, the so-called terrorism was very much politics-oriented and was set against a background of the confrontation between the Eastern and Western blocks. The Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the Palestinian terrorist groups in Middle East are examples of such movement. Though detestable, they had taken their actions based on the notion of national self-determination. For instance, the tragedy during the Munich Olympic Games. Amidst the strong condemnation from all over the international community, voices of their sympathizers were also heard. At least, most of the Third World countries sympathized them. At that time, it was not difficult to find learned and knowledgeable figures within terrorist groups. They were persistent in pursuing their ideals and had their own self-perceived righteous goals. They believed they were noble-minded fighters for ideals who were willing to sacrifice their own reputation or even their lives. Nevertheless, today, the terrorist activities have not only experienced changes in terms of quantity, but also quality. The size of their groups has shrunk while their righteous goals have also gone.
Hostility Against West
More specifically, the new terrorists in the post-Osama era will not limit themselves to hostility against the West and the confrontation of religious values; instead, it is more difficult to comprehend their conviction and to predict their actions. From a more superficial perspective, the potential factors leading to terrorism could be the unequal distribution of wealth, grudges against the West for controlling the international economy, and internal strife and conflicts between religious sects. Most people more or less have this kind of underlying frustration. But for some radical elements who harbor grave resentment and hatred, their jealousy and desire for vengeance are easily triggered by external factors. Therefore, it is not surprising to see them resorting to brutal actions against a government or certain class in the society and having no care for innocent lives, simply to vent their frustration. For this reason, to totally uproot the danger and threat of terrorism to the human society, the permanent solution is to eliminate the injustice in various political and economic aspects.
Second, there are many ways of dealing with terrorism. But we are afraid that the effect of countering Islamic terrorists with violence may be limited. After Osama was killed, some have posted messages that they will seek revenge to some radical forums on the Internet. This is an alert. At the same time, the US government has also issued a worldwide travel alert to its citizens. This shows that Whitehouse is also vigilant that Al-Qaida will fight back in full force. From the religious perspective of the followers of Islamic fundamentalism, an international terrorist attack is still deemed as a righteous Jihad dedicated to God. It is a battle between the justice and the evil. But from the perspective of the American value (represented by Obama), the Islamic world may symbolize close-mindedness, backwardness, mystery and evil. Hence, the theory of the clash of two civilizations. As the two sides insist on their beliefs and confront each other with terrorism and crackdown, it is probable that there will be more conflicts in the future. Judging from what we have witnessed in the past 10 years, it is indeed true that the more they try to counter terrorism, the more severe terrorism will get.
Third, Osama was bombed dead close to the Pakistan Military Academy but the United States had not informed Pakistan in advance. This may complicate the US-Pakistan relations and stir the sensitivity of the Islamic world. The Islamic world has kept silence on this incident so far, even Saudi Arabia and Egypt, which have been holding a mild stance, have not made any statement yet. Perhaps a collective anti-US movement is poising for take-off. Meanwhile, will the radical Iran and Syria provide supports to more terrorist activities in secret? In other words, will the United States' bid to counter violence with violence effectively crack down terrorism? Or, will it intensify the antagonism? This is probably an issue that Obama and the US public must address.

Who is Responsible for WTC Collapse?

It has been eight years since the 9/11 incident happened and the war against terrorism started. The eastern and western nations agree on the fact that the war against terror that started as an effect of the incident of 9/11has resulted into an increase in terrorism.

The world has become more insecure than ever before. But the most amazing thing is that, even after eight years, there has been no consensus yet, that who carried out these attacks?

Secret Elements Behind WTC Attacks
Who is actually responsible? What are the secret elements behind these attacks? What were their motives? Why did they target the World Trade Center ? Were they really Arabs? Did they get training of flying airplanes in US institutions? Did the World Trade Center building collapsed just because it was hit by airplanes or the towers collapsed because of missile firing or the explosive material that was inside the towers?

Did any investigations took place about the bodies of the passengers? Where did the wreckage of the colliding airplanes go? Was it swallowed by the earth or eaten up by the sky? Many other such questions arise in every one's mind, which has not been answered satisfactorily by any US organization.

Findings of Investigation
No matter how horrible an accident, black boxes of the airplanes remain safe, but in this case not only the black boxes, but the whole planes have been disappeared. One of the professor of Birmingham University has proved in his research that the 110 storey building of the World Trade Center cannot collapse just because of crashing of airplanes or because of blaze.

When the investigations were carried out the building collapsed because of the explosions that were heard inside the building. During the investigation of the material obtained from the rubble, a special kind of explosive material, used by the US military, was found. This strengthens the claims of the investigators that destruction of the World Trade Centers was a result of a joint conspiracy of the US military, Zionists and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

It is possible that some elements of Al-Qa'ida might have been used for this purpose. Consciously or unconsciously they might have sacrificed their lives, even then it does not mean that Al-Qa'ida should be made an excuse to obliterate the whole Muslim world. This would be same as all Jewish people annihilating the Christians around Europe because of Hitler.

Attack on Muslim World
After the destruction of the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York, unlimited towers of misfortunes and miseries fell on Muslims and Islam. By forming coalition of international plunderers and by employing support of some Muslim countries, the United States attacked Afghanistan. Thousands of Muslims, young, elderly, children, and women were martyred and many more were injured. After toppling the Taliban Government and seating Hamid Karzai on the throne of power, the United States moved toward Iraq. Weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Husayn's dictatorship were made an excuse to batter Iraq.

During this war, 1,200,000 Iraqi Muslims were killed and many were made disable. The standard bearer of human rights, the United States and its allies dropped prohibited and most destructive bombs on innocent civilians, which resulted in painful consequences.

Inhuman Activities
Innocent women and elderly were detained in the name of capturing the insurgents and were given heart-wrenching punishments inside the notorious prisons of Bagram and Abu Gharaib. Because of the US aggression, whole structure of Afghanistan and Iraq was destroyed. The peace and security became rare.

When the thick curtains of democracy, freedom and tolerance fell and frightful and disgusting the United States face was revealed clearly before the world. The world realized that if the reins of the whole world are given into the hands of these destructive elements, they would make the world a war zone and will kill innocent civilians and destroy peace and security.

Impact on International Community
Who does not know that because of this so called war, turmoil has spread throughout the world? The US policies have resulted in escalation of violence. The Western media, however, are compelled to write that the Taliban are emerging as a strong and stable force.

Al-Qa'ida and its linked groups are a persistent threat for the US interests. Sixteen US intelligence agencies have declared the aggression against Afghanistan, as a reason behind the rise of Islamic Jihadi movements around the world.

Forty-three most powerful nations fighting in Afghanistan under the US flag have not yet succeeded in capturing the federal leadership of Al-Qa'ida. Even the US spies around the world and the latest satellite technology are unable to trace them. The commandoes, who were deployed to capture Osama Bin Laden dead or alive, have not achieved a breakthrough in this regard. No strong evidence, so far has been found to make possible the capture of Osama.

If the attacks occurred in the United States, the war zone should have been the United States. However, this is a bizarre philosophy that suicide explosions occur in the United States and the reaction takes place in Pakistan. Terrorist acts are carried out in the United Kingdom and bombs are dropped on Afghanistan. Wherever any kind of terrorist activity takes place, any Muslim country is held responsible. Why?

According to a latest report, the United States has sold arms of $37.85 billion to many Third World countries so that they keep on fighting and killing each other and the US interests go unseen. The amazing thing is this that the United States has also sold arms to the organizations outlawed by the United Nations. Now you can tell, is the United States a champion of peace or an enemy of humanity and an assassin?