Islamistischer Terrorismus

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Andrew McCarthy: Time for straight talk about radical Islam

12:01 AM CDT on Saturday, May 22, 2004


By ANDREW McCARTHY


We are now well into the third year of what is called the "war on terror." That is the language we all use, and it is ubiquitous. It is the way we define for the American people and the world – especially the Islamic world – what we are doing, and what we are about. It is the way we explain the nature of the menace that we are striving to defeat.

But is it accurate? Does it make sense? More important, does it serve our purposes? Does it make victory more identifiable, and hence more attainable? I humbly suggest that it fails on all these scores.

This, furthermore, is no mere matter of rhetoric or semantics. It is all about substance, and it goes to the very core of our struggle.

Terrorism is not an enemy. It is a method. You cannot, and you do not, make war on a method. War is made on an identified – and identifiable – enemy.
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Kakebeka Falls Incident Attracts U.S Security Attention
Tb News Source
Web Posted: 5/21/2004 7:19:06 PM
An incident in Kakabeka Falls last month has apparently caught the attention of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the F.B.I.

ABC News reports that the arrest of two people driving a van loaded 12 drums of red phosphorous has caused concern because of fears of a new terror attack in the U.S. The chemical is highly incendiary, and ABC says American authorities have reports a spectacular attack may be planned for sometime before the Presidential election this fall.
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