Econo-Terrorism
By now, we've all heard of the sad news from Amman last night, where dozens of people have been killed, and hundreds injured after a series of suicide bombers targeted the luxury American hotel chains in Jordan's capital.
That Al-Qaeda have already claimed responsiblity is almost incidental -- who else could this be from, since it bears all their hallmarks:
1- Punish Muslims and others who collude with The Great Satan.
2- Hit them where they hurt -- in the tourist industry pocketbook.
3- Choose a signifcant date: November 9th in most countries is written 9/11.
Since Australia had scored a major intelligence coup by breaking up devastating planned attacks in their country, just the day before, this was Al-Qaeda's way of saying, we got plenty more where that came from.
Like Bali twice, like Sharm-el-Sheik, even like New York City, which hasn't recovered its touristic brio yet, Al-Qaeda want to send a message that leisure grounds impact the economy of countries in their very psyche: when you're at play, relaxed, off-guard.
What other city is most at risk from this type of econo-terrorist attack? Rome, for one. The Vatican, especially. Warsaw? Amsterdam? Paris...in retaliation for la voile law?
Governments can't know for certain, but you can try to find out as much as you can, by gathering information from suspects.
And on the heels of when Tony Blair got his first Parliamentary defeat since becoming Premier, by having his special Bill on holding terror suspects for 90 days without charges, it seems some people still don't get it.
The war we're in is unlike any fought before.
They can strike anywhere, they have cells of fanatics born and raised in those countries, and they know how to explot the soft legal pecularities of each country.
Making us weak in the face of so much strength, isn't going to send a message to Tony Blair.
It simply sends a message to all who would harm those who dare to stand up to so much concerted evil.
London will have another awful tragedy by year's end. Watch. And may God forgive my pessimism.
That Al-Qaeda have already claimed responsiblity is almost incidental -- who else could this be from, since it bears all their hallmarks:
1- Punish Muslims and others who collude with The Great Satan.
2- Hit them where they hurt -- in the tourist industry pocketbook.
3- Choose a signifcant date: November 9th in most countries is written 9/11.
Since Australia had scored a major intelligence coup by breaking up devastating planned attacks in their country, just the day before, this was Al-Qaeda's way of saying, we got plenty more where that came from.
Like Bali twice, like Sharm-el-Sheik, even like New York City, which hasn't recovered its touristic brio yet, Al-Qaeda want to send a message that leisure grounds impact the economy of countries in their very psyche: when you're at play, relaxed, off-guard.
What other city is most at risk from this type of econo-terrorist attack? Rome, for one. The Vatican, especially. Warsaw? Amsterdam? Paris...in retaliation for la voile law?
Governments can't know for certain, but you can try to find out as much as you can, by gathering information from suspects.
And on the heels of when Tony Blair got his first Parliamentary defeat since becoming Premier, by having his special Bill on holding terror suspects for 90 days without charges, it seems some people still don't get it.
The war we're in is unlike any fought before.
They can strike anywhere, they have cells of fanatics born and raised in those countries, and they know how to explot the soft legal pecularities of each country.
Making us weak in the face of so much strength, isn't going to send a message to Tony Blair.
It simply sends a message to all who would harm those who dare to stand up to so much concerted evil.
London will have another awful tragedy by year's end. Watch. And may God forgive my pessimism.
posted by vbspurs at
11/10/2005 04:26:00 am
1 Comments:
That Bill got defeated??? That's absurd!!!! Just as absurd as are our "no profiling" rules when checking backpacks at the NYC subways! You are so right, many people still don't get it!
45 Labour backbenchers bolted and voted with the Tories...
Afterwards, when interviewed, many said that the Prime Minister needed to be shown he was not a dictator, who could do as he willed.
You know, I agree with that -- his style of Premiership has been called Presidential, which I find exaggerated, although his manner certainly is.
But there are times to make a point.
This was not such a time.
And that's why Democracies are sometimes the weaker forms of government
Cheers,
Victoria
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