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Simultaneously, in the most complete ambiguity, they [media] propagate the brutal charm of the terro...

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Jean BaudrillardSimulacra and Simulation

The idea that a dysfunctional thought could take root in a vacuum, the individual anonymous and wrai...

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Go to the internet and go to the FBI website and go to their international list of top ten terrorist...

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Terror is not a new weapon. Throughout history it has been used by those who could not prevail, eith...

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You revolutionists' the other continued, with leisurely self-confidence, 'are the slaves of the soci...

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Joseph ConradThe Secret Agent

Terrorism is like jujitsu: The small players win if they make the large player use his strength agai...

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We routinely and rightly condemn the terrorism that kills civilians in the name of God but we cannot...

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Karen ArmstrongFields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence

They were dealt with as in war, and they naturally employed the means that were used against them.

With all due respect to all philistines, the dictatorship of the proletariat does just consist in "g...

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Leon TrotskyTerrorism and Communism: A Reply to Karl Kautsky

Terror is a powerful means of policy and one would have to be a hypocrite not to understand this.

With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.

read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that ...

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In a society run by terror, no statements whatsoever can be taken seriously. They are all forced, an...

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War is legitimized state-sponsored terrorism in a grand scale.

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Newton LeeCounterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness

Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in...

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My own concern is primarily the terror and violence carried out by my own state, for two reasons. Fo...

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The number of people killed by the sanctions in Iraq is greater than the total number of people kill...

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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Isra...

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Noam ChomskyGaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians

Another problem with the official definitions of terror is that it follows from them that the US is ...

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Noam ChomskyHegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance

‎The greatest danger of a terrorist's bomb is in the explosion of stupidity that it provokes.

Whoever has the sword will have the earth.

I'm not afraid of terrorism at all. I'm afraid of loss of our freedom, loss of mobility, loss of glo...

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The difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is a matter of perspective: it all depends ...

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I was enraged by these heinous acts of barbarism - enraged that people who called themselves Muslims...

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In a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession.

The [Israelis] believed - they were possessed of an absolute certainty and conviction - that 'terror...

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Robert FiskPity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon

Many signs point to the fact that the youth of the Third World will no longer tolerate living in cir...

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Roméo DallaireShake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda

Invisible violence in Pakistan, violence against brown people, ongoing violence in Iraq — that's got...

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Most of the oppression of Muslims in the world right now is carried out by other Muslims.

If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist princi...

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Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to ...

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Don't let the zealots make Muslim a terrifying

Nobody ever wanted to go to war, but if a war came your way, it might as well be the right war, abou...

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The fundamentalist seeks to bring down a great deal more than buildings. Such people are against, to...

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Salman RushdieStep Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002

How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.

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Salman RushdieStep Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002

There is no doubt that the United States has much to atone for, both domestically and abroad...To pr...

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Sam HarrisThe End of Faith: Religion

Ask a deeply religious Christian if he’d rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be...

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When a person is humiliated, when his rights are being violated, and he does not have the proper edu...

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The whole point of international terrorism is to shock the world with the most horrific spectacle im...

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Steven PinkerThe Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Racism is both overt and covert. It takes two, closely related forms: individual whites acting again...

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Every morningI wake up with the newsof bloodshed.I feel my body,desperate to know whetherI’m still a...

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[I]t takes so little effort and money to get rid of malaria, to bring in clean water, to give people...

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What really alarms me about President Bush's 'War on Terrorism' is the grammar. How do you wage war ...

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There is no moral difference between a Stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. They both kill innocent ...

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At least in Russia, you cannot just go and tap into someone's phone conversation without a warrant i...

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Terrorism has no nationality or religion.

Why does a young Muslim, in the prime of life, with a full life ahead, go and blow himself up in a b...

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It was mid-November 2008. There were pirates taking ships with impunity in African waters, terrorist...

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Now how does all this relate to Islamic jihad? Islam sees violence as a means of propagating the Mus...

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The fault, of course, is not in religion, but in the fanatic of every religion. Fanaticism remains t...

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Wole SoyinkaClimate of Fear: The Quest for Dignity in a Dehumanized World

We must fight terrorism as if there's no peace process and work to achieve peace as if there's no te...

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Just above our terror, the stars painted this storyin perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too...

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We are living in an era in which billions of people are grappling to promote communication, toleranc...

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AberjhaniJourney through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

Death wins nothing here,gnawing wings that amputate––then spread, lift up, fly.

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AberjhaniJourney through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

What can bombs know of the illuminated fields so golden with heaven in your heart’s sacred lands?

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AberjhaniJourney through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

There is nothing sane, merciful, heroic, devout, redemptive, wise, holy, loving, peaceful, joyous, r...

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If the idea of loving those whom you have been taught to recognize as your enemies is too overwhelmi...

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September 11, 2001: Citizens of the U.S., besieged by terror’s sting,rose up, weeping glory, as if o...

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On either side of a potentially violent conflict, an opportunity exists to exercise compassion and d...

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AberjhaniSplendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories

Diversity is an aspect of human existence that cannot be eradicated by terrorism or war or self-cons...

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Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains eleva...

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In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers...

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In my head this cruel unspeakable truth: that we battled and we cursed and we spilled each other’s b...

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AberjhaniVisions of a Skylark Dressed in Black

Take terrorism, one example among the methods used in that struggle. We know that leftist tradition ...

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Albert MemmiThe Colonizer and the Colonized

Where an open war is impossible, oppression can continue quietly behind the scenes. Terrorism. Guerr...

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In actual fact our Russian experience—when I use the word "Russian" I always differentiate it from t...

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We know who the homicidal maniacs are. They are the ones cheering and dancing right now.

Our love of lockstep is our greatest curse, the source of all that bedevils us. It is the source of ...

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And a strange, deadly war is raging around the world. Yet, each person who has lost a loved one sure...

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In effect, terrorists now have the power to ignite war. They almost have their finger on the nuclear...

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Arundhati RoyThe Checkbook and the Cruise Missile: Conversations with Arundhati Roy

DB: There's a lot of talk about terrorism. In fact, it's become almost an obsession for the media in...

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Arundhati RoyThe Checkbook and the Cruise Missile: Conversations with Arundhati Roy

The policies the US government is following are dangerous for its citizens. It's true that you can b...

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Arundhati RoyThe Checkbook and the Cruise Missile: Conversations with Arundhati Roy

Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear p...

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And then, on September 11, the world fractured.It's beyond my skill as a writer to capture that day ...

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Barack ObamaDreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.

We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attacks on the twin towers and the pentagon and th...

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If we stopped calling it profiling and started calling it "proactive intelligence screening" or "hig...

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McChrystal had organized a jaw-dropping counterterrorism campaign inside Iraq, but the tactical succ...

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During an hour-long conversation mid-flight, he laid out his theory of the war. First, Jones said, t...

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The august international organizations charged with preserving peace and human dignity in the world—...

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Brigitte GabrielBecause They Hate

America is a place of opportunity. It’s people-friendly! Very much so, compared to the Muslim countr...

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Most of the barbaric and vicious acts of terror committed against innocent civilians around the worl...

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Brigitte GabrielBecause They Hate

Throughout history there have been populations that have lived in desperation, and none of them have...

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Brigitte GabrielBecause They Hate

When you don’t stop evil in its tracks when you first recognize it, you will end up with a monster f...

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The Declaration of Independence says that ‘all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their...

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Americans just don’t realize the viciousness of the militant Islamic fundamentalist.

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Brigitte GabrielBecause They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America

I think the biggest disservice to the American people was the denial by the networks to air video of...

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Brigitte GabrielBecause They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America

Just as people asked ‘Why do they hate us?’ after 9/11, one evening I asked my father, ‘Why did they...

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Brigitte GabrielBecause They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America

America has always prided itself on its multiculturalism and its multireligious communities, just as...

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Brigitte GabrielBecause They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America

Terrorism isn't a crime against people or property. It's a crime against our minds, using the death ...

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what such people miscall their religion, is a vent for their bad humours and arrogance.

The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans will only ensure that those who opp...

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The Koran is empathetic about the rights of other religions to practice their own beliefs. It unequi...

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Question: Which Mediterranean government shares all of Ronald Reagan's views on international terror...

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The anti-life of [Jerry Falwell] proves only one thing: that you can get away with the most extraord...

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I used to call myself a single-issue voter on the essential question of defending civilization again...

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Some readers may have noticed an icy little missive from Noam Chomsky ["Letters," December 3], repud...

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Terrorism works better as a tactic for dictatorships, or for would-be dictators, than for revolution...

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