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The Anti-Terrorist - Undermining The Motivation For Terrorism
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By Rev. Bill McGinnis , Director - LoveAllPeople.org
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This website and everything on it is in the Public Domain, so you may use it freely, even
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without attribution.
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BACKGROUND , September 11, 2004
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Three years have now gone by since the September 11th attacks in 2001, and terrorism is a far
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greater threat to us now than it was then. The number and severity of terrorist attacks
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worldwide has increased dramatically, as has the number of active terrorists. Before 9/11,
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terrorism was confined to a small number of extremist individuals, loosely linked by radical
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Islam and hatred of Israel and its sole supporter, the USA. Now, many more moderate Muslims have
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become radicalized, world-wide, willing to kill innocent civilians in order to achieve their
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purposes. And the serious targets have expanded to include civilians in Russia, India, Maylasia,
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the Philippines, Spain, and elsewhere, as well as Israel and its sole supporter, the United
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States. True, the USA has not suffered a successful major attack since 9/11, but this does
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not mean that we are safer. The terrorists could strike any time they choose, through any of
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the numerous loopholes so well reported in our media. But they have chosen not to attack,
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perhaps because they are waiting to produce an effect even greater than the 9/11 attacks, so
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they do not appear to be losing strength. What could be more spectacular than the 9/11 attacks?
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Nuclear! Or massive bio-chemical attack! And I think this is what they are waiting for. All of
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our frantic preparations may have had some effect in preventing small-time casual attacks, but
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they cannot stop a serious planned attack, any more than a mere door lock can stop a serious
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robber who really wants to get into your house. So the Bush administration can keep
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claiming that we are safer now, under their policies. But this claim is merely feel-good
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propaganda, intended to keep the neo-cons in power. It cannot withstand clear-headed scrutiny.
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The fact is, Bush policies have failed completely even to diminish terrorism, much less defeat
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it. By trying to "stamp out" terrorism by killing terrorists, Bush and Israel have made things
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infinitely worse for us: more dangerous, not safer. And proof that Bush has failed may come at
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any moment, explosively, with one big successful attack here in the USA. May God help
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us all.
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WHAT IS TERRORISM?
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TERRORISM is "the systematic use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a
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population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective." Source: Britannica.com
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http://www.britannica.com/search?query=terrorism&ct= We believe that any terrorist act
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is a crime against humanity and against the will of God, because it deliberately intends to
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injure and kill innocent people.
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NEUTRALIZING TERRORISM
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Our purpose here is to NEUTRALIZE TERRORISM by removing the motivation for it. Without
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motivation, terrorism will quickly die down, like a plant without water.
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We completely reject the idea that terrorism can be defeated by brute force, because brute
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force radicalizes the moderates, and they then join the terrorists. So you end up fighting the
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entire population. Brute force has failed in Palestine, and it is failing in Iraq.
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We try to be even-handed in opposing all terrorism, although we recognize that the greatest
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terrorist threat in the world today comes from radical Muslims who falsely believe that Allah
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approves of their criminal behavior against Israel, The United States, Russia, India, the
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Philippines, Australia, and others whom they falsely believe to be "waging war against Allah."
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And the second-greatest terrorist threat comes from several countries, mainly Israel, who
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sometimes resort to terrorism themselves, claiming "self-defense," as they desperately try to
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prevent further attacks by radical Muslims. In all of these cases above, if the radical Muslims
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would cease their attacks, all terrorism on both sides of every dispute would quickly end.
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Beyond these two sources, there is virtually no terrorist activity in the world, with the
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possible exception of localized disputes such as in Northern Ireland and occasional domestic
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episodes in various places involving isolated disaffected groups.
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The moral and religious theories which support terrorism are quite faulty and
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erroneous. They need to be identified and attacked. If the terrorist loses faith in the
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righteousness of his acts, he is less likely to perform them.
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EXAMPLE 1: "Terrorists
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Offend Allah."
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EXAMPLE 2: "Terrorist
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Murderers Insult Allah, Bring Shame To Islam"
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EXAMPLE 3 (LATEST AND BEST!
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- Framed Below): "Qur'an Forbids Terrorism"
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In every case of terrorism, we will find some kind of legitimate underlying
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grievance. If we eliminate the legitimate grievances, we have eliminated much of the
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motivation.
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Is this "negotiating with terrorists" or "trying to appease the terrorists," as some
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Israeli/NeoCons would try to say? No. It is simply recognizing the realities of human
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motivation, right or wrong. To deny reality, as the Israeli/NeoCons do, is to invite disaster,
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as they have done.
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BIG PICTURE
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A big picture of our entire Anti-Terrorism strategy can be found at our website
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=> http://www.loveallpeople.org/defeatingterrorism.html .
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Blessings to you. May God help us all.
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Blessings to you. May God help us all.
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Rev. Bill McGinnis, Director - LoveAllPeople.org
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