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Tag: Al Qaeda

Esther Ortiz08/09/2011
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A las 8.45 de la mañana –hora de Nueva York- dos aviones comerciales surcaban el cielo de Manhattan. Nadie sabía que iban a estrellarse contra las Torres Gemelas del World Trade Center, el corazón financiero de Estados Unidos y símbolo de su poderío. El mundo asistió, en directo, a un ataque sin precedentes donde el país más poderoso era pillado “in fraganti” en la seguridad de su hogar. Era el comienzo de un cambio hacia algo más violento, convulso y siniestro.

Iztok Potokar26/07/2011
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Immediately after the attack in Oslo everyone began speculating of Islamic terrorism and started analyzing Norwegian foreign policy to find possible reasons for another al Qaeda-related attack. It turned out, however, that this brutal crime was the work of a Muslim-hating native Norwegian. Perhaps the time has come to reflect on the western understanding of terrorism, so closely related to Islam in the last decade.

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The death of Osama bin Laden has been – particularly on a symbolic level – marked as an important milestone in the US fight against terrorism. Nevertheless, its positive effects on the ground in Afghanistan will most likely be rather mince in the crucial time when the Afghan National Security Forces are preparing to take over security in various cities, districts and provinces.