And on it goes, as violence begats nothing but violence. 1988: Lockerbie. 2008: Mumbai. I was working near Lockerbie on the night of the 'plane massacre and took part on the post-mortems the next day, one of the most harrowing experieces of my professional life - believe me, I need to lectures on the effects of terrorism. And in between then and now. a sea of blood. When will we learn that the political causes of terrorism (including state terrorism) need to be addressed before terrorism itself can be brought under control? Jihadism did not exist on any scale before the USA and UK virtually created it it in Afghanistan, Chechnya et al as a bulwark against communism/ the Russian Empire. Palestine and Kashmir - sites of massive state terrorism - remain as generators of terrorists and Iraq... now the beast is awake and serves 'our' very own arms industry well, let's not kid ourselves, people. Drones may not result in any Western military casualties but they come back at civilians in the form of young men with grenades and AK-47s.
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