Terrorism is the antithesis of self-determination. But let’s stop here for a moment: I’ve used the “t” word and I need to qualify it at once. Omnipresent even before 11 September and the global “war against terror” (“the urgent task of our time,” according to George W), it was rendered totally meaningless a long time ago.
By Hani Shukrallah
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