Annan's good definition of terrorism

By A F Rahman On e-mail
11 August 2005, 18:00 PM
It's interesting that Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary General, has underscored the necessity of redefining 'terrorism' due to the recent bomb attacks in the UK and Egypt, in order that we can all live with it!. I just cannot comprehend what he has actually meant and wanted to deliver by saying "to bring in moral clarity that maiming and killing of civilians is unacceptable, regardless of one's cause", whereas he mentioned nothing about the happenings in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine!

Those sensible human beings around the world, who have been seeing the carnage in those countries through TV footage and press releases know the extent of annihilation of the innocent men, women and children in thousands not in a few numbers. They get startled and numbed and those who cannot forget these harrowing incidents can possibly realise the reasoning behind the bombing in London and Sharm-al-Shaikh.

Whom you think you can blame for all these? We, all peace loving people around the world, cannot support these senseless killings of the innocents. But can we condone the conspiracies of Bush & Blair and the state terrorism they have let loose? It's only natural that retaliation will be the answer to pay one back in his own coins. It's sad very sad tho' that innocent people become the target. One thing is appreciable that the British public, I understand, have come to realise that "they are now paying for the blood they have taken at Falluja, Najaf or Zenin".

Tragedy is, those who do not realise are the authorities concerned! I do not know if they have learnt anything from '7/7 after '9/11' or have they forgotten that another '9/11' may be approaching fast (God forbid). They aren't taking, as seriously as they should, the threats of attack on other world capitals.

Isn't it yet time for them to consider seriously the total withdrawal from the occupied countries?