War against terrorism

By Mustafa Iqbal Shahadat Dhaka University
21 August 2005, 18:00 PM
War against terrorism is now a much talked about issue all over the world. Everybody knows that it commenced after the 9/11 terrorist attack and its purpose was to eliminate terrorism. At first the US led coalition forces attacked Afghanistan to oust the radical Taliban regime as well as to break the al-Qaeda network.

The peaceful people of the world never support any kind of terrorism.

And they never support any unjust war in the name of war against terrorism. A few days ago, the picture of an American soldier's mother whose son had died in Iraq war was published in several newspapers in our country.

Mr. Blair has already denied the linkage between Iraq war and London blasts. But the mayor of London, Mr. Kin Livingstone, has admitted that there could be a link between Iraq war and London blasts. So why Mr. Blair or Mr. Bush don't want to realise this truth? They have to understand what's the real cause of terrorism, who are the real terrorists and why al-Queda has become a terrorist organisation? Above all, they have to pull out from Iraq as soon as possible, then they have to solve the Palestine problem. Otherwise, peace will always elude them.