New Scientist on combating terrorism

[Chris Burford <cburford@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Editorial 22nd Sept 2001

"Smart bombs and satellites cannot beat this enemy"

last para:

"The Middle East is full of terror groups and full, too, of poverty,
suffering and political repression. To say the two are unconnected is
fanciful. Downtrodden, uneducated Arab boys on the street are far more
likely than their comfortable, educated counterparts to see suicide bombers
as warrior heroes and role models. Somehow - and it won't be easy - we must
ensure that they acquire a stake in the world. Only then will they stop
seeing the West as an enemy intent on exploiting them. And to do that, of
course, we must be sure it isn't."

(The New Scientist seems to think it has a licence to say the truth,
without regard to political considerations!)

Chris Burford

London

PS they also have an article on the technical and human difficulties of
absolutely preventing any hijacker from ever getting control of a plane again.