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Britain Refuses to Accept How Terrorists Really Work
Cockburn, Patrick
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/06/12/britain-refuses-to-accept-how-terrorists-really-work/Date Written: 2017-06-12 Publisher: Counterpunch Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX20834 Self-interest is motive for the British government's portrayal of terrorism as essentially home-grown cancers within the Muslim community. Abstract: -- Excerpt: A big mistake in British anti-terrorist strategy is to pretend that terrorism by extreme Salafi-jihadi movements can be detected and eliminated within the confines of the UK. The inspiration and organisation for terrorist attacks comes from the Middle East and particularly from Isis base areas in Syria, Iraq and Libya. Their terrorism will not end so long as these monstrous but effective movements continue to exist. That said, counter-terrorism within the UK is much weaker than it need be. |