Understanding, Responding to, and Preventing Terrorism
Author(s)
Cohn, Marchjorie
Abstract
Little of the outrage at the September 11 attacks has led to a comprehensive inquiry into the roots of the rage that fueled them. The following is an attempt to explain the genesis for the terrorism directed at the United States. It is inextricably bound up with the globalization of poverty, Washington’s continued support for Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, U.S. bombing and sponsorship of the devastating economic sanctions against Iraq, and the alliance between the United States and Arab monarchies such as Saudi Arabia, where the U.S. maintains a significant military presence.
