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Terrorism is the scourge of the era. It is a fearsome symbol conjuring images of nasty looking, bearded men brandishing AK-47s. The media focus only on the terrorism of official enemies like Saddam Hussain and Osama bin Laden. The notion that the US and its allies engage in terrorism is simply not a topic for discussion. In the current discourse the terrorism of the designated bad guys is magnified. A lot of important information is omitted or distorted.
Eqbal Ahmad (Eck-baal Ah-mad) of Pakistan is one of the Third World's leading intellectuals. He is Professor Emeritus of International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies at Hampshire College in Amherst. His articles and essays appear in major journals and magazines all over the world. He writes a weekly column for Dawn, Pakistan's oldest English newspaper.
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