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Tuesday, April 02, 2002

Islamic Nations Fail to Define Terror
Gee, now that's a shock.

OIC countries signed a statement on Monday praising the Palestinians and their 18-month-old "blessed intifada" uprising. But they appeared divided on whether acts such as the suicide bombing of civilians should be deemed terrorism. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, long a supporter of the Palestinian cause, suggested any deliberate attack on civilians, including those by Palestinian suicide bombers, should be classified as acts of terror. Others disagreed with the habitually straight-talking Mahathir's interpretation, even questioning the point of trying to achieve consensus on the issue.

Why of course not! After all, reaching a consensus that murder is wrong might set a poor precedent for pressing on with the glorious jihad. Without the tool of slaughtering innocent civilians, why, the intifadists might have to rely on intelligent discourse and respect for the rule of law. And we all know how hard THAT would be.

For our definition-challenged friends, here is an interesting list of acts over the last 40 years which the U.S. Department of State has classified as terrorist acts: Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2001 If you are unable to see some sort of common thread running through these acts, defining terrorism would be meaningless to you.


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