Some of the victims were devout Muslims, few might even have sympathised with militant Islam, many were not American. There was nothing any of the victims of September 11 attacks could have personally done to have been spared their fate. ![]() ![]() ![]() Terrorism is indiscriminate while insurgency is selective. We can make an analytical-though somewhat unrealistic-distinction between terrorism and insurgency. ![]() As the global war on terrorism moves to its second phase and the regional wars on terrorism-most prominently, in India and Israel, but also in the Philippines, London, and New Jersey-enter their bloodiest phase yet, it might be important to recall why terrorism has never succeeded, and why insurgencies can sometimes overcome failure.
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