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Wild, wild world SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 05/04/2011

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Wild, wild world

SHE SAYS
Dinah S. Ventura
05/04/2011
Almost 10 years after the the World Trade Center in New York City fell under terrorist hands, the leader of that deadly movement to wound the Western world is dead. Osama bin Laden died in a raid by US forces on his hideout in Pakistan.

The jubilant reaction among Americans, who lost so much and have continued to grieve since that fateful Sept.11 day, is perfectly understandable. But so are, of course, worries of a possible retaliation by his followers with the death of the al-Qaeda movement leader. The world may have condemned what was deemed as a senseless, criminal act, but the jihadi movement nevertheless grew by leaps and bounds after the tragic terror attack in 2001.

911 spawned a dangerous war, one that caused the US to take its forces to Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as modify its foreign policy. The world was never the same again, and even our country became party to the global “fight against terror.”

With Bin Laden’s death, US President Barack Obama has declared: “Justice has been done.”.... MORE

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