| Title: CAN TERRORISTS DESTROY THE WORLD? | | | | have made communication and access to information |
| Author: Arthur Zulu | | | | easy for their members. Five. They are inconspicuous |
| Contact Author: mailto: Copyright: Copyright © | | | | -- very hard to find. Your friend, neighbor, or that |
| Arthur Zulu 2002 | | | | your prodigal son, may be a terrorist. Six. They |
| Word Count: 622 | | | | believe that they are fighting a just cause, and are |
| Web Address: | | | | prepared to die. Seven. They are prepared to use |
| Publishing Guidelines: Permission is granted to publish | | | | the deadliest weapons on earth to advance their |
| this article electronically or in print as long as the | | | | cause. Eight. They are constantly changing tactics. |
| bylines are included. A courtesy copy of your | | | | Herein lies the danger. And there are plenty of these |
| publication would be appreciated. | | | | terrorist groups to contend with -- Basques in Spain, |
| CAN TERRRORISTS DESTROY THE WORLD? | | | | Catholics in Ulster, Huks in the Philippines, Aum |
| By Arthur Zulu | | | | Shinrikyo in Japan, and the Al - Qeada network in |
| Terrorism. Let?s find some synonyms for that word: | | | | Afghanistan. And if you want to sample more |
| Organized violence. Genocide. Annihilation. Mass | | | | esoteric names of these killer groups, you may only |
| Suicide. | | | | have to hop around Palestine, or some Middle East |
| I wanted to add these words: nationalism, freedom | | | | lands. In fact, there are thousands of terrorist groups |
| fighter. But I find that the words don?t really fit in | | | | all over the world competing for media attention. |
| the definition of terrorism. | | | | So if you have a mission to wipe out terrorists, you |
| I find other words: Hollywood, Cinema, Acting, and | | | | are in for a long haul. Those car bombers, suicide |
| Dreaming. And I am surprised that these words are | | | | bombers, shoe bombers, and tower destroyers may |
| synonymous with terrorism. How? | | | | well turn out to be the precursors of a greater |
| Suppose you were some precocious artist in | | | | catastrophe yet to come. |
| Hollywood who dreamt up a last day film involving | | | | Terrorism has introduced a new field of study to |
| the knocking down of the World Trade Center, the | | | | occupy our academics and scientists for the rest of |
| Pentagon and perhaps the White House before | | | | their lives. This new discipline includes topics like |
| September 11, 2000. Let me tell you what will happen | | | | agroterrorism, bioterrorism, ecoterrorism, |
| to you. | | | | cyberterrorism, chemical terrorism, and nuclear |
| First, you will be taken to a psychiatric Hospital for | | | | terrorism. And more is to come. |
| brain check. Then if you were found to be of sound | | | | Now suppose these terrorists break down the whole |
| mind, you would be taken by the FBI for questioning | | | | computer systems in the world. Or what would |
| to determine the source of your Satanic inspiration. | | | | happen if they poison the air and water source with |
| And as you would be unable to prove it, you will be | | | | a deadly gas? Or what happens if they unleash a |
| taken to a penitentiary in Guantanamo near Cuba -- | | | | plague on man and beast! Or what will be our fate if |
| far away from the United States, so as not to | | | | they detonate a nuclear bomb? Curtains for |
| influence the good guys. Of course your terrific film | | | | civilization! |
| would be censured. | | | | Let it be known that there is no power on earth to |
| But now that your dream is real -- the Twin Towers | | | | wipe out terrorism. Let us instead address the |
| collapsed in broad daylight taking away thousands (no | | | | political, economic, social and religious problems which |
| thanks to the terrorists), you will be the most sought | | | | breed terrorism. This may save us from the coming |
| after person on earth to dream up the sequel. | | | | untold destruction of the world by the terrorists. |
| So the saying goes in some quarters that these evil | | | | ?Where were you when the world stopped turning?? |
| boys will someday destroy the world. Whether you | | | | is the lyric of a song by a musician in remembrance |
| call them nationalists, freedom fighters, terrorists or | | | | of the collapsed Twin Towers. Dancers took to the |
| the basest creatures on earth, does not matter. You | | | | dance floors, and the song went to top the music |
| may go to the School of Semantics. | | | | chart show. That was good. |
| Terrorists have a lot of factors in their favor. One. | | | | But by the time the terrorists actually prepare for |
| They have huge sums of money. Two. They have | | | | the show - down, there will be no musicians and |
| the scientific know-how to take care of their deadly | | | | dancers to celebrate the world?s end. That would |
| weapons. Three. They have a very large network | | | | really be the time when the world would stop turning! |
| spread across the globe. Four. Modern technology | | | | |