#terrorist

There is no question that Iraq is one of the main problems. You'd have to be blind not to see what a magnet and generating force it's become for terrorist groups. ↗

— Otto Schily

#blind #force #generating #groups #iraq

The terrorists who committed the 2003 Istanbul attacks were locals, that is, Turks. And when filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in the Netherlands last year, the murderer and his supporters were also part of the Muslim community. ↗

— Otto Schily

#attacks #committed #community #filmmaker #gogh

It is a warning to all those who may think about becoming involved with a terrorist network, people who are willing to destroy their own lives are hard to deter. ↗

— Otto Schily

#becoming #destroy #deter #hard #involved

Obviously this is the world descending into worse and worse standards of targeting civilians both in state violence in Iraq, Gaza and so on and the terrorist retaliation. ↗

— Clare Short

#civilians #descending #gaza #into #iraq

From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#case #cherished #condemns #each #justified

We know we cannot underestimate the importance of emergency planning in our region, nor can we assume we'll have ample warning time. If an earthquake or terrorist attack hits, we won't necessarily have advance alerts or opportunities to double- and triple-check our plans. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#alerts #ample #assume #attack #cannot

When terrorists attacked the symbols of our national unity and strength, they failed to realize that they were just symbols of our strength. The real strength of our nation comes from our people - not our buildings. ↗

— Michael Enzi

#buildings #comes #failed #just #nation

The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment and the threat of punishment far less valuable to those who would prevent the crime. ↗

— John Ashcroft

#especially #far #far less #less #makes

The issue of terrorism must be dealt with firmly. We must work very hard to avoid loss of life. We must work very hard to avoid civilian casualties. And those terrorists and Baathists are holding the people of Fallujah hostage. We must release the hostages. ↗

— Ahmed Chalabi

#casualties #civilian #civilian casualties #dealt #firmly

The difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is a matter of perspective: it all depends on the observer and the verdict of history. ↗

— Pentti Linkola

#noremorse #terrorism #terrorist #war #freedom