Recent events in north Africa and the Middle East have shown that people can rise up without resorting to terrorism
Azzam Tamimi
guardian.co.uk, Friday 6 May 2011
".....Indeed, al-Qaida has been weakened over the past few years by various measures put in place at local, regional and international level. However, the fatal blow it received was not meted out by the American and European war on terrorism or by the counter-terrorism measures adopted by countries in the Middle East and north Africa. It was the Arab popular revolutions, which started in Tunisia and soon spread to Egypt and the rest of the Arab world that brought an end of al-Qaida.
The removal of two Arab dictators through peaceful demonstrations and civil disobedience was possible without al-Qaida and its "sleeper cells". The people proved considerably more powerful without having to resort to any form of violence. The fall of those US allies has dealt a heavy blow to America. In contrast, none of al-Qaida's activities over the past decade, despite the enormous cost to Islam and Muslims, could achieve any of the aspirations of Arabs and Muslims.
Azzam Tamimi
guardian.co.uk, Friday 6 May 2011
".....Indeed, al-Qaida has been weakened over the past few years by various measures put in place at local, regional and international level. However, the fatal blow it received was not meted out by the American and European war on terrorism or by the counter-terrorism measures adopted by countries in the Middle East and north Africa. It was the Arab popular revolutions, which started in Tunisia and soon spread to Egypt and the rest of the Arab world that brought an end of al-Qaida.
The removal of two Arab dictators through peaceful demonstrations and civil disobedience was possible without al-Qaida and its "sleeper cells". The people proved considerably more powerful without having to resort to any form of violence. The fall of those US allies has dealt a heavy blow to America. In contrast, none of al-Qaida's activities over the past decade, despite the enormous cost to Islam and Muslims, could achieve any of the aspirations of Arabs and Muslims.
The Arab revolutions have buried for good al-Qaida and its like; they have only hindered the very causes for which the masses are now rising, and peacefully."
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