A symbolic, not a real victory

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A symbolic, not a real victory

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P A G E 1 4    W E E K L Y A S I A D A I L YC H I N A    0 1 1 - 1 2 , 2M A Y 6 RegionalComment Z H A N G Z H A O Z H O N G A symbolic, not a real victory O n May Day, US  rPsedine taBarkc ba   O tmak ooe th lrowyb drus sirp en h e  whnoune an htta ec d amb O as incks.atta catta  dezinagro vehai akwl-Aalr   .nIitnoicapraitis put hithoks w nAaw ngliil kil wne o erom yna ,ecneH  . r tertheist rror  trp lon t uf vene l barrteisor dtsmos   es e,esnolg  iritual” leader   oon t endea “ ps Laden had been killed. Bin Laden’s death can have two Without a doubt, the death of the totally different effects. On one Al-Qaida leader is a great achieve-  hand, it will deal a heavy blow ment in the global fight against ter- to terrorists. On the other, it can rorism. The spontaneous celebra- arouse deeper hatred among ter- tions that broke out across the US  rorists and prompt them to strike show how eagerly the Americans more fiercely at Western targets were waiting to see this day. to avenge his death. History’s most expansive, expen- According to docu- sive and exasperating manhunt has ments released by finally ended, but the most expen- WikiLeaks a few sive war against terrorism still has days ago, Khalid a long way to go. Sheikh Moham- Interceptive actions may not be as med, the suspected effective as expected against the Al- mastermind of Qaida, because it is not a centralized the Sept 11, 2001, organization with one command attacks, claimed center. Almost each of its unknown that Al-Qaida had number of branches has its own  hidden a nuclear complete operating system, and bomb in Europe can act independently. Bin Laden’s that was tied to death is definitely a heavy psycho- bin Laden’s fate. In all probability, logical blow to them, but it has not the threat is a hoax but countries caused them any actual damage. have to be prepared for the worst, Besides, for the greater part of because we cannot afford to lose the last decade, bin Laden had been more lives to terrorists. in “exile” without access to any The key to fighting terrorism is modern telecommunication gadget. not to kill one or two bin Ladens, It was his assistants that organized but to eradicate poverty, which the attacks. He was, in fact, their pushes youths toward terrorism. LUO JIE / CHINA DAILY “spiritual” leader rather than their Power politics and racial discrimi- give them a stable life. estimates that the region needs to more of a symbol than material strategic or tactical leader, even  nation will only push more poor According to the International create about 5.5 million jobs every success. though he built Al-Qaida three youths in that direction. Labour Organization, the unem- year to tackle unemployment. But decades ago. North Africa and the Middle ployment rate in Middle East coun- only 3 million jobs were created inThe author is a professor at the There isn’t a terrorist that exer- East have huge numbers of young  tries from 1999 to 2009 remained the region in the past two years.People’s Liberation Army National cises as much influence as bin people who face a bleak economic around 9 to 10 percent. Ahmed Therefore, if we term Osama binDefense University. These are Laden. But several new-generation future. These youths need jobs to Mohammed Luqman, director-gen- Laden’s killing the US’ biggest victo-excerpts from his interview with leaders like Ayman al-Zawahiri and steer them away from trouble and eral of Arab Labour Organization, ry against terrorism, it will remainChina Central Television.

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