Each Murder Is One Too Many.

Some Of Those Drawn Into The Holy War Had Been Secular Nationalists Only A Few Years Before. If One Looks At The Biographies Of These People, Remarkable Continuities Are Revealed.

Technically Speaking, Since Our Complex Societies Are Highly Susceptible To Interferences And Accidents,they Certainly Offer Ideal Opportunities For A Prompt Disruption Of Normal Activities. These Disruptions Can, With Minimum Expense, Have Considerably Destructive Consequences. Global Terrorism Is Extreme Both In Its Lack Of Realistic Goals And In Its Cynical Exploitation Of The Vulnerability Of Complex Systems.

Today's Islamic Fundamentalism Is Also A Cover For Political Motifs. We Should Not Overlook The Political Motifs We Encounter In Forms Of Religious Fanaticism

The Misery In War-torn Afghanistan Is Reminiscent Of Images From The Thirty Years' War.

The Clever, Albeit Fragile, Coalition Against Terrorism Brought Together By The U.s. Government Might Be Able To Advance The Transition From Classical International Law To A Cosmopolitan Order.