Terrorism and the Autocracy of Knowledge and Experience

Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. While the UN Committee to Eliminate Terrorism remains deadlocked over defining the very meaning of “terrorism,” and as it tries to draw a distinction between “freedom fighters” and “state-sponsored terrorism,” it would be wise to recall what Noam Chomsky wrote immediately after the attacks on Sept 11, 2001: “When we estimate the human toll of a crime, we count not only those who were literally or instantly murdered on the spot, but those who died as a result, as a consequence of the crime.” Still, why only stop with counting those who were initially killed by an individual or group that commits acts of terrorism, and then those killed…

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Terrorism and the Autocracy of Knowledge and Experience

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