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Only Love Can Defeat Terrorism
How should the struggle against terrorism be pursued?
To answer that question, we need to identify terrorism's roots.
To do so, we must examine the course of the past century,
during which terrorism first emerged as a major threat.
The 20th century's two World Wars, along with many
regional conflicts and various acts of local violence, made it
the most bloody century ever. In addition, toward the end of
the millennium, constant technological advances only helped
terrorists broaden their reach. Now, just one touch of a button
could kill hundreds of innocents. High-tech terrorism could
inflict billions of dollars in damage on any nation's economy
and shape world politics without ever emerging into the
daylight. Clearly, after the attacks on New York and
Washington D.C. in the United States—the world's greatest
September 11 resulted in the deaths of thousands of people,
and in injuries to many more.
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