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    Terrorism and International Law

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    In fourteen pages this paper examines how obeying international law can combat terrorism. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    International Law 12/2002 to Use This Paper Properly, INTRODUCTION We must fight terrorism by adhering  to international law. We cannot inflict violence by using the methods used by the terrorists themselves: using indiscriminate violence and terror on innocent civilians and children. We must  always remember this fight is against the actual terrorists themselves. WHAT IS THIS TERRORISM ABOUT? What is it that is so strong that it could cause men to not  only kill for us, but to kill themselves while they do it? The answer is Religion. For Osama Bin Laden and his followers, "this is a holy war  between Islam and the Western world" (Zakaria, 2001, 22). While most Muslims would generally disagree, the fact remains Osama Bin Laden and his followers have created their own cult,  and cults can become as strong and powerful as any organization or corporation. This is not an isolated pocket of a few people (Zakaria, 2001, 22). Al Qaeda is  not an offbeat fringe group that is an outcast of their society. Looking at any Arab newspaper will show that there is great admiration for Bin Laden and followers  of him are everywhere. Or consider this report from the Pakistani newspaper The Nation: "September 11 was not mindless terrorism for terrorisms sake. It was reaction and revenge, even retribution"  (Zakaria, 2001, 22). And herein lies the major problem. The problem is not that Bin Laden considers this a religious war against the United States. The problem lies  in the fact that there are untold thousands of Islamic people who agree with him as well. People have tried to find the answers in this religion itself, and 

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