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Date Posted: 08:28:49 11/09/04 Tue
Author: Tony Lang
Subject: Re: Poverty and terrorism
In reply to: Shane 's message, "Re: Poverty and terrorism" on 20:56:41 11/08/04 Mon

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Thankyou Shane for posting that article from the Harvard Gazette. The author has obviously done a large amount of research on the subject as an associate professor. He seems to think that the amount of political freedom is a leading cause.
My autthority for saying poverty is a leading cause of terrorism is based on the three years that I spent worling in a terrorist situation in South Eastern Turkey, there was a civil war between the Turkish military and the Kurdish freedom fighters /terrorists dependent on your point of view. My point is that the lack of political freedom that was given to the Kurds did not allow them to get out of the cycle of poverty that had become their long term experience, and to develope as a people. I think that you need to look at the relationship between political freedom and poverty.
In the case of the Basque Separatists you may find it is not very strong, in other cases you will find a difinate link. On t5he whole it was an interesting atricle, thankyou for finding it>
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>>>>Yes I am English, but my wife is French.
>> I do have sympathy with the Palestinians. The Jews
>>may be Gods chosen people, but I think that the way
>>Palestine was taken over in 1948 was not exactly to
>>the glory of God, wouldn't you agree.

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