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What the United States Can Do to Stop State-Sponsored Terrorism
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11630 |
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CURRENT ISSUES
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9 / 1986 |
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Avigdor Haselkorn
Avigdor Haselkorn is a senior analyst for Analytical
Assessments Corporation. |
The current letup in terrorist attacks may deceive the United States into thinking that its attack on Libya has ended the radical nations' efforts to expel America 's global presence and influence. This is most definitely not the case, and the United States needs to work for the containment and defeat of the Radical Entente systematically, not just in the aftermath of some shocking terrorist outrage.
In his February 6, 1986, message to Congress, President Reagan reiterated his determination to wage war on terrorism. Specifically he noted that the United States "will increase [its] readiness to strike back at terrorists where they have been identified and their responsibility for actions against Americans has been determined."
The president added: "Those countries that support and direct terrorists should know there is no refuge, there is no hiding place, there is no sanctuary that will keep them safe forever.”
Reagan's statement came on the heels of the interception by U.S. fighter planes of an Egyptair Boeing-727 carrying the hijackers of the Italian liner Achille Lauro. The new approach was also demonstrated by the April 15, 1986, air raid on Libyan military and terrorist targets, after the United States had intercepted coded message indicating direct Libyan involvement in the bombing of a West Berlin disco. Two American soldiers and a Turkish woman died and scores were injured as a result of this explosion.
The new anti-terrorism posture is undoubtedly an improvement over the prolonged period of American inaction in the face of a growing
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