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The perceived weakness of the US after the embassy bombings in East Africa and the attack on the destroyer the USS Cole no doubt contributed to the audacity of the
attacks
of September 11 th .
The death toll in these two
attacks
alone topped 500.
The
attacks
have continued, despite Putin’s stated willingness to authorize strikes against suspected terrorists, “wherever they may be.”
Some have canceled their trips to Sochi, despite the international community’s condemnation of the
attacks
and vow to defy terrorism.
The threat of terrorist
attacks
inside the country will continue to rise.
Yet economists now routinely stoop to ad hominem
attacks
and inflammatory polemics.
Finally – and most important – even if Krugman had been “right about everything,” there would still be no justification for the numerous crude and often personal
attacks
he has made on those who disagree with him.
Concern with the region did not begin with the
attacks
in the US in September 2001 or with the Madrid bombings.
From the Serbs’ perspective,
attacks
by Albanian nationalists were more likely the beginning of an attempt to enlarge their territory at the expense of their Christian neighbors, beginning with the weakest.
The combination of conflict, destruction of education infrastructure (around 1,200 schools have been destroyed), and Boko Haram’s
attacks
on schoolchildren – most notoriously with the 2014 abduction of 276 girls from Chibok – has forced half a million students to abandon their studies.
Moreover, China's geopolitical importance to the US has grown immensely since the terrorist
attacks
on New York and Washington D.C. of September 11, 2001.
While global attention has rightly focused on how to end the
attacks
on Muslim Rohingya, many other, more systemic fixes are critical to Myanmar’s long-term stability.
After the
attacks
of September 11, 2001, the French newspaper Le Monde famously declared, “Nous sommes tous Américains” (“We are all Americans”), and even predicted that Russia would become America’s main ally.
Clinton has also inched toward Sanders’s position on financial-system reform, as his
attacks
on her for taking large donations and speaking fees from Wall Street have clearly struck a chord among young voters.
Recent polling to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11
attacks
has shown alarming persistence of the animosity generated by the interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This ongoing discussion of the various candidates’ merits and drawbacks recalls how airplanes protect themselves from missile
attacks
by launching a false target.
Airstrikes by international forces – mainly
attacks
from helicopters – caused 79 civilian casualties in the first half of 2011.
Hamas and other armed groups, I know, have launched rocket
attacks
from the Gaza Strip that have killed civilians in Israeli towns and villages.
That is what happened after the
attacks
on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in 2015, when then-President Francois Hollande’s declining popularity was momentarily reversed.
Of course, in that case, investigative journalists have marshaled ample evidence to suggest that the government orchestrated the
attacks
to bolster its public support.
While the US is likely to maintain the upper hand in terms of military power for at least another 15-20 years, asymmetric warfare could undercut America’s advantage should China engage in cyber-attacks on US electronic and satellite systems, along with
attacks
on infrastructure.
But the terrorist
attacks
on America of September 11, 2001 rewrote that idea for good.
For example, in response to
attacks
last year on a church in Peshawar, Pakistan, local Muslims formed human chains around churches, allowing them to hold services.
No one can watch the ongoing violence in Syria without a sense of horror at the armed
attacks
on largely unarmed civilians, overwhelmingly by groups that support President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Yusuf has since become a martyr, and daily
attacks
on hotels, bars, churches, and schools are usually followed with admonitions to Nigerians to shun the Western way of life.
The increasing sophistication of the
attacks
on public buildings has led to speculation that the sect is linked to international terrorist networks, probably Al Qaeda in the Maghreb or Al Shabab in Somalia.
If one substitutes war for soccer, the comparison that comes to mind is that of the aging French military establishment, behind the Maginot Line in 1940, unable to confront General Heinz Guderian’s masterful command of blitzkrieg tank
attacks.
And it could launch
attacks
on US, European, and Israeli targets on a global basis.
The terrorist
attacks
on New York, Washington, and now Madrid are terrible symptoms of the deep changes already occurring.
Sarkozy might even tone down his
attacks
on the ECB, whose single-minded, inflation-fighting policies have made it one of his favorite targets.
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