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That commitment was apparent in the rioting and
destruction
that followed Singh’s conviction, in which 30 people were killed, dozens of vehicles burned, several buildings (including two new hotels) set ablaze, train carriages wrecked, and roads blocked, paralyzing life across an important swath of northern India for several days.
Although possessing these weapons of mass
destruction
is technically not illegal, most states are parties to the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention, which Syria has refused to sign.
Likewise, a no-fly zone in Syria would immediately restrict the Syrian government’s means of delivery of weapons of mass
destruction.
The 2003 invasion of Iraq granted the US unfettered access to all possible sites where weapons of mass
destruction
could be stored.
President Barack Obama is right that the
destruction
of the Islamic State is a long-term proposition.
Inspection Not InvasionThis week Hans Blix - the UN's chief weapons investigator - provided the Security Council with an interim report on the state of Iraq's compliance with all the resolutions that require it to eliminate its weapons of mass
destruction.
In the vital fight to slow down the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, imagine it were possible to subject a suspected violator to the most intrusive and continuous system of international inspections far beyond what any international treaty postulates.
More disturbing to them is his apocalyptic conviction regarding the imminent advent of the Hidden Imam, the Mahdi, whose appearance is believed to lead to the
destruction
of the world and the end of time.
Bush and his hardline advisers believed that only force or “regime change” would stop these “rogue” states’ terrorism or their programs to acquire “weapons of mass destruction.”
A US-led pre-emptive war on the Korean Peninsula, for example, could lead to a direct confrontation with China and the
destruction
of South Korea, and would have unforeseeable implications for Japan.
They have faith in the deterrent of “mutually assured destruction” (MAD) – the principle that, if an attack by one country means the decimation of both, neither will make the first move.
If one side’s
destruction
is not so assured, the logic of MAD breaks down.
They should fear a future of overwhelming pollution, inadequate education, poor working conditions, increasingly extreme weather events, geopolitical conflict, and the
destruction
of programs and policies created to build a safer, more secure, and more prosperous future for all.
Turkey’s position on Iran’s nuclear program has been similarly clear: we are categorically opposed to the presence of weapons of mass
destruction
in our region.
Similarly, America’s preventive war against an Iraq that ignored the UN and was thought to possess weapons of mass
destruction
showed that sovereignty no longer provides absolute protection.
If a state fails to live up to its side of the bargain by sponsoring terrorism, either transferring or using weapons of mass destruction, or conducting genocide, then it forfeits the normal benefits of sovereignty and opens itself up to attack, removal, or occupation.
These “displaced persons,” as they were called at the time, were forced to flee their homes because of violence, forced relocation, persecution, and
destruction
of property and infrastructure.
The question is this: Will twenty-first-century Asia resemble Europe – the dominant region of much of modern history – during the first half of the twentieth century, when it experienced two wars of unprecedented cost and destruction, or the second half, when tensions with the Soviet Union were effectively managed and Western Europe experienced unprecedented peace and prosperity?
Nepotism, patronage within the family circle, is thus a natural way for anybody in power, or aspiring to it, to strengthen his support in societies where other institutions are weak or non-existent, or where the
destruction
of existing institutions forms part of the power-grabber's intentions.
Logically, there is no reason why the EU should now be at risk of
destruction.
Both Iran and the US consider the use of weapons of mass
destruction
a grave crime.
The world, it seems, must be shown that North Korean scientists, despite their dearth of success in producing food, have mastered how to produce a weapon of mass
destruction.
The Great Deflation poses a great question: can humanity design and implement a new, technologically advanced, “green” Bretton Woods – a system that makes our planet ecologically and economically sustainable – without the mass pain and
destruction
preceding the original Bretton Woods?
The Babri Masjid had lain unused for a half-century before its destruction, as most of Ayodhya’s Muslims had emigrated to Pakistan after Partition.
The
destruction
of the mosque thus felt like an utter betrayal of the compact that had sustained the Muslim community as a vital part of India’s pluralist democracy.
Whether the US government deliberately lied to the world about the existence of Iraqi weapons of mass
destruction
or got carried away by its own rhetoric is less important than the lesson to be learned: it is dangerous to put excessive power in the hands of a few.
If the housing market started to fail, these paper assurances of safety would become, in Warren Buffett’s words, “financial weapons of mass destruction.”
Intelligence reports had not established that there were weapons of mass
destruction
in the country, yet British Prime Minister Tony Blair dutifully followed US President George W. Bush in ordering his military to invade.
And Arabs’ rage would reach unprecedented levels, causing utter mayhem and
destruction.
More broadly, all countries responsible for the degradation and
destruction
of the South China Sea’s shallow-water ecosystems must halt activities that threaten the region’s biodiversity and economic productivity.
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