17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
5:17 p.m.
On Wed, 3 Jul 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
Basically, one of the things terrorists want to do is to provoke a crackdown by the ruling authorities, making things so bad that a counterrevolution occurs. They believe they will reap the rewards of such a counterevolution (or revolution, as it need not be "counter").
Examples of this are the bombing attacks on tourists in Egypt and Turkey; classical terrorism where the victims are not really participants in the political struggle (as opposed to volontarily enlisted American soldiers in Saudi). The agenda here is to bring down the economy by scaring away future tourists, making way for an islamic revolution/a separate kurdish state. Anyone been to Egypt lately? Asgaard