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After Boston, Washington's Next Moves will be Telling (La Jornada, Mexico)

 

"It is pertinent to recall that after the 9-11 attacks, the White House focused on terrorist threats from foreign organizations, mainly Islamic ones, as well as on governments that it deemed to be politically hostile, like the one headed by Saddam Hussein in Iraq - even if that Arab country had never launched an attack on American targets. Thus, Washington provided an answer to its own question 'Why do they hate us,' leaving in its wake devastation in Afghanistan and Iraq, and vast and fully justified anti-American resentment."

 

EDITORIAL

 

Translated By Halszka

 

April 17, 2013

 

Mexico – La Jornada – Original Article (Spanish)

American terrorist Timothy McVeigh: A right-wing activist who sought revenge against the federal government for its handling of the Waco Siege, which ended in the deaths of 76 people, as well as for the Ruby Ridge incident in 1992, he detonated a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. The bombing killed 168 people and wounded 800.

ALEX JONES VIDEO, U.S.: As he does after every such incident, the popular Internet host accuses the federal goverment of staging the Boston Marathon bombings in pursuit of a 'global government agenda' and to 'deny Americans their guns', Apr. 17, 01:08:32RealVideo

According to the available information, the explosions that occurred on Monday at the site of Boston Marathon, which resulted in the tragic deaths of at least three people and wounded dozens, were produced by devices that were deliberately placed. They were therefore part of a terrorist plot that can be considered nothing other than reprehensible. Soon later, President Barack Obama spoke at a press conference about those responsible, but acknowledged that his government still didn't know who did it or why. Such doubts bring to mind a question raised by his predecessor George W. Bush after the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington: "Why do they hate us?"

 

While we await additional information, the event again raises the issue of U.S. domestic security, in the name of which successive administrations have defined a foreign policy both bellicose and catastrophic, limited civil liberties, and justified the spending of billions of dollars that has failed to translate into greater security for superpower's inhabitants.

 

It is pertinent here to recall that after the 9-11 attacks on New York and Washington, the White House focused on terrorist threats from foreign organizations, mainly Islamic ones, as well as on governments that it deemed to be politically hostile, like the one headed by Saddam Hussein in Iraq - even if that Arab country had never launched an attack on American targets. Thus, Washington provided an answer to its own question, leaving in its wake devastation in Afghanistan and Iraq, and vast and fully justified anti-American resentment.

 

Another consequence of the security policy adopted after 9-11 - which was in fact a strategic repositioning of Washington in Central Asia and the Middle East - was to forget the multi-faceted and prolific history of domestic terrorism in the United States, formed by a mixture of  White supremacists, ultra right wing groups, fundamentalist Christians and even radical formations of environmentalists and animal rights activists. In fact, up until 9-11, the worst terrorist attack within the continental United States had been the blowing up of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died and some 700 were wounded. This act was perpetrated almost 18 years ago (April 19, 1995) by a small group of ultra right wing conspirators headed by Timothy McVeigh, a decorated soldier who had fought in the first U.S.-led war against Iraq in 1991.

 

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SEE ALSO ON THIS:

O Globo, Brazil: Terrorist Attacks Must Not Prompt 'Laws of Exception'

Polityka, Poland: Anonymous Attacks and the Vain Search for 'Absolute Security'

China Daily, China: Like 9-11, Boston Attack Threatens Global Economic Recovery

The Hindu, India: After Boston Attack, Rights of Accused Again Under Threat

Times of India, India: Boston Calls for Support of America, Not Criticism of it

Hindustan Times, India: Boston Shows America 'Still in the Danger Zone'

Le Figaro, France: From Boston to Guantanamo: Protecting Freedom When it Hurts

Irish Times, Ireland: 'Dark Forces' Behind Boston Murders 'Should Not Dictate Events'

Belfast Herald, North Ireland: Northern Ireland Understands Pain, and Stands With Boston

Der Spiegel, Germany: Show of Solidarity: Europe Outraged by Boston Attack
Debka File, Israel: Saudi Terror Cell, Possibly al-Qaeda, Behind Boston Bombings
Jerusalem Post, Israel: Boston, Israel and the Demands of Resilience

Sotal Iraq, Iraq: Will Americans Learn the Right Lesson from Boston Bombings?

Telegraph, U.K.: Boston Marathon Bombings - 'America the Vulnerable'

SCMP, Hong Kong: U.S. Coverage of Boston Bombing 'Holds Lessons' for China

Guardian, U.K.: After the Bomb, Mass Hysteria is Boston Terrorist's Greatest Weapon
BBC News, U.K.: Obama's Cautious Approach on Boston Attacks
Daily Mail, U.K.: 'Murdered at the Marathon'

Telegraph, U.K.: Boston Marathon is the Oldest in the World

 

 

From another perspective, the always-ambiguous relationship of the U.S. authorities toward terrorism includes the direct use of the practice in its state terrorism form, or in its advocacy against regimes that Washington considers hostile or potentially dangerous. Recall, for example, the long history of terrorist attacks perpetrated by the Central Intelligence Agency in Guatemala, Cuba and Nicaragua, or the bloody bombing of civilian targets in various parts of the world and at various times by the U.S. Air Force and Navy.

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It would be desirable for the authorities of our neighbor to keep the points mentioned here clearly in mind as they look for who is behind the reprehensible attack on Boston, and determine the motives for which they were perpetrated.

 

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Posted By Worldmeets.US Apr. 17, 2013, 6:39pm