USA

Counterpunch: A World Wide Intifada? Why? by William A. Cook

"A satellite view of attacks against western interests spotlights the reality that a world-wide intifada against the "developed" nations of the west and their allies is already underway. Russian apartment houses and, recently, a theater, the Twin Towers in New York, two Bali discos, a French super tanker blown up off the coast of Yemen, an Israeli hotel destroyed in Kenya, a failed missle shot at an Israeli passenger plane off the coast of Africa, and others too numerous to mention demonstrate the magnitude of the effort underway to wake up the west to the consequences of its dominance over the lives and interests of peoples throughout the world. Recent events, coupled with the investigations of Jean-Louis Bruguiere, the French Judge who has been tracking terrorist acts for two decades, forces us to grapple with why this is happening. Bruguiere recently warned that France is one of the two or three countries "most at risk of attack due to its historic links to Algeria." "Islamic extremism," he noted, "is breeding like a virus in Europe."(World-Rueters, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2002)"