Why eliminating the leader of Al-Qaeda will not end terrorism

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US President Joe Biden announced on Monday 1is August, the death of Ayman Al-Zawahiri, head of the Al-Qaeda organization, by a missile attack on the balcony of his house where he was staying, in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

“Justice has been done”, said Joe Biden, who hopes the families of the victims of the twin attacks of September 11, 2001 will now be able to “turn the page”.

This is precisely where the huge error of the American leaders lies. They think that terrorist organizations, and more particularly jihadists, are coupled with people, and that it is enough to eliminate such and such a person for the building to collapse.

Al-Quoraichi, Al-Baghdadi, Al-Zarqaoui…

But terrorism is a much more complex phenomenon. It has political, sociological, economic and cultural roots.

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Al-Quds Al-Arabi (London)

“Arab Jerusalem” is one of the pan-Arab daily newspapers published in London. However, unlike his colleagues Al-Hayat et Asharq Al-Awsat, it is not owned by Saudi capital.

It covers the Palestinian issue extensively. With its sometimes deliberately virulent tone, Al-Quds Al-Arabi undoubtedly sticks more to the feeling of what is agreed to call the “Arab street” than many of his colleagues. It was the only pan-Arab daily to defend Saddam Hussein’s regime.

The website offers the full content of the paper version in formats HTML et PDF, supplemented by despatches. There is also access to the archives which allows you to consult almost all the issues published since 1998 and to download the articles in the format PDF.

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