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Article: Terror at American University. (assassination of Malcolm Kerr)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- February 24, 1984
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THE ASSASSINATION of Malcolm Kerr, presicent of the American Univesity of Beirut, was a quintessential act of terrorism. It served no rational military purpose whatsoever, but it did advance the classic strategic objectives of all terrorism: to engender indiscriminate fear among a target population and to strike at every institution upholding a society slated for destruction.
The target population in this instance was the American community in Beirut, which has already experienced a chilling paralysis as a result of the attack. Terrorist violence against American servicemen or diplomats is an anticipated occurrence in Beirut; attacks against American civilians ...