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Article: Poking the hornets' nest is ill-advised. (Worldview).(provoking terrorist groups)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- May 1, 2002
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IN RESPONSE to the cataclysmic terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, Pres. George W. Bush rhetorically declared a worldwide war on terrorism. At first, the Bush Administration focused military, diplomatic, and financial pressure narrowly on Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist network and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, which provided shelter and support to the network. For example, on Sept. 23, the Administration--by executive order--tightened financial sanctions on six terrorist groups, individuals, and other organizations affiliated with bin Laden's network.
It is critical that Washington show that any cataclysmic ...