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Who is a terrorist?

Editor

The age old question of “Who is a terrorist?” (versus a freedom fighter, rebel, dissident, opposition, etc.) is not getting any easier to answer in today’s chaotic world. We have seen the campaign against ISIS/ISIL in Syria take a dramatic turn this month with Russia jumping onto the “War on Terrorism” train and directly getting militarily involved in Syria. This has left the American-Saudi-Qatari-Turkish faction in a bit of a sticky situation. One one hand you have the United States denouncing Russia’s bombing campaign in Syria, Turkey invoking NATO defense clauses and Islamic clerics in Saudi Arabia promoting ‘jihad’ against Russia and Iran. All the while, the Russians seem to be methodically going about the business of taking down the ISIS terrorist positions in Syria – and as for what type of terrorists?

 

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Russia and China conduct anti-terrorism drill

Editor

Russia and China have been developing deeper economic, military and strategic ties – to the point where many believe that a new east versus west Cold War may be at its nascent stages. So it should not come as a huge surprise to see them also co-operating in the fight against terrorism, which they both believe to be a problem. The Chinese have clamped down on the Uighurs in Xinjiang and Russia has long fought against Islamic terrorist and separatist groups in its Caucasus region.

China and Russia held an anti-terrorism drill in Inner Mongolia

China and Russia held an anti-terrorism drill in Inner Mongolia

Chinese and Russian policemen attend a joint anti-terror drill in Manzhouli City, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Oct. 20, 2014. In order to boost coordinated ability to fight terrorism in the border region, Chinese and Russian police held a anti-terror drill on Monday, which involves planning hostage rescues and physical competitions between both squads. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)

Also of interest is to note that:

In August, a multinational anti-terror drill was held in China’s Inner Mongolia by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, aiming to deter the “three evil forces” of terrorism, separatism and extremism.

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