World News Update Terrorism actually a threat to the State? by Zaher Baher

 anarkismo.net: Is Terrorism actually a threat to the State?
by Zaher Baher (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)

This article arguing that State and the terrorism completes one another's action and make 
each other stronger and the movement of people weaker. It tells the readers about the 
motive of killing innocent people by terrorism is not just ideological factor, in fact 
there are other reasons for this terrible act. Meanwhile the article urges us not to 
listen to Media, State and terrorist propaganda that they want to divide us. We should not 
be deceived and our demos and protests should be against both of them in the same time. 
---- Terrorism actually a threat to the State? ---- The latest Paris attack, killing 130 
people and injuring over 350 more, again confirms the dangerous world we live in. There is 
no doubt that Isis and other terrorist groups, including al-Qaida, Taliban, Boko Haram and 
Al-Shabaab, can be fatal and brutal forces bringing death to many people anywhere across 
the World including Europe as long as they have a base inside those countries.

Of course, this makes states, both inside and outside Europe to work together very closely 
in gathering and exchanging information against the groups mentioned above. They also 
share the same information against civilians, campaign groups, leftists, socialist and 
anarchist groups.

A quick look at the recent history of terrorism between Sep 2001 and the Paris attack on 
13/11/15, and the one in Nigeria and Egypt soon after 13/11, shows us that all these 
attacks targeted people rather than the state and the current system. Until now, we know 
that none of these attacks in Europe targeted senior military officers, police chiefs, 
corporate directors, high-ranking spies, senior government officials or elected 
politicians (which, by the way, is something I am not hoping for). This is not just the 
case in Europe, but applies equally to the US, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, 
Turkey, Nigeria, Kenai, Mali, Bali, Bangkok, Tunis, Libya, Syria, Egypt, Israel and 
Palestine with but one or two exceptions. The attackers, as always target ordinary people, 
including women, children and the elderly.

Regardless of what happened or how it happened, the media and politicians, as always, try 
to distort the reality by deceiving people. They still claim it is a war between “us and 
them”, and, “a clash of cultures and civilizations”, and that, “they are against our way 
of our life”, and. “they are jealous of us, hate us” and many more.

The media and politicians never ever tell us the truth as to why this terror happens again 
and again. They never, ever tell us about the state's terror against its citizens and the 
citizens of countries they have invaded, militarily or economically.

States, banks, corporations, churches, mosques, along with the media, are all functioning 
in different ways to protect the current system. They are the dark forces. The media and 
the rest of these dark forces try, deliberately, to hide the reality of the climate that 
is breeding terrorists. To blame terrorism only on religious ideology or medieval mindsets 
is short-sighted and self-serving. It conveniently obscures the fact that the foreign 
policies of the US, Canada, Australia, UK, Russia and other European countries, are 
crucial factors. This also means that a resolution of the Palestine question is not an 
issue. They do not want to admit that the state encourages Islam, the opening of hundreds 
of Madrassas without involvement in their activities, or any role in their control and 
inspection. That said, it is not the duty of the state to involve itself with Sharia law 
and its courts or modernizing the Qur’an which socialises and radicalises young Muslims. 
The state and the politicians ignore all these as if they do not play a role in breeding 
terrorism.

The media gets its facts wrong in at least three important respects. Firstly, in general, 
the terrors of authoritarian Islamists are not against culture and, to a certain extent, 
not even against other religions but against themselves whether Sunni or Shia and, 
additionally, against Eyazidis. Secondly, they call these murderers fanatical Muslims and 
not the authoritarians they are. The reason for this is quite clears; to defend the power 
and authority of the state. Behind these terrorist acts lies the true brutality of the 
authority and domination of the state, corporation, family or any other cells in society. 
Thirdly, the Media ignores the fact that the motive of Islamic authoritarians in killing 
innocent people in Muslim countries is to gain power. But their motives in killing people 
in US and Western Countries, in fact, is to exact revenge. The clearest evidence was the 
recent bringing down of the Russian passenger plane. People in the US, UK and other 
countries are, frankly, paying the price of the foreign polices of their governments. For 
instance in Paris, before they started killing people, the attackers chanted Allahu Akbar 
as they opened fire and also shouted “What you are doing in Syria? You are going to pay 
for it now”.

A quick look at the history of terrorism shows that the strength of terrorist groups and 
the state is demonstrated by using terror actions. They both play the same game; they make
the people’s movements weaker and weaker and, at the same time, both get stronger. The 
terror increases the spirit and feeling of nationalism, racism and fascism. It makes the 
state and its brutal institutions, including police and spies, more attractive to people. 
A recent Ifop poll published by Le Figaro and RTL Radio found that 84% of French people 
were prepared to accept more controls and a certain limitation on their liberties in order 
to guarantee their security. This is the best example to show how terror action impacts 
the French people. How they fell into the trap of the terrorists and the state!

Islamic authoritarian groups use their savage terror to deceive ordinary people in their 
own countries by using the actions of the US and the Western countries against them. 
Meantime, all states, from democracy to dictatorship, use the terror actions as a good 
opportunity to create more, so-called, anti terrorism laws for “protecting people and 
their security”. Many of us know these laws are mainly designed to restrict our rights, 
civil liberties, migration and closing borders on refugees. And these laws, used against 
activists, seriously threaten the integrity of the state and the system.

In the countries where the terror happens, citizens are the losers when they are killed 
and then their rights and liberties are abolished or restricted. When the terror happened 
in Paris, the state announced a state emergency until Thursday, 19/11. Then Parliament 
extended it for another three months by 551 votes in favour with only three Socialist and 
three Green Party MPs abstaining. The state of emergency includes; expanding powers to 
immediately place any person under house arrest if there are “serious reasons to think 
their behavior is a threat to security or public order”, more scope to dissolve groups or 
associations that participate in, facilitate or incite acts that are a threat to public 
order, extending freedom to carry out searches without warrants and to copy data from any
computer system found, increasing the capacity to block websites that “encourage” 
terrorism, extending detention from 24 to 72 hours and banning demonstrations, marches, 
and protests including the big march, estimated to attract 200,000 people, ahead of the UN 
Climate Change talks in Paris on 28/11. And now we can see a state of emergency is in 
place in Brussels whilst nothing is happening there. This is what terrorism actually wants.

Terrorism does not threaten the integrity of the state. In fact, it makes it stronger. The 
state is continuously conspiring against its citizens so that, when the terror takes 
place, then it will be easier for the state to implement its brutal agendas and policies, 
without much resistance. We must not be deceived by state lies and propaganda. We are, as
a people, facing two major threats; one from the state and the other from terrorist groups 
which is why it is important that any demonstrations, marches or protests against 
terrorism must be, simultaneously, against the state too.

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