Archive for the 'Terrorism' Category

The path not shining

3 Comments Published by Yazad Jal September 16th, 2004 in Terrorism

Two articles recently linked Nepals Maoist rebels to the Shining Path, Peru’s violent marxist guerillas of the 1980’s and 90’s.
The Shining Path was one of the most gruesome terrorist movements in a small, impoverished country. Most write-ups on the Shining Path seem to credit a military crackdown by then Peruvian president, Alberto Fujimori. But […]

Bihar Brutality

9 Comments Published by Ravikiran Rao November 15th, 2003 in India, Terrorism

Something that has been bothering me in the context of Libertarian thought and India, has been the brutal treatment in Indian society, almost exclusively reserved for Dalits. Though some comparisons maybe drawn with slavery, and colour discrimination, possibly even to the Tutsi-Hutu rivalry in Central Africa. But one thing that distinguishes it is the length […]

Peace at any price is a price too high

1 Comment Published by Yazad Jal September 13th, 2003 in Terrorism

Browsing through Tech Central Station, I came upon this.
There is a moral case to be made for a Palestinian state. There’s a strategic and “realist” case to be made for it, too. But it is trumped by the need to contain a fast-spreading barbarism. No country on Earth should appease or surrender to terror. Peace […]

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