By Dr. Walid Phares
As shown by world television networks, the hellish flames ravaging the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad seemed like a vision of the Apocalypse. That's at least how many survivors of the terror attack that massacred more than 60 and wounded hundreds have described it: "The end of the World." But beyond the barbaric bloodshed and the human suffering ensuing, the heavy question fuses fast: How do we read this Jihadi mayhem and what is the message behind the bombing?
When a war is raging, as is the case in Pakistan for a number of years, analysts won't wait for the procedural investigation to determine the identity of the perpetrators of this attack. Local police and security forces will get somewhere sometime. The graver question concerns the big picture. What are al Qaeda and their Taliban gangs up to by terrorizing the people and government of the second largest Muslim country in the world and – more important – the first Islamic nation to possess nuclear weapons? Read more ...
As shown by world television networks, the hellish flames ravaging the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad seemed like a vision of the Apocalypse. That's at least how many survivors of the terror attack that massacred more than 60 and wounded hundreds have described it: "The end of the World." But beyond the barbaric bloodshed and the human suffering ensuing, the heavy question fuses fast: How do we read this Jihadi mayhem and what is the message behind the bombing?
When a war is raging, as is the case in Pakistan for a number of years, analysts won't wait for the procedural investigation to determine the identity of the perpetrators of this attack. Local police and security forces will get somewhere sometime. The graver question concerns the big picture. What are al Qaeda and their Taliban gangs up to by terrorizing the people and government of the second largest Muslim country in the world and – more important – the first Islamic nation to possess nuclear weapons? Read more ...
Source: Family Security Matters
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