War is Terrorism

Op 10 december 2005 zei Mohamed ElBaradei, directeur-generaal van het International Atomic Energy Agency, in de toespraak die hij hield toen hij de Nobelprijs voor de Vrede ontving: 'A recent United Nations High-Level Panel identified five categories of threats that we face: 1. Poverty, Infectious Disease, and Environmental Degradation;2. Armed Conflict – both within and among states;3. Organized Crime;4. Terrorism; and5. Weapons of Mass Destruction. These are all 'threats without borders' – where traditional notions of national security have become obsolete. We cannot respond to these threats by building more walls, developing bigger weapons, or dispatching more troops. Quite to the contrary. By their very nature, these security threats require primarily multinational cooperation. But what is more important is that these are not separate or distinct threats. When we scratch the surface, we find them closely connected and interrelated.' Lees verder: http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2005/elbaradei-lecture-en.html