The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to produce consequences which they then use to justify further terror.
The Philippines was with the U.S. in the Second World War, in the Korean War, in the Vietnam War, and now in the war against terrorism.
The nexus between terrorism and nuclear weapons, or even nuclear material, is obviously a current concern.
Terrorism tramples upon any rights and freedoms and generates fear and hatred; it is an obstacle to efforts at improving our world.
In Kenya, crime and terrorism are deeply linked, not least by the failure of successive Kenyan governments to control either.
The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism.
Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it.
Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats.
If you have a major disaster involving hundreds of thousands, or in this case millions of people, whether it be a natural disaster or an act of terrorism, the first 72 hours are going to be totally chaotic no matter what you plan to do.
Domestic terrorism has opened new war zones, operating off the assumption that all Americans are potential terrorists.
No one pursuing reasonable goals and who is prepared to compromise can argue that terrorism is his or his group's only option.
And now when we hear that Iran and Iraq plan to cooperate more closely and that a fundamentalist is coming to power in Tehran - a man about whom we cannot be sure that he is absolutely averse to terrorism - it is very worrisome.
An honest observer of the evolution of conditions in Egypt would discover that terrorism is an alien phenomenon, strange to our values and heritage.