The Consequences of Terrorism

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The people of Pakistan have been living in a situation that has been imposed on them, with no doings or contributions of their own. Day in and day out facing the music of the "war against terrorism", the term, again, imposed on the people of Pakistan who live the "term" as their reality, disinterested in the background an origin of the term. The western contrived term was first used by used by the American President, George W. Bush, during tenure trigger of the "war against terrorism" happened. At Camp David George W. Bush in his speech said "This crusade – this war on terrorism – is going to take a while, ... " and that was the beginning of the frequent use of the term to legitimize and justify the actions taking place that had larger and hidden agendas. Agendas the people are not bothered about, the people who actually live through the events of the "war against terrorism" and are a part of the "collateral damage".

The start off point of the "war against terrorism" was the famous 9/11 attacks on twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, U.S, allegedly choreographed by Muslim extremist group Al-Qaeda who were running their operations from Afghanistan. the "Muslim extremist" in Afghanistan acted as the gateway for the war to spill over into Pakistan. All the political, global statements and strategies to "fight" the war had direct affect on the people who were not even fully aware of the politics, the bigger picture.

A famous American actor and activist, Woody Harrelson, in response to the bodies falling in the "war against terrorism" said,

" The war against terrorism is terrorism".

Noam Chomsky, a renowned linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, political commentator, activist and professor at M...

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...all those individuals, from amongst the common people, politicians and soldiers who laid down their lives for their country are remembered and celebrated.

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• http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/muhammad_ali_jinnah.html (5/12/2014 -4:34pm)

• http://rezanik.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/279/(5/12/2014 -4:34pm)

Books and essays

• A Report on Psychology & Architecture by W. Bro. Victor G. Popow, Dec 2000. V1

• Question of spaces. Tschumi, Bernhard (Target Litho, London, 1995)

• Impact of terrorism on mental health, by Asma Mehboob Khan,clinical psychologist PIMS

• Architecture and Narrative: The formation of space and cultural meaning, by Sophia Psarra

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