A year of the ‘war against terrorism’, and what has been achieved?

national | miscellaneous | news report Tuesday September 03, 2002 16:54 by Lindsey German - Socialist Review

Bush and Blair's war plans

The ‘war on terror’ was meant to bring peace. Instead, argues Lindsey German, we are on the edge of much greater war with Iraq

A year of the ‘war against terrorism’, and what has been achieved? Despite a year of conflict, repression and militant mobilisation we are on the edge of potentially the worst war for generations. As we approach the anniversary of 11 September, US troops are streaming towards the Middle East in preparation for war. All the talk is of an invasion of Iraq in order to effect ‘regime change’ against Saddam Hussein. We have already seen a bloody war in Afghanistan which overthrew the Taliban regime but left at least 5,000 civilians dead, a country effectively divided by warlords where there has been little material improvement in the lives of most citizens.

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