The below excerpt from Globalised Terror in a Liberalised World where we examined the Mumbai Train Blasts – A Sequel to The Madrid Train Bombings Of 2004 traces the evolution of the modern day Intelligence Agencies to the crusades and the religious wars in Europe and also examines the techniques used by them and provides and explanation to the nature of terrorism we face today in India.
In politics, nothing happens by accident.
If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
When the Shadow Powers determine the choices available to us,
they control us. Sure it’s subtle. You bet it’s effective. And we all think we’re free.
Terrorism is a universal problem. Mostly the roots of terrorism lie in the enforcement of religious ideologies. Even the roots of the economic based ideologies whenever and wherever they supported terrorism can be traced back onto religious basis. The distinction between terrorism and low scale conflicts has gained more prominence during the first half of the...