Read the text and say what the main idea expressed by the author is

Informative Reading

Make up the summary of the text using the words and phrases from the Word Study section.

Speaking

IV. Fill in the gaps using the words from the previous exercises

III. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases from the text

1. civilians;

2. to terrorize;

3. terrorist group;

4. to contest something;

5. to be ideologically motivated;

6. legitimate;

7. covert war;

8. suicide-bomber;

9. the liberation front;

10. armed forces;

11. grenade-thrower;

12. to slaughter;

13. fighter-bomber;

14. state-sponsored terrorism.

1. I intend to ………… the judge’s decision in another court.

2. The President pledged never to make ………… to terrorists.

3. They say they feel no remorse concerning attacks against Israeli military and political elements who ………….war against the Palestinian people.

4. The report accused the CIA of the …….activity aimed at undermining the government.

5. After bribes had proved useless, they tried threats and ………...

6. Mr. Bush said that China was neither an ……. nor a strategic partner, but simply a large nation with which the United States must engage on many levels.

7. The government has pledged itself to………..a war against poverty and disease.

8. The government has ………..to the pressure of big business and lowered interest rates.

9. The United States is not an imperial or colonial power, it has no desire (because its people have no desire) to conquer Afghanistan, occupy it, own it by ………….

10. Most of UNITA’s troops are sick of fighting. If they are to lay down their arms, however, the Angolan government needs to call an immediate ceasefire and offer an amnesty to all who ………..

11. Many people would ………. violence of any sort.

One Democracy’s Terrorist is Another Democracy’s Freedom-Fighter

(by Ronald Rouhier)

One of the cornerstones in the fight against international terrorism is that every country should automatically accept the definition of the title of this opinion.

The United States government allows political asylum for persons who have a well-founded fear of persecution should they be returned to their home governments. A few members in the IRA have found their way into the American judicial system and have applied for asylum on the grounds that the British government will subject them to further persecution. That belief is in a fight for a united Ireland free of British rule.

The British government has maintained that these are members of an internationally recognized terrorist group, which were prosecuted for criminal acts and should be returned to serve their sentences which they were convicted for under a democratic system.

Professor Wilkinson also stressed the need for “tough measures to penalize state sponsors who give terrorist movements safe haven, explosives, cash and moral and democratic support.” Does the United States when they give temporary visas to representatives of well-established terrorist organization to raise “humanitarian or fundraising” support for the terrorist cause not acknowledge some legitimacy for the cause.

The US government could rightfully claim a separation of powers when the courts uphold a request for asylum from a suspected terrorist, but not when the US leaders take a direct involvement in granting visas to allow known terrorists to raise funding.

The British government under John Major was vocal that the United States government should not allow any meeting between the US government and the leadership of Sinn Fein under Jerry Adams lest it give a tacit recognition. This was done by the US President when he overturned the State Department visa denial and through executive authority allowed a “reformed terrorist” to visit the White House with the head of state.

The US government in their actions under the Clinton administration showed that the US did give in one perspective “cash, moral and diplomatic support” for a terrorist movement. It would appear that “one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter” is more valid than “one democracy’s terrorist is another democracy’s terrorist.”

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