Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland

01/16/06

The CIA's recent botched attempt to kill al Qaeda’s number two man, Ayman Zawahiri, in Pakistan illustrates why the Bush administration's overly aggressive 'war on terror' actually motivates terrorists to attack the United States. Certainly, capturing or killing the brains behind al Qaeda is an important goal. Unfortunately, in the U.S. method of warfare -- which unduly emphasizes attrition, heavy firepower and sophisticated weaponry, even against guerrillas and terrorists -- the technology of killing has outstripped the quality of human intelligence needed to hit the correct targets. The CIA's unmanned Predator drone fired missiles that killed many Pakistani civilians, including women and children, but apparently not Zawahiri...

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1654


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp