The Economist - 7 May 2011 PDF
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Too few people in China? ‘Small revolution in Canada Mad Men are watching you Putting the squeeze on law firms vaya 2% uonenisteam How to drive at 1,000mph Now, kill hisdream “ae Contents ‘nthe caver Osama bin Laden’ rand ot brutal fthad's losingits appealinthe Arab word: leader, page His obituary, pagess..Whathisdeath means Toraldaeda, pages 21-25. And what tears for ‘America anit presi Lexington, page6. Pakistan’ counter ‘terrorism Banyan, page a. Realectonafecsayson Pakistan, pageoo. 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Aselustant wastior nother ways, Ins has not wavered in hunting down the foot solders and commanders af abQaeda as well as ils slusie leader The president chase a manned assanitdirecriy en Mr hin Tacen Tether than an air tike om his eomponndl as som of Fis a isers wished, and it paid off Mr Ose was lucky, hut he maces eke he deserves he cei that willnaw came his way Goe Lexington, paze 3) ‘Mr Obama hs heen csteful to wer that violent lemism isstlla dangerous force, Al-Qaeda i active, even without Mt bin Laden (se pages 2:25. The elatming protlems af Pl: stan, Yen ard so many other places deaten to ford more ‘iolince. Ard yet the death of the world's most wanted man ‘comes just when radical Islars looks vulnerable thechanges feeaping across “he Middle Cast and nosth Atrica. The tsk rae facing all hose wine yearn for a safer world i 1a iolate Mr in Laden'ssavage lad justassurcy ats eeator was un Ibted behind his compound walls ‘Themanwhowarpedafalth Me bin Leilen matters because he swept up a gba ol loa ‘grievances itoa brand uf intoxicating and violent ha with ‘worldwide pretensions, His vision, however impractical, of ‘purring Islam and establishing a single Islamic ealiphate 3p PPealed to Nusims disgusted by the venalty af their awn tiles His mesnis of lninging it about erabraced an ergy a sures and mrtyrdom partly cirected aginst the "Crusader ‘West, particularly America. Sad to say that also appeaied to mary Muslims for a while. And the whole package. woe decked with the richestorags story of Mr hin Laden him self-ainen who hal given up posser and wealth in Seuci Ara Dialivedsinap'y andl sete alos chimed in is aay wwedefy die nigitistaunnyinbistory see Obi wary page 99. “Tertorisisdvan of seting the aged, end in oo ways Me bin Laden succeeded beyond imagination, Far many peaple especially mon nusims, te central place he reserved fer wo lenge tamed the whale of Issam, Even as Westerners cate te ‘earbloodthirsy andbarbare Muslirs, Muslims deploted Je xoncratc and imperialist Chrstaes. Af hin Laden's brand af hated chrived an henh these grotesque tereatypes And bg framing the fight as aclashof civilisations, necould dis the Westanto a global war on tetor Ihe etaes of S2p tember 2001 pped America and the Westintoa Hight thal ‘exacled a feerible ace in bladand leisure Athi, Amer ‘a has diverted vas: resources irto a secumty bureauereey. adstesingitsapyeal in the Arab world AbroseLithas been distracted from theistorie challenge that “Amesican power faces in AS Along the way, America has compromised the values that ares greatest sarengsh, This was parly hy accident, because ‘war's always crue] and messy. but also ky design, throu the torture of jihadist detainees andthe oblivion of Guentinama, snot yet dear whether Ending Mr bin Laden deperded on torture fi probably niver willbecleargiventhat einer tors ead identifying Mi hin Lader’senurierooleyearsta beat fruit Whats certain shar hismessage prospered because he could dismiss America’s commitment to freedam and human ghlsand:laim thatthe countey abused Muslin, Thal message is potent enough to survive Mr bn Laden's <tath Stuck i hiscompound, without a telephone oF the in temer, he had anyway heenme a remate fie. The al Queda franchise spend acre the Sahel, in the Archian peninsla ardincelleargindihe world, wilsurely now seek in prae 1 potency. The hope thal the computers, dies amd drives ‘American special forces seized during dir rad wall ‘suchplans Tervoriembeing watits,theugh,an atacksaoner ‘orlaterhas every chance ot succseding. Stratagi failure Evenifitdoes thatshouldnotobscate the fact that MrbinLad ‘e's infamy in the West is osing its power to inspite his own people. This partly reflects the faikie of violence to acsam- pilish the goals he set himself in tne Mtsim world, Despite year of Body stile the Western way of hie hascontinuca to ‘excreach on Muslin. ad has failed to banish nen-Meslien ‘Woops fom Islamie countries, Westen forces remain in Iraq lard Afghanisien. Cashmir is home to the Indian army, and Chedinys (© the Russians, Isat sill Nourishes. Not ane tec serous Arab government bas yielded to Cae caliphate ‘More than that. Mr bin Laden's desire tomunéer bis way to salvation has atlas aroused widespread disgustamong Mus Tims. After al Qaeds slaugatered Shia gad Sunni Muslias in thes thousandsin rag, even eave jthadis begs tocondemn Ihisductrine of tar andes which -adieals took st soon them selves t dedare other Muslim apostates and lil them. Ac <cordingto polly the Fest Rescarch Geatre, cnfidencein Mr hin Laden inthe Palestinian tenitavies Fas fallen fram 72%in 260340 34% rdw ln Joan icon fon 36% 3% Thats eeves alge reser vit for recut, bul they eve Leenlied spot inthe uprisingssiveeping the Arak wold So farther spring has eat wulemt ial the margins. When ‘young Egyptians stowed inea Calno’s ahrir Square, they ‘wantedrighis ata caliph. Hvan the Muslim Brathers look asif they wall optfor eli soclety rather dan theocrse Polical change in the Arab world will be neither smoou nurimmediat.tn sone places issure wo go wrong in ores ‘tmay yield to hardline Islam, And yes, thanks to the rah spring slam stands its best charcein generations o'r engi ang vith polite to found zasututons rz whieh rebigious and ‘iil lfecan coexist, that would bea devas aluguefulauon of Mrbin Lacen'sideslogy of universal Muslim sige How te encourage it Hrs, don't relent o> counter-tera-¥» 10 Leaders > rim. A-Oaeds will weed stopping fer years to come. Second, recogmise that jihadists will be defeated manly Ey Muslims theriselves. That means stabilising the crescent of Muslim counties. mosly outside che Arab would, where broken gov ferment fas allowed terns to yan hold All are hard cases, Some, like Somalia and Maly are omly susceptible to contsinment atbest. Afghanistan i close enough the dew down of wao troops in 2004 not to pull out in haste. Most worrying of alls Pakistan Gee Hanya, page 48) ln spite of \whallooks Hee duplicity over Nrkin Laden’shiding place, the Palestinian reconiation Nudge it along ‘The Economist Hay 7th 2015 ‘nuclear power stoo dangers to sbandon. Bete or Amert catahold Pakistan clasethan curit ocse. “Andlast there are she Arak ccurtries. Peace between Irae] ard thePaestiniars would help (ee next leader butanose vie lal is Western suppom for the aspiatrs of dhe Arab spring ‘Wher Min Laden struckom gan he West hed few means af ddefendingitself butby artackinghim directly and by striking a Taustian bargain withthe Arcb worlds oppressive rulers. Fis death comes when Aca opinion isatlas(lowingina we die rection. Ilsa goudachance ta waste. ‘The West and Israel for Hele own good, should encourage Palestinians to gettogether SMD the joy of the Arab avsskening. the most stub bhornlyinsauhle af all she Mid alle Fast’: probleme the argu ment between Jews and Arabs ‘over the Holy Land, seemed a most forgotten and parhaps bet ter shelved for the next few ‘yeas. No more. The uphesvals elgewharein the Arab world avesfizetingevon the Palestirians-andhy extension the rae Tis, On May ath the two main Palestinian factions, Falah and Hamat, bloody at odds for many year, signed an hsterie agreement o support ational unity eovernimentin the Pal fstinian teritoriew the Gaza Strip, now ruled by Hara, and the West Hank, euled byan authority under thesway af Fatah The Isacl yoverament under Binyamin Netanya has subbished the Palestinian deal, dedaring thatit will shun any Palesinian edmicistinton that includes oris backed by thes lamiste af Hatraa, heeause it doggedly refuse o recognise ls reeL.tt neatiekstohis word the peespectof mesmingtil Israeli Palestinian negotiations in the rear futuro zee, Mr Notary Inns loathing of Kamas is understandable, yet he is wrong to seoin Talesinion reconciliation, The Hemas Fatah dsal is good noses, beesuse pesos between Peestinians eoule he & Steppingstone an the readiopeace wilh I-40 Hard foreveryone Tue reconciliation berween the Palestinians, once theit road hrushaccardissigned, will natbe ezsy (ee pages) Fat statis unclear hove the Palestirians, whose own Torses Ihave been billing each other for yeas, would pole die two leurtuntes. Israel could sev ts bus: de aragennent fr stance by centincing to refuse to let the Palestinians receive ‘customs revere hat it previusly agree 0 pass on. Ard is uncertain if Israel wuld allow elections 19 be he d within a ‘yeah asthe egreement requtes, bearing in mine Hamas's vie togylast ume sound, in 2008, ‘Many Isralis would weleore any sueliaetion wo snad up a ‘Hamnas-hacked Palestinian goverrmnent. During the Palestin jan nada (uprising) “hat fed oat in 2004, Famas sent stor2s oF suicide bombers t9 Elow up Istaelis, Since 1! tcok ‘Over Gaze 12005 1 has fired hundreds of ookets a steele ‘rls, Is charte” is anbiSematse. Only this week ore of is leaders, mail Heniveh, n a moment of eas folly, deplored thedsath of Osemma bin Laden, cllinghim a "holy wacriax” Why would Israel contemplate corpevating with such an ‘vit? For the sf inerested reason that = united hut tah alessnian finn sannlel hehetterahletermake peace with Fre clihenad vided one, thee are two stages tis provess. The Tvs would be for Ise to establish a working rela or ship ‘wid Falestinian unity government In this respect itshoull judge Hamas by ite behaviou nat byte words, Eypt, whose previous goveermant hated Hamas, row loaks set open ts harder with Gara, dhs loosening the siege which Isael has Jmpused on thotemtory since Hamas's takeover, Bul itshould smake Hamas pay «price fer such gars. for one thing, Hamas should fee Gilad Shalit, an lraltscldierit captured nessly five years age. Tor another ic should stop those rockets tthe very leastit must deelareand enforeeslongre-m ceaseliteas.a hhuped-or prelate to complete disavovsalof violence “The second stage, f tb cea that Hamas accepts Faas racsfulapproach would be to pulliinta arevived pesee pro ‘ess, Though lingingto« violent idealogy,ithasheen graping ceabsrise toxsatds an accommodation. In the past ive yeses it has eschewed suicde-bombing and slapped daven actions (Gaza dha stil want to fight. Ie leaders, lading Mr ariyeh ‘but more nomby #s top man, Kha ed Meshal, have scid hey ‘would eceepttwo taresan ether side ofthe border that exist ed before 967i te Pslstinians, including thase in the diss ‘Pors agreed oilin a referendum, They dangle the prospect af ‘long-term ceasefire that rit become a lasting peace. They Imply they would recognise fst2el once teritoral and other deeply cor tentiousissuesare settled, But that vexed question remains. Why should Isael com template negotiation wits a mioveimert at Koally reises to ueeptitsexisence, wees Fu und Uh Palestinians wh sum the Wast Bunk recognised Iyrel more than vw decaues fag? Ithasvery teasonn he wary. Yetthe arab spring mayer Conrage Hamasat ast Tolls suit has been weakened BY the turmoil in Syria tert its chlet obstructonist sponsor ‘The ijuvenated Egyptians may tease talon. Ané the Euso- pans who raze toutafteits election vietoryin2006, should Search anew for ways to bring rim fre the diplomatic coe AAs forthe Americans. theirmir task musth o persuade Mr "Netanyahu, whose lack of goodwill awards even the mest ‘moderate Paleshinans was largely esponsible fr the beak: ‘dawn in mogaliations lat September, that he should give this Palestinian nity deal chen.
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