Terrorism: we all pay [Archives:2003/04/Focus]

BY ISMAEL AL-GHABRY
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Terrorism is an awful crime that is the result of extremism and fanatic beliefs. It so happens that a bunch of unhealthy souls have spread their venom into the Yemeni society, harming the good interests of the country and going against the true measures and commands of Islam. Yet ironically, they claim that they are the closest to it.
In the economical field, according to the latest official statistics, the amount of loss has reached $1.8 billion and $446 million, the value of investment projects frozen because of terrorism.
Also international insurance companies have enforced a great fee reaching 300 per cent on ships and marine crafts that enter Yemeni ports, indirectly making those ships change their path and landing in neighboring ports.
This creates a loss of more than $25 million monthly for the country. This money could have been used to build, roads, hospitals and schools.
There was the attack on the American navy ship USS Cole in Aden in 2000, and the attack on the oil tanker Limburg this past October, passing by all the destructive acts and targeting companies and oil pipes explosions.
And finally there was last weeks tragic incidents of the assassination of YSP general secretary Jarallah Omar in Sana’a and the three Americans killed at Jibla Hospital.
All these terrorist acts call for vital and immediate responses from the authorities and to refer to sense and logic when dealing with such sensitive situations.
We need to take a stand against these social diseases. This is a national and patriotic duty for all in order to finally reproduce the happy Yemen with all the good will and kind faces of its people.

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