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Press-Terrorism  /GNR/                                                


 changesin economic trends, cultural climate may root out terrorism- 


 daily                                                                


Tehran, Sept 25, IRNA -- `Iran News' on Tuesday wrote that unless     


economic trends and the prevailing cultural climate in the world      


change, terrorism can never be eradicated and will continue to remain 


as formidable and elusive as ever.                                    


    Even British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, currently in Tehran,   


admitted "anger", which many people in the region feel at events over 


the years in Palestine, as one of the factors which led to the recent 


horrendous acts of terrorism in US.                                   


    "In the wake of the September 11 attacks on the US, some 50       


Muslims states joined the chorus of sympathizers who condoled with the


relatives of the victims of the tragedy," praised the daily.          


    They expressed their sorrow as did the "foreign ministers of the  


Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) who damned the Taliban but    


also condemned the persecution of the Palestinians and Israeli        


state-sponsored terrorism," added the paper.                          


    It noted that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was due in Paris on


Sunday to discuss the EU reaction to terrorism but did not travel to  


the States, adding that indeed no Arab head of state visited the US   


since the September attacks.                                          


    In this connection, American attitude towards the Palestinian     


problem may be to blame, wrote the article, particularly since        


Zionist Premier Ariel Sharon cancelled the meeting which was to be    


held between Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres on  


Sunday.                                                               


    As for terrorism, the daily warned that its roots are embedded in 


"economic trends and the prevailing cultural climate in the world,"   


and unless these situations make a turn for the better, terrorism will


continue to remain as formidable and elusive as ever.                 


    Even "regional conflicts fostered terrorism," which also          


flourished during the Cold War," it noted, describing it as           


"tailor-made" to perpetuate the grip of the superpowers of the world. 


    "Friction and conflict were the tools of the trade and the        


trademark of the old world order and was utilized indiscriminately,"  


examined the daily, further noting that "terrorism was commissioned by


all the major powers, and was also regarded as indispensable in       


political and economic rivalry."                                      


    However, the recent terrorist attacks on New York and Washington  


have changed all that, since they penetrated the "impregnable         


stronghold of world dominion and revealed that regional unrest can    


spill over and threaten a major power," it said.                      


    This turn of events will "compel America to review its traditional


policies because the US has realized that hot beds of dispute can     


spill over into their own territory," concluded the daily.            


FH/HM                                                                 


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