I took this photo in another popular Marrakesh tourist cafe, the recent bombing there has been blamed on Al - Qaeda, this will probably be the last terrorist act to be attributed to Osama Bin Laden before his execution last week.
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| View to Argana Cafe Marrakesh |
The publicity controlled by the the US administration concerning the Bin Laden capture in Pakistan, is being very carefully moulded to leave a particular message about the man, his life and involvement with Al - Qaeda and the Taliban. In reality he was little more than a figurehead, a vain, egotistical spoilt brat who liked to pose as a revolutionary fighter and perhaps dreamed that he was some sort of anti-christ.
As the Pakistan government is quick to point out, the world has to move on, Bin Laden is dead he is history. There is a dangerous ideology that was associated with the terrorist activities of Al-qaeda, the Taliban when in control of the Afghan government and other Wahhabi administrations around the Arab world. That ideology was created out of hate, human life has no value, no respect, no purpose, the suicide bombers are dead they can not be caught or punished.
In History it seems that far too much responsibility is attributed to leaders, when it is the followers who usually commit the actual war crimes. Societies are far too complacent, in the 21st century you would expect people to question leaders of government, religion or political movement. Surely the most simple question to ask of your society or religion is :-
"am I free to speak and to question ? "
if you do not have at least that freedom the leader must go !!
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