Final Draft Thesis Paper.pdf - Brandeis University
Final Draft Thesis Paper.pdf - Brandeis University
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IV. Conclusion:PakistaniIdentityandtheWestAfterthemassiveterroristattackofSeptember11,2001,theUnitedStatesdeclaredawaronterrorism.TheWaronTerrorcontinuestobefoughttoday,oftenconcentratedonAl‐QaedaanditsstrongholdsinAfghanistan.Yet,whatseemstobemissedbytheUnitedStatesanditswesternalliesisPakistan’scruciallinktothewaronterror.Pakistan’sinternalissuesremainunresolved.ThelackofaPakistaniidentityandPakistanisacceptanceintotheglobaljihadistmovement,asameansofidentity,shouldgreatlyconcernwesternstates.Moreover,thefactthatAmericancitizenswithPakistanirootsarenowjoiningthefightagainsttheUnitedStatesandthewestshouldbeattheforefrontofUnitedStatesforeignpolicyandtheWaronTerror.TherecentfoiledattackplannedbyFaisalShahzadexemplifiesPakistanisemergingpositionattheforefrontofterrorism.Today,themostnotableterroristthreatintheUnitedStatescomesfromradicalIslamicterrorism,specificallyPakistaniterror.TheseterroristsarenotonlyfromtheMiddleEast;severalofthemhaveUnitedStatescitizenshipandareangeredbytheUnitedState’scontinuedpressureonPakistantocontrolterroristcellswithinthecountry.PakistaniterrorismintheUnitedStatesisnotanewphenomenonandneedstobelookedatmoreclosely.OneofthefirstincidentsofPakistaniterrorismtranspiredin1993.ThreesignificanteventsoccurredthatwerefueledbyMuslimfanaticism.Firstly,onJanuary23,1993ashootingoccurredattheCentralIntelligenceAgency(CIA)headquartersinLangleyVirginia:“nearlyadecadeagoontraffic‐chokedChain47
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