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Monday, May 14, 2012

Terror cannot fight terror An Editorial in Khaleej Times May 24 2008

The BJP demands a "hard state", which would practise maximal violence against terrorists. Some retired police and intelligence officials also advocate tit-for-tat approaches to terrorism-even if this means blatant human rights violations.

They contend that terrorism has now entered a particularly malicious phase. It can only be fought if the state wages all-out war and resorts to intrusive surveillance and allows preventive detention, reverses the burden of proof, and admits confessions to the police as evidence.


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