Terrorism and War

This is a collection of 52 journalistic poems inspired by the rise of terrorism in the world and the war against it. Terror seems to be an effective technique for technologically unsophisticated combatants to have a chance of defeating a superpower like the US, Britain, France, China, and Russia. In the terror discussed in this poetry book, it is predominantly used by Islamic jihadists against the Western world, which includes the Israelis. Their fighters include bombers, both suicide bombers and roadside bombers, and brutal, dedicated militants who fight with guns and grenade launchers. They assassinate their enemies and fight pitched battles with armed forces. Their fighters are usually well-trained and fearless. They are unafraid to die for Islam and expect to be rewarded with eternal paradise. The poems in this book describe some of the major terror players like Osama Bin Laden, Mullah Omar, Shamil Basayev, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the caliph of the Islamic State. Many battle scenes are described, some terrorist attacks, American military heroes, and some American terrorists. There is some background material for promoting understanding from the terrorist side. Of course, not many non-Muslims are very sympathetic to jihadist causes because of the destructive violence and murder propounded by the terrorists, especially against innocent women and children and non-combatant men. Terror's effectiveness corresponds to the shock value of the event. It seems like many attacks are vengeance for perceived slights against Islam or punishment for what the jihadists see as our moral degradation and our abuse of the planet and its inhabitants. We have a long ways to go to settle these differences. Probably generations of struggling and an abundance of misery. Maybe the most effective weapons against terrorism are education and an attitude of sincere reconciliation. It can be done. List of Poems: 1. Suicide Bombers 2. The Taliban 3. Predator Drones 4. Osama Bin Laden 5. Al-Qaeda 6. The Pathans / Pashtuns 7. Pakastani Madrasa 8. The Burqa 9. Assassination of Benazir Bhutto 10. Afghanistan 11. Osama Bin Laden's Escape from Tora Bora 12. Battle of Wanat / Afghanistan 13. Attack at Mumbai by Pakistani Terrorists 14. Haqqani Network 15. Battle for Marjah 16. The Suicide Attack at The CIA FOB Chapman 17. SSgt. Travis Twiggs / PTSD: The War Within 18. Ssgt Robert Miller / Medal of Honor / KIA Afghanistan 2008 19. Death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman / Afghanistan 20. The Battle of Combat Outpost Keating/ Gulbuddin Hekmatyar 21. Wardak Chopper Crash 22. Thanks Guys / Coalition Soldiers/ Kandahar 23. Assassination of Osama Bin Laden 24. The Ambush at Ganjgal / Kundoz / Afghanistan 25. Maulana Fazlullah, Radio Mullah / Swat Valley/ Pakistan 26. Soldier's Goodbye 27. The Assassination-Suicide of Nizar Rayyan 28. Iran Deterrence and Détente 29. Shamil Basayev / Part 1 Chechnya 30. Shamil Basayev / Part 2 Terrorism in The Caucasus 31. Shamil Basayev / Part 3 Moscow Theater and Beslan 32. Shamil Basayev / Part 4 Elian Ersenoyeva 33. Ted Kaczynski: The Unabomber 34. Oklahoma City Bombing / Our First Terrorism 35. The Tsarnaev Brothers / Boston Marathon Bombing 36. Columbine / Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold 37. ISIS 38. Mindanao 39. Hamas 40. Major Nidal Malik Hasan / Fort Hood Killings 41. Malala Yousuzai / The Education of Muslim Females 42. Ezatullah Wazirwal / Afghan Turncoat Murderer 43. Peshawar, Pakistan Army School Massacre / 141 dead 44. Captured By Boko Haram 45. Uyghur Terrorism in China 46. The Charlie Hebdo Magazine Attack in Paris / 12 Killed 47. Beirut, Lebanon Marines Barracks Bombing / 299 killed 48. AQAP in Yemen / Anwar al-Awlaki 49. Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi / Radicalization by America 50. Jihad 51. 9-11 / Mullah Omar / Osama Bin Laden 52. Hail Returning Heroes / Welcome Home Again 53. Don't Tread On Me Motherfucker