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January 3, 2005
US pushes aid plan to avert terror
Topics: Middle East News and Perspectivesthe AGE (Australia) Jan 4.
Billions of dollars in aid could be poured into Asia in a
long-term plan to ensure under-development does not breed Islamic
radicalism and terrorism following the tsunami disaster.
The US and Australia have identified a prompt and successful humanitarian aid effort in south Asia as a national security priority.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell said a failed reconstruction effort could result in victims turning to extremism.
"If nations are poor, if they don't see hope, if they're riddled by disease, if no one is helping them, then radicalism takes over, they lose faith in democracy and they start turning in other directions," Mr Powell told CNN. "This is an investment not only in the welfare of these people, which in and of itself is a good thing to do; it's an investment in our own national security."
Posted by Hyscience at January 3, 2005 4:17 PM
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