The manifest aim of the Afghan war is to fight international terrorism. War, however, is strongly linked to the general geopolitical objectives of the US. This has fundamental social, political and economic consequences in the Islamic world, and will have an impact on left-wing movements all around the world.

IN America after 11 September 2001 terrorism as a word started to function as communism in the 1950s. It stands in the way of the people and they are prepared to abandon their rights for the shake of the fight. The FBI and other secret services started to harrass aartists and activists. This might just be the beginning…

Is it enough for the worldwide alliance to fight the international terrorist organisations or it should rather abolish the causes of terrorism? The article that was first published in 1986 shows that the US has long been aware of the nature of the danger but always acts according to its special inetrests.