Terrorism in Lebanon
Liliane at Independence ‘05 has written a good post on the real effect recent violence in Lebanon. Since May 20th there have been 5 explosions in touristy commercial areas within 3 Christian cities, a Druze city and a Muslim city.
whoever is putting those explosions is not trying to kill people, nevertheless his attempt is to kill the touristic season. And as tourism is the field with the most yearly income for Lebanon, thus killing the economy.
This is the real power of terrorism, the psychological impact is by far the most harmful. It causes people to change their daily routine and live in fear. Terrorism is really a PR tool, not an act of war. It is a way to force individuals to change and pay attention. Any successful counter-terrorism measure needs to take this into account.
