Brussels, 3 May 2002
8549/02 (Presse 121)
DECISION ADOPTED BY WRITTEN PROCEDURE
FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM - updated list
It contains ETA and the United Self-Defense Forces / Group of Colombia (AUC) (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia) but not the IRA or FARC!!
Are we at war with terrorism, or just with a few particular terrorists? If we are at war with terrorism, how can we differentiate between al Ada and its cousin, the Philippine abu-Say? We can't, of course, except by the size of the threat they pose. The questions don't end there, and the answers are hitting closer to home. How can we distinguish between the Colombian ARC narco-terrorists and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) that is training them? Evidence accumulating around the world indicates that we can't.