I Kill, Therefore I Am
French President Nicolas Sarkozy was right to call Mohammed Merah a “monster.” But that is not enough: Merah was France's monster – born, bred, and distorted in France – just as the terrorists who attacked the London Underground in July 2005 were products of British society.
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PARIS – “One must fight both terrorists and the causes of terrorism with the same determination.” That formula, coined ten years ago in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, by leaders as diverse as Javier Solana, then Secretary General of NATO, and US President George W. Bush, is as valid as ever in the aftermath of the recent killing spree in France.