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The editorial published on the website of the newspaper "The Guardian"on October 23 is headlined "US presidential debate: who got it right on al-Qaida?" The author (Jason Burke)gives us some details about debtes between Obama and Romney about al-Qaida. They  expressed opinion about the weakening of this terrorist organization. However,the reporter concidered that in this connection it's worth while mentioning the hact that both men tried to establish a definition of al-Qaida that suited them.For exmple, Romney definded is as group that was now involved in 10 or 12 countries which presented an enormous threat.For the president, al-Qaida meant the senior leadership of the group, based mainly in Pakistan.

It was revealed that one element that influences the debate in the US is that it is the only western nation that has seen increased levels of militant activity, homegrown and otherwise, over recent years. Though most attackers have shown dubious commitment and limited competence there have been important exceptions.

The article carries a lot of comment on  the geographic spread providing the fact that there are violent extremist Islamic groups – plural – involved in, at the very least, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Yemen, Jordan, Syria, Somalia, Mali, Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, India, Indonesia and other places too.

Analysing the situation in the word it is necessary to emphasize that  it seems difficult to substantiate the claim that Islamic militancy is still "very very strong". Globally, polls and anecdotal evidence indicate that despite the "tumult" in the Middle East radical militancy remains attractive only to a negligible number and that popular support is still almost totally lacking outside very limited areas.

The article draws the conclusion that Al-Qaida can recruit enough people and get enough resources to survive.We may say about the continuing weakness  and the revulsion of communities across the Islamic world for violence,but there are still a great deal of acts of terror all over the world.

As for me, I think it is difficult to predict the course of events in future.Acts of terrorism have brought pain, sorrow, fear, and insecurity to our country. Terrorism will never be stopped it can only be slowed. The government does lots to prevent and gain insight of acts of terrorism to come but sometimes that requires us to give up certain freedoms that we normally take for granted.Well, I may conclude that terrorism is a growing problem in this unstable world. A simple act of terrorism can cause tensions to break between two countries, as seen with Israel and Palestineans conflicts due to religious beliefs and territory disputes.

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