The making of the terror myth

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Much of the currently perceived threat from international terrorism, the series argues, "is a fantasy that has been exaggerated and distorted by politicians. It is a dark illusion that has spread unquestioned through governments around the world, the security services, and the international media." The series' explanation for this is even bolder: "In an age when all the grand ideas have lost credibility, fear of a phantom enemy is all the politicians have left to maintain their power."
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Maybe, just maybe (hint hint wink wink), Al-Qaeda could be the Emmanuel Goldstein as described in George Orwell's 1984...