World Economic Forum focuses on terrorism

by Obi-Akpere | January 24, 2008 at 07:40 am

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World leaders are gathered in Davos, Switzerland to find a possible solution to the increasing economic recession befalling the world. Terrorism has been spotted as one of the major causes; how much effect does it has on the World's economy?

DAVOS, Switzerland - Fears of world recession briefly took a back seat Thursday at the World Economic Forum, where leaders from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq focused on how to establish security in their volatile regions. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said poverty — especially when paired with illiteracy — was the key breeding ground for suicide bombers. Barham Saleh, deputy prime minister of Iraq, described terrorism in his country as "efforts by extremists to hijack my religion."

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, whose country has recently seen an upsurge in suicide bombings, said the practice "isn't religious, it's criminal."

Musharraf pledged to battle the "scourge" of radicalism in regions bordering Afghanistan. And he said he would do his utmost to ensure Pakistani elections next month would be fair.

Saleh suggested that U.S. troops would remain in Iraq indefinitely.

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