Terrorism And War

By Acie Cargill

This is a collection of 52 journalistic poems inspired by the rise of terrorism in the world and the war against it. Terror seems to be an effective technique for technologically unsophisticated combatants to have a chance of defeating a superpower like the US, Britain, France, China, and Russia. In the terror discussed in this poetry book, it is predominantly used by Islamic jihadists against the Western world, which includes the Israelis.

Their fighters include bombers, both suicide bombers and roadside bombers, and brutal, dedicated militants who fight with guns and grenade launchers. They assassinate their enemies and fight pitched battles with armed forces. Their fighters are usually well-trained and fearless. They are unafraid to die for Islam and expect to be rewarded with eternal paradise.

The poems in this book describe some of the major terror players like Osama Bin Laden, Mullah Omar, Shamil Basayev, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the caliph of the Islamic State. Many battle scenes are described, some terrorist attacks, American military heroes, and some American terrorists. There is some background material for promoting understanding from the terrorist side.

Of course, not many non-Muslims are very sympathetic to jihadist causes because of the destructive violence and murder propounded by the terrorists, especially against innocent women and children and non-combatant men. Terror’s effectiveness corresponds to the shock value of the event. It seems like many attacks are vengeance for perceived slights against Islam or punishment for what the jihadists see as our moral degradation and our abuse of the planet and its inhabitants.
We have a long ways to go to settle these differences. Probably generations of struggling and an abundance of misery. Maybe the most effective weapons against terrorism are education and an attitude of sincere reconciliation. It can be done.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Acie Cargill
• Release date: May 22, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310066481

Acie Cargill

Acie Cargill is a poet, a songwriter, and a prose writer. He studied poetry with USA Poet Laureate Mark Strand and Illinois Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks. He studied novel writing with Thomas Berger, who wrote Little Big Man that Arthur Penn made into a movie with Dustin Hoffman in the lead role. Cargill also studied journalism with instructor Jean Daily. His work is a synthesis of all these styles.He is a member of American Mensa and formerly edited the Mensa Journal of Poetry. He also is a member of the Grammy Association, The US Quill and Scroll Society.Cargill is a vegetarian, a former physician, a musical performer on a variety of instruments, an environmental activist, a lecturer, medical reviewer, a lover, a cannabis user, and a seer.

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Terrorism And War

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This is a collection of 52 journalistic poems inspired by the rise of terrorism in the world and the war against it. Terror seems to be an effective technique for technologically unsophisticated combatants to have a chance of defeating a superpower like the US, Britain, France, China, and Russia. In the terror discussed in this poetry book, it is predominantly used by Islamic jihadists against the Western world, which includes the Israelis.

Their fighters include bombers, both suicide bombers and roadside bombers, and brutal, dedicated militants who fight with guns and grenade launchers. They assassinate their enemies and fight pitched battles with armed forces. Their fighters are usually well-trained and fearless. They are unafraid to die for Islam and expect to be rewarded with eternal paradise.

The poems in this book describe some of the major terror players like Osama Bin Laden, Mullah Omar, Shamil Basayev, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the caliph of the Islamic State. Many battle scenes are described, some terrorist attacks, American military heroes, and some American terrorists. There is some background material for promoting understanding from the terrorist side.

Of course, not many non-Muslims are very sympathetic to jihadist causes because of the destructive violence and murder propounded by the terrorists, especially against innocent women and children and non-combatant men. Terror’s effectiveness corresponds to the shock value of the event. It seems like many attacks are vengeance for perceived slights against Islam or punishment for what the jihadists see as our moral degradation and our abuse of the planet and its inhabitants.

We have a long ways to go to settle these differences. Probably generations of struggling and an abundance of misery. Maybe the most effective weapons against terrorism are education and an attitude of sincere reconciliation. It can be done.

About the Author

Acie Cargill is a poet, a songwriter, and a prose writer. He studied poetry with USA Poet Laureate Mark Strand and Illinois Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks. He studied novel writing with Thomas Berger, who wrote Little Big Man that Arthur Penn made into a movie with Dustin Hoffman in the lead role. Cargill also studied journalism with instructor Jean Daily. His work is a synthesis of all these styles.

He is a member of American Mensa and formerly edited the Mensa Journal of Poetry. He also is a member of the Grammy Association, The US Quill and Scroll Society.

Cargill is a vegetarian, a former physician, a musical performer on a variety of instruments, an environmental activist, a lecturer, medical reviewer, a lover, a cannabis user, and a seer.

Table of Contents

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1. Suicide Bombers

2. The Taliban

3. Predator Drones

4. Osama Bin Laden

5. Al-Qaeda

6. The Pathans / Pashtuns

7. Pakastani Madrasa

8. The Burqa

9. Assassination of Benazir Bhutto

10. Afghanistan

11. Osama Bin Laden's Escape from Tora Bora

12. Battle of Wanat / Afghanistan

13. Attack at Mumbai by Pakistani Terrorists

14. Haqqani Network

15. Battle for Marjah

16. The Suicide Attack at The CIA FOB Chapman

17. SSgt. Travis Twiggs / PTSD: The War Within

18. Ssgt Robert Miller / Medal of Honor / KIA Afghanistan 2008

19. Death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman / Afghanistan

20. The Battle of Combat Outpost Keating/ Gulbuddin Hekmatyar

21. Wardak Chopper Crash

22. Thanks Guys / Coalition Soldiers/ Kandahar

23. Assassination of Osama Bin Laden

24. The Ambush at Ganjgal / Kundoz / Afghanistan

25. Maulana Fazlullah, Radio Mullah / Swat Valley/ Pakistan

26. Soldier's Goodbye

27. The Assassination-Suicide of Nizar Rayyan

28. Iran Deterrence and Détente

29. Shamil Basayev / Part 1 Chechnya

30. Shamil Basayev / Part 2 Terrorism in The Caucasus

31. Shamil Basayev / Part 3 Moscow Theater and Beslan

32. Shamil Basayev / Part 4 Elian Ersenoyeva

33. Ted Kaczynski: The Unabomber

34. Oklahoma City Bombing / Our First Terrorism

35. The Tsarnaev Brothers / Boston Marathon Bombing

36. Columbine / Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold

37. ISIS

38. Mindanao

39. Hamas

40. Major Nidal Malik Hasan