Terrorism Is Means Of A Goal, It Is Not The Goal Itself, Gen. Buyukanit

ANKARA - Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit said Monday terrorism was the means of a goal, it was not the goal itself.
"Terrorism is not the real face of an incident, it is the cover that hides it. What someone is trying to do cannot be understood unless this cover is lifted," he told the Global Terrorism & International Cooperation Symposium at Ankara's Bilkent Hotel.
Gen. Buyukanit said the impact of globalization on terrorism could be handled as exploitation of new capabilities that were introduced by globalization by the terrorist organizations.
"One of the most important impacts of globalization is that it brings forth some organizations that are capable of affecting the policies and decisions of national states. Terrorist organizations are trying to change government policies by sending messages to governments and societies through violence," Buyukanit told.

-RISE IN POPULATION-
According to Buyukanit, another thing that increases global terrorism is the unbalanced rise in world population and related movements of population.
Buyukanit said illegal human trafficking had become a source of finance for terrorist organizations whereas immigrants faced integration and identity problems in the cultures of countries they migrated.
These people were open to exploitation of terrorist organizations, he told.
Buyukanit said production and share of income were two other things that had to be taken into consideration due to rise in population.
According to World Bank figures, 1.1 billion people in the world are surviving under the level of absolute hunger, Gen. Buyukanit said.
"This situation is misused by terrorist organizations, and in one sense it makes terrorism an area of employment," Buyukanit also said.

-TSK PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBITION REGARDING FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM-
Meanwhile, Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) photograph exhibition regarding fight against terrorism has opened at the entrance of the conference hall.
Photographs which show terrorist attacks on railways, highways, vehicles, buildings and human beings are on display in the first part of the exhibition which emphasizes that terrorism has no language, religion, nationality or race, and terrorism is a crime against humanity.
The second part of the exhibition stresses that Turkish troops are determined to counter terrorism until the last terrorist is neutralized. This section of the exhibition displays photographs related to the cross-border operation into north of Iraq.
(BRC-MS)