2011-06-07: Tutkimus: köyhyys ei ruoki terrorismia

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Lisää nauloja kuoliaaksi hakatun teorian arkkuun.

The study, conducted by researchers from prestigious American universities, found no link between poverty and support for militant groups.

"The terrorism literature has long held that poverty does not explain terrorism," she told The Daily Telegraph.
"Yet despite what would be a fairly robust body of literature, both the British government and the American government, have put together this canard that we can buy our way out of terrorism by investing in education and so forth. We simply don't find this."

When compared with socio-economic indicators, the researchers found poorer people were less likely to support extremist politics.

The paper concluded that poorer people in Pakistan were more likely to be the victims of suicide bombings and other terror attacks, and therefore were more likely to have negative feelings towards militants.

- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8526473/Poverty-does-not-breed-extremism-in-Pakistan-study-finds.html