>Interesting article on the link between poverty and terrorism.
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>"But surely that is the wrong way to look at things. Aren't the people who commit terrorist acts poor, even if they are from countries that are not? No. Remember, most of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were middle-class sons of Saudi Arabia and many were well-educated. And Osama bin Laden himself is from one of the richest families in the Middle East."
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/13/magazines/fortune/pluggedin_murphy_terror.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2007031311I didn't read the article, but the statement *IS* a generalization.
Lots and lots of poor people rise up against their circumstances. Today they are lumped in with "terrorists" because the are resisting imposed authority.
The state of Isreal was the result of terrorist activity, as an example. And those weren't necessarily poor, but they did resist authority.
Terrorists obviously come in all shapes, sizes, class levels.
