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Source :: International Herald Tribune
Peter R. Neumann
Published: January 10, 2007

• The terrorists should be based in a clearly defined territory, where they can be integrated into the democratic process.
• They must maintain good internal discipline in order to minimize the risk of hard-line breakaway factions.
• And, most important, there must be a strong and consistent realization that there is little to gain from carrying on with the terrorist campaign.

Short article in which Neuman cites the IRA and ETA as examples where terrorists can be dealt with through negotations, but Al-Qaeda cannot, at least not as a whole.

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