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From: "Rodolfo J. Stusser, M.D." <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
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Subject: RE: [end-terrorism] Re: Research Initiative on Terrorism Causes & Prevention
> Dear Fellows of the End-Terrorism
Network,
>
> I thank Dr. Osher Doctorow,
Ph.D. from
> nothing more edifying that the dialogue between and among the persons,
> although through a psychological "virtual debriefing" like this,
and more
> than ever when the Cuban people are of the closest neighbors of the
American
> people, and many of us are still in a post-traumatic extreme stress
> situation.
>
> In the southern countries there are very few people closer to the American
> people than the Cuban people, even if we include the Mexicans. Our relations
> of cooperation and friendship began before the achievement of the
>
> ever since the end of the Independence of Cuba colony from
> help of the Americans. At last, they were at the highest level since the
> fifties when began a high proportion of Cubans to go to live in
>
>
> Since September 11, my heart and many Cuban hearts have been with all the
> Americans in these 20 very dark and sad days of national mourning and
> recovering in the
> friends, and well-known, but if so, please receive our most felt
condolence,
> and receive it anyway for the victims of your fellow citizens.
>
> I have followed the details of this criminal act of terrorism against the
> American people, homeland and symbols; the organization of a very strong
and
> implacable response with the united US Congress, NATO treaty with more
than
> 19 nations, including Russia and others, and the condemn and support of
the
> majority of the countries of the world; the solemn religious services in
the
> Cathedral of Washington, D.C., and most of the US and international news.
>
> In the one hand, I am sure that the promotion of hate, fanaticism, and a
> certain type of discrimination, against the very successful American
> Anglo-Saxon Western Civilization in the last 56 years has in some way to
> disappear from the political discourses and actions of all the less
> developed countries of the world. In the other hand, there is a reality in
> our world of today that cannot be hidden, where some countries and regions
> are still living practically not even in the Middle Age or Ancient Age,
but
> even some are leaving the man's prehistory, and this have to change as
well
> in some way...
>
> Unfortunately, this point was not in the discussion agenda in Durban,
South
> Africa hardly two weeks before the attack, and the debates were centered
in
> the 50-year Jewish Zionism and in the almost 500 years anti-Black racism,
> but I believe that it will be included in some way in the next UN Meetings
> against all type of discriminations in the world.
>
> I have to apologize for sent you all my research initiative out of
context,
> because probably most of the fellows of these exchanges are not
physicians.
> As peaceful person, not official of the Cuban government, I want to learn
> and contribute in the exchange about how to end-terrorism, not to
criticize
> what has been done or could be done or should be done now by
>
> This is my position.
>
> As a single scientist of a clinical research center, with that personal
> global health research initiative, I have
never intended to represent a
> governmental official position in regard with this world violent conflict
> begun on September 11, or even in health research matters, although this
> could be inferred erroneously because my Cuban citizenship.
>
> However, I understand very well all the American people that want only a
> strong response and nothing else. For all of them, I should put clear that
> my initiative is a complement, not an alternative in opposition with any
of
> the political and/or violent measures that are being taken by USA and the
> rest of the civilized countries to stop already these particular terrorist
> attacks, and to disarticulate these particular terrorist network or other
> terrorist networks in the world. Perhaps it sounds very daunting, but my
> intention was and is all the contrary. It is to
begin now to do something
> else for the future!
>
> My scientific concern is that in addition to the use of the force, the
> changes in
> the policies, and even the dialogue, it could be done for the future more
> scientific research on the causes and on the methods to prevent the very
> probably future more virulent renaissance of that same terrorism network
> momentarily conquered but not defeated. Here I am using the known
biomedical
> models of the interaction of antibiotics and infections, chemotherapy and
> cancer, etc. That future pool of scientific results, then could help the
> governments and the UN Security Council and General Assembly to take
> decisions about terrorism prevention on a more scientific basis when the
new
> circumstances request it.
>
> Since Sep. 11, I exchanged emails of condolence with near 500 American
> family, colleagues and friends, according to the main principle of the
> People to People Ambassadors Program: "If the people get
together, so
> eventually will nations." Dwight D. Eisenhower.
>
> On Sept 16, I wrote to the PTPAP colleagues and friends, and suggested
them
> that after all this nightmare passed, in the
future would be good to
> increase much more the destinies of PTPAP exchanges to
> and even someday to
> the
> and
> by these missions of understanding as happened with
> disputes and dangers since the 90s, life has taught that were and still
are
> in other countries.
>
> Then, I read an editorial of the UK BMJ: "A world heading for
war?" About
> the role of doctors facing the war against terrorism, and decided to write
a
> letter to the
> way of contribution of doctors. "For a
Global Health Research Initiative on
> Fanatic Terrorism Causes & Prevention", RJ Stusser, MD, BMJ, 24 Sep 2001
> http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/323/7314/0#EL4
>
> Finally, I thought that this letter to the UK Editor article could be
> interesting for the fellows of the End-Terrorism list, and committed the
> mistake to send it without the introduction to the Editor of the BMJ, and
> without this wider introduction to put you into the context.
>
> I think that the concepts handled in my initiative are according to the
> Encarta 2000 Microsoft Encyclopedia. Terrorism is not new, it is as old as
> humanity. Only in the 20-century in the 70s it began to receive scientific
> attention. Focusing the problem of the health research initiative, if it
is
> justified or not, unfortunately, I have to express you that there is a
> vacuum on the causes and methods of prevention of terrorism and fanaticism
> together, and themes related with terror in the health scientific
> literature in the 11 millions of papers published and posted in the last
36
> years in the PubMed database of the US National
Library of Medicine.
>
> Since 1976 began to be published scientific papers about terrorism in
> general and there are only 320 until last Saturday. Practically 196 of
them
> were published in 1999, 2000, and most of them in 2001. The majority of
them
> are about the health care of the effects of different kinds of terrorism
> with
> biological, chemical and conventional weapons. If there are 20 of these
320
> papers since 1976 to 1998 interested in the origins of this criminal
> behaviors and/or how to avoid them, there are too much.
>
> There are 10 very interesting titles of papers that I will enclose below
at
> the end of my message, for the more interested in the health scientific
> approach to this lash and related matters. Unfortunately, I have not
access
> to them, our libraries have not those Journals. If someone could photocopy
> and send me some ones, I will be very grateful.
>
> Finally, I should tell you that I have a loved daughter and a grandson in
>
>
> PTPAP in all the
>
> I hope to be able to say in the future "I have gotten more friends in
> and other countries through this list on End-Terrorism"...
>
> I will be out of my work for the next two weeks, so forgive me if I cannot
> respond in that time.
>
> Now, I am sure that Dr. Osher Doctorow will not be at least in a complete
> disagreement with me. If some disagreement continues, it does not matter,
it
> is something natural, and I respect your opinion.
>
>
> Good Bless the Americans and all the People of the World!
>
> =========================================
> List of interesting articles about terrorism in On-Line PubMed:
>
> Eissler KR. On hatred.
With comments on the revolutionary, the saint, and
> the terrorist. Psychoanal Study Child 2000;55:27-44
>
> Poteliakhoff A, Weerts
J, de Leeuw-Korthals Althes
M. Terrorism: causes and
> prevention. Med War. 1988 Oct-Dec;4(4):227-31
>
> Vizioli R. [Psychology and politics. Attempt at
a psychopathologic
> interpretation of terrorism]. [Article in Italian] Minerva Psichiatr 1985
> Apr-Jun;26(2):159-66
>
> Jarret R, Moutet HP, Junod A. [The psychiatrist and terrorism]. [Article in
> French] Ann Med Psychol (Paris) 1984 Feb;142(2):248-54
>
> Corrado RR. A critique of the
mental disorder perspective of political
> terrorism. Int J Law Psychiatry 1981;4(3-4):293-309
>
>
> Jan;26(1):116-22
>
> Alonso Fernandez F. [Psychology of terrorism]. [Article in Spanish] An R
> Acad Nac Med (Madr) 1980;97(2):207-23
>
> Thorup OA Jr. Terrorism: prevention,
negotiation, or capitulation?--a panel
> discussion. Pharos Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Med Soc 1980 Spring;43(2):20-6
>
> Kent I, Nicholls W. The psychodynamics of terrorism.
Ment Health Soc 1978
> Jan;4(1-2):1-8
>
> Comay M. Political terrorism. Ment Health Soc 1976;3(5-6):249-61