379R terrorism blog

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316986,00.html?sPage=fnc.specialsections/waronterror

The link above should take you to an article concerning the escape of a suspected terrorism from a Pakistani prison. This suspect was supposed to be awaiting trial for a plot to blow up a British airplane. I chose to post this article because I feel that it punctuates an important problem with counter terrorism. At times cooperation between nations is at best limited. Pakistan has allowed many US and NATO participant operations within their borders since 9/11 compared to before. However, a large problem arises when are allies (even if they are limited allies) do not have the capability to carry out operations of their own. This may result from limited resources, or from elements of their societies who sympathize with the terrorist causes. Some governments may also realize that they cannot jeopardize international relations with world super powers if they are going to compete in a global economy, but only make marginal efforts to help. For example, Indonesia has responded to terrorist attacks against Western citizens, but their response is generally incredibly lenient. One individual convicted for the Bali blast in 2005 by Indonesia, received a two year sentence, which was later commuted after only 18 months.