While Osama bin Laden may have been killed yesterday afternoon, was the movement he spawned already dead? As part of our coverage of the global reaction to the terror master’s demise, for Brazil’s Folha, columnist Sergio Malbergier writes that he bin Laden died first with the Arab uprisings, and died again yesterday.
For Brazil’s Folha, Sergio Malbergier writes in part
Far more than the Quran, Facebook is what has captured the attention and guides young Arab revolutionaries today.
In the end, bin Laden was found in a mansion far from the Pakistan-Afghan border and the caves that helped him create the myth of the ascetic and contemplative holy warrior.
This isn’t just an American party. The fight against Islamist extremism is a fight for freedom. The September 11th terrorist attacks brought new controls and interrupted the march toward free societies and broader individual liberties.
Beyond ensuring the reelection of Barack Obama, the end of bin Laden points to the end of an era in which millions of Muslims, disenchanted with the outrageous conditions in their communities, saw their future in a dark past. The uprisings have brought the Arab world back to the future. They had already killed bin Laden.
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