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“EXTREMELY poor societies…provide optimal breeding grounds for disease, terrorism and conflict.” So said Barack Obama, arguing in favour of more development aid to poor countries. Mr Obama is not alone in regarding economic development as a weapon against terrorism. Hillary Clinton, America’s secretary of state, has called development “an integral part of America’s national security policy”. The idea that poverty could be associated with terrorism is not implausible. If acts of terror are committed by people with little to lose, then it is reasonable to expect them to be carried out disproportionately by poor, ill-educated people with dismal economic prospects.
Some terrorists certainly fit this profile. Yet the ranks of high-profile terrorism suspects also boast plenty of middle-class, well-educated people. The would-be Times Square bomber, Faisal Shehzad, boasts an MBA and is the son of a senior Pakistani air-force officer. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who stands accused of lighting a makeshift bomb on a transatlantic flight in the so-called “underwear plot”, had a degree from University College, London, and is the son of a rich Nigerian banker. The suspected suicide-bomber in this week’s attacks in Stockholm had a degree from a British university. Are well-heeled terrorists representative or are they exceptions to the rule?

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misconceptions 오해, 틀린 생각, 착각. alleviate 완화시키다.
reduce 감소시키다. EXTREMELY 지극히, 극단적으로.
optimal 最適(최적)의. breeding 繁殖(번식). breeding grounds 飼育場(사육장).
conflict 갈등. development aid 개발원조. secretary of state 국무장관.
integral 완전한, 전체의, 積分(적분). national security 국가안보.
implausible 그럴듯하지 않은, 받아들이기 어려운.
carried out 수행하다. disproportionately 불균형적으로.
dismal 우울한, 陰散(음산)한, 무서운. prospects 가망, 전망, 예상.
profile 輪廓(윤곽), 외형, 半面像(반면상). ranks 신분, 고관, 橫列(횡렬).
high-profile terrorism suspects 高位(고위) 테러 용의자.
the ranks of high-profile terrorism suspects 고위 테러용의자의 多數(다수).
would-be ...이 되려고 하는, 지망하는, 자칭의.
Times Square 뉴욕의 타임스 광장. stands accused 기소되다.
makeshift 임시변통의. makeshift bomb 私製(사제) 폭탄.
a transatlantic flight 대서양횡단비행기.
suspected suicide-bomber 자살폭탄테러용의자.
well-heeled 돈 많은, 무기를 가진, 부유한. representative 대표하는, 대표자.