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Military action won’t end terror, report warns

Military option has minimal impact on taming terrorism, the Global Terrorism Index report 2014 says.

The latest report by the Institute for Economics and Peace indicates that bare-knuckled combat against terror cells, such as the one Kenya has taken against Al-Shabaab since 2011, tends to fuel terrorism. Alternative approaches like better policing and initiation of political processes yield better results.

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