Killing didn’t end terrorism

The grievances that allowed al-Qaeda to grow still remain, says Rami Khouri

PRESIDENT Barack Obama and the Republican candidate-elect for president Mitt Romney have been trading accusations about how each of them relates to the killing of Osama bin Laden, and what his death means to the US and the world.

As usually happens when American public figures discuss the Middle East and terrorism, they mostly discuss peripheral issues and miss the main points about what bin Laden’s life and death really signify.