Aly is a staff member of the Global Terrorism Research Centre at Monash University and says that most of the conflicts in the Middle East can be traced to the arbitrary way in which its territories were divided-up by Western powers by the ongoing demand for Middle Eastern oil and more recently by factors such as the invasion of Iraq . After the Boston Marathon bombing , describing terrorism as a " perpetual irritant " , he said it is encouraging that we are finally maturing in the way we handle terrorism
Boston Marathon bombing
Boston Marathon bombing
Waleed Aly