Letters: Restore peace

With reference to "IS claims responsibility; toll at least 30" (March 23), terror struck once again as Islamic State (IS) carried out twin attacks killing and wounding several people in Brussels. Belgium's Interior Minister Jan Jambon said the country was on high alert sensing a possible revenge attack following the capture of the Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam. Does it hint at a failure of intelligence? Many believe that until the West gets out of the Middle East, IS will have reason to recruit suicide bombers and similar attacks will continue in the western world, Europe and also possibly India.

It is high time the threat posed by IS was dispelled. In general, military and government advisers deal with emergencies as they come up without a long-term strategy. But unless the international community unites and starts an all-out war against IS there will be no end to terrorism. One is unable to understand why Western powers do not rein in countries such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey that are accused of funding or backing IS. Restoring peace and democracy in Syria has become more important than ever.

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Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee, Faridabad

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