TERRORISM in the 21st Century

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TERRORISM in the 21st Century

• Righteous Aggression

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Terrorism

• The systematic use of terror especially as a
  means of coercion.
• To fill with terror or anxiety scare To coerce
  by means of threat or violence.

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Terrorist

• Believe they are instructed by God to do terrible
  things toother people, often their own children,
  but they do not suffer from any delusions. 

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Terrorist

• Through their study, reading, and interpretation
  of holy writings, they become convinced that they
  are called to action.  Theyperceive their
  behavior as righteous because they are of sound
  mind and believe that they are being persecuted
  or martyred if anyone tries to stop them. 

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From Bernard Cornwells SCOUNDREL

• Terrorists live in a skewed world.Their view is
  dominated and overshadowed by the cause, and
  every single thing that moves or creeps or swarms
  on earth is seen in its relation to the cause.
  And nothing is too far away or too trivial or too
  innocent to escape the cause.

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Continued from SCOUNDREL

• Thus to a terrorist like Halil, a game of
  baseball is not an irrelevant pastime, but
  evidence that the American public does not care
  about the monstrous crime committed against the
  Palestinian people worse, it is evidence that
  the American people deliberately do not want to
  consider that crime, preferring to to watch a
  game of bat and ball.

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From SCOUNDREL

• Therefore a scheme to kill baseball spectators
  would be a justifiable act because it could jolt
  the rest of Americans into understanding the -
  truth as the terrorist sees it.

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Terrorists

• Ricardo and Josefa Davila
• Timothy McVeigh
• Mohammed Atta
• Suicide bombers

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Terrorists

• Seek to create fear and chaos.
• Behavior is NOT against the victim.
• It is against the group the victim represents.

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Terrorists

• I can strike anywhere and you might be next.

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Terrorists

• Targets arent the buses, restaurants, or
  buildings they destroy.
• It isnt the people.
• It is the We are among you. Fear us. message.

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Terrorists

• They have no empathy for these suffering people
  because they do not want to interfere with what
  they see as God's punishment for the victim's
  behavior.

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Terrorism MUST strike the innocent

• Terrorism must kill the child if it is to shock
  the adult. Terrorism must hurt the helpless if it
  is to gain the worlds attention.

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Terrorism is evil

• It does not matter how noble the cause was that
  the terrorist serves. The methods are evil.
  Wrapping up terrorism in a flag does not make it
  right.

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Terrorism

• The acts are aimed at the people watching.
• Anthrax mailed to news media before anywhere
  else.
• Create fear it shows in the reports.
• Al Jareeza news reports.

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Reminder!

• Terrorism isnt something new
• The Crusades, the Grand Inquisition, and the
  Salem Witch Trials are examples of how religious
  people have condoned horrifying behaviors against
  other human beings are examples from Western
  history. 

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How do terrorists get recruits?

• Lack of jobs
• Lack of opportunities
• Propaganda
• Money??

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Palestine Poverty
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Next to prosperity.
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A history lesson to go with the CNN Special on
Hezbollah

• And some better understanding about why the Arab
  world is upset with Israel and the US.

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Arabs and Jews

• By mid 1940s Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon had
  become independent.
• But what about Palestine?
• BOTH Arabs and Jews called it their homeland.

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Arabs and Jews

• Arabs have lived for centuries in Palestine.

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Arabs and Jews

• Jews (Hebrews) lived in the area around 2000 BC
  to 1000 BC.
• Most Jews migrated to other lands, though a few
  stayed in Palestine.
• 10-million Jews spread through the world.

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Rise of Zionists

• Due to prejudice and WWII atrocities, the
  Zionists (Jews who thought Jews needed their own
  homeland to be safe) called for a return to
  Palestine.
• 1914 85,000 Jews immigrated to Palestine.

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Arab Reaction

• Fear of losing their territory to these new
  settlers who came with more money than the Arabs
  had.

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Politics Get Involved

• England promised Palestine to BOTH the Jews and
  the Arabs in secret agreements.
• Both Arabs and Jews pressured England to honor
  their agreements.

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Politics Get Involved

• With Nazi persecution 445,000 Jews fled to
  Palestine in 1939.
• Britain tried to limit Jewish settlement.
• Trapped millions of Jews in Europe to be put in
  concentration camps.
• Zionists engaged in guerilla warfare against the
  English in Palestine.

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After WWII

• After 6-million Jews died in WWII, there was a
  feeling that Jews needed a homeland of their own.

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After WWII

• BUT 70 of the population of Palestine was Arab
  and didnt want a Jewish state in their country.

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After WWII

• England withdrew and left the issue of Palestine
  for the United Nations to solve
• 1947- UN created the country of Israel taking
  half the land of Palestine.

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UN Plan

• Jerusalem would be an international city
  because it was sacred to Christians, Muslims, and
  Jews.
• Jews accepted the UN plan.
• Arab nations felt differently.

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Why the Arab Nations Did Not Approve

• More than half the land of Palestine would be
  given to a group that only made up 1/3 of the
  population.
• Gave the best land to the Jews

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UN voted to create Israel in 1948

• Within hours of the vote, the Arab countries
  attacked.
• Israel fought back and took ¾ of the land
  belonging to the Palestinians.
• Jordan and Egypt divided up the rest of Palestine.

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Diverse Cultures

• 80 of Israel is Jewish.
• 20 of Israel are Arab (includes Muslim,
  Christian and Druze)

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Conflict in Israel

• Palestinian refugees since 1949 500,000
  Palestinians lost their homes and had to leave
  Israel.
• Most Arab countries expelled their Jewish
  populations.

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Conflict

• One million Palestinians were refugees by 1967.
• Many remained in crowded refugee camps in
  Lebanon, Syria and Jordan

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AIPAC America Israeli Political Action Committee

• US is the strongest ally to Israel.
• Military aid
• Political aid
• Economic aid
• Israel returns US friendship with military
  intelligence and opportunities for the US to keep
  a foothold in the Middle East.

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Palestinian and Israeli Conflict

• Rise of the PLO (Palestinian Liberation
  Organization)
• Demand that Palestine be liberated. Israel is to
  be obliterated and Palestinians regain homeland.

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Israeli Response

• Military attacks
• Settling more Israelis settled in the occupied
  territories Gaza and The West Bank.
• The place the realistic Palestinians hoped to
  call home.

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PLO / Hamas / Hezbollah actions

• Hijacking planes
• Kidnappings
• Killing Israelis, Jews and Americans

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Today 2007

• Rise of Hezbollah, Intifada, Fatah, PLF.
• Hezbollah Party of God
• Intifada Shaking off
• Suicide bombers
• Israeli response of military attacks
• House demolitions

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How do terrorists get recruits?

• Madrasas
• Govt lessonIts complete implementation can occur
  only when the ruler himself is a pious Muslim
  (although an impious Muslim is much preferable to
  a non-Muslim). For Muslims, rule by non-Muslims
  is an abomination, a blasphemous inversion of
  God's dispensation.
• God should decide leaders not democracy.

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Madrasa Education

• Jihad the world is divided into believers and
  unbelievers. Jews, Hindus and Christians are evil
  usurpers. There is a need for Islamic warriors to
  liberate regions dominated by unbelievers and
  cleanse Islamic nations to establish a single
  Islamic theocracy.

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Rewards of Martyrdom

• Pass through directly to heaven. no tests, no
  Purgatory, etc.
• VERY sensual a palace with the finest food,
  wine, comforts and 72 houris.

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Rewards for the families?

• Celebrities for having martyr children.
• Doorways decorated with the number of dead.
• Flowers arranged in the shape of a heart and
  bomb.
• 2,000 25,000
• Scholarships for children
• Posters in madrasas schools
• Streets named for them
• Terrorist cards

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Terrorist Groups

• The CIA recognizes there are possibly more than
  1,000 groups.

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Belfast
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IRA Irish Republican Army

• Splinter groups of IRIP, RIRA, Provos, etc.
• GOAL A united and Catholic Ireland.
• METHODSbombings, assassinations, kidnappings,
  punishment beatings, extortion, smuggling, and
  robberies
• LATEST Statement that only military and
  political targets will be chosen. But are
  terrorizing their own people for money and
  support.

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ETA Basque Separatists from Spain

• Splinter of Basque National Party (PVN)
• GOAL Basque homeland in Northern Spain / SW
  France
• METHODS Car bombs, transportation bombing,
  assassination.
• LATEST 200 dead since 2000. Statement anything
  and anyone is target.

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Al Qaeda

• Splinter Groupsal QaedaAl-QaidaThe Base"the
  Islamic Armythe World Islamic Front for Jihad
  Against Jews and Crusadersthe Islamic Army for
  the Liberation of the Holy Placesthe Usama Bin
  Laden Networkthe Usama Bin Laden
  OrganizationIslamic Salvation FoundationThe
  Group for the Preservation of the Holy Sites

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Al Qaeda

• GOAL To rid Muslim countries of all Western
  (Infidel) presence and influence.
• Conversion or die for the west??? Waging war on
  the West.

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Al Qaeda methods

• Timed bombings, kidnappings, armed attacks.

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Palestinian Terrorism

• PLO, Hezbollah, Hamas, Intifada, PLF, etc.
• GOAL Destruction of Israel. Palestinian
  homeland. Iradication of all Jews from Muslim
  lands.

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Palestinian Terrorist Groups

• METHODS Suicide bombings, roadside attacks on
  military and civilians.

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Chechnya

• Rebels / Terrorists. While most Chechens are
  Muslim there appears to be a split on if it is
  nationalistic or Islamic motivations.
• GOAL A free country called Chechnya.
• FUNDING ???

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Chechnya

• METHODS mass kidnappings, bombings of schools,
  planes, trains, subways and apartment buildings.
• Connections to Al Qaeda?

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Chechnya

• Russian President Putins role with Chechnya is
  being questioned
• Human rights abuses by Russian forces?
• Playing up the Al Qaida connection to get US
  support?

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Chechnya

• President Putin has also been accused of
• Creating incidents and blaming Chechyns and
  then grabbing more power.

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North Korea

• Has NOT been conclusively tied to terrorism in 15
  years under Kim il Jung Dear Leader.
• GOAL Possession of weapons of mass destruction.
• 2007 willing to stop building nukes if US
• Frees up frozen N. Korean money
• Gives economic aid
• Removes N. Korea from terrorist list

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North Korea UPDATE

• Israeli Intelligence says that Syria has nuclear
  missile sites of North Korean design.
• September 12, 2007.
• Is Kim Jong Il selling his nukes?
• NOT FULLY CONFIRMED!!!!

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North Korea Syria UPDATE (9-18-2007)

• Israel blew apart Syrian nuclear cache that
  Syria hasnt admitted they had!
• North Korean involvement confirmed.

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Iran

• Building nuclear bomb?
• Hiding terrorists?
• Sponsoring terrorism?

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Iran

• Many IEDs that have been used on US troops in
  Iraq come from Iran.
• Funding for Shiite groups and training has come
  from Iran.
• Proxy War
• Iraq
• Hezbollah

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Iran

• President Ahmadinijad is well-known for his
  hatred of Israel and the US.
• Israel can no longer be allowed to live.
• September 13, 2007.

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What are we doing?

• Bush Doctrine the U.S. will "make no
  distinction between the terrorists who committed
  these acts and those who harbor them."

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What are we doing?

• US Agencies
• National Security Agency
• CIA
• FBI
• Military Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Intelligence Czar?
• Diplomatic Attempts?
• Economic Attempts?

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Thoughts of Christian Amanpour

• Certainly terrorism must be confronted and
  defeated.
• BUT it will take more than military to do it.
• We must match groups like AlQuaida and Hezbollah
  in offering aid, education and hope.

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Counter terrorist Groups

• Navy Seals
• Army Special Forces
• Delta Force
• ????
• Using terror on the terrorists?

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International Counter Terrorist Groups

• MI-5, MI-6 national and international British
  services.
• FSB Russian Security forces
• Mossad Israeli Counter Terrorist forces.
• Saudi Arabia - ???

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What Counter Terrorism Does

• Assess Threats
• Sharing information
• Risk Analysis
• Interviewing suspects
• Interviewing acquaintances.
• Orientation
• Propaganda / disinformation