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INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. CLASS OUTLINE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF ISLAM THE BIRTH OF ISRAEL THE ISRAELI – PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE WHAT IS TERRORISM WHO ARE THE TERRORISTS TERRORIST CAUSES RESPONSE TO TERRORISM ISLAMIC FUNDALENTALISM DOMESTIC TERRORISM.

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INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

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  1. INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM • CLASS OUTLINE • HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF ISLAM • THE BIRTH OF ISRAEL • THE ISRAELI – PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE • WHAT IS TERRORISM • WHO ARE THE TERRORISTS • TERRORIST CAUSES • RESPONSE TO TERRORISM • ISLAMIC FUNDALENTALISM • DOMESTIC TERRORISM

  2. WHY IS THIS BLOCK OF INSTRUCTION IMPORTANT TOYOU • BRITISH, JORDANIAN AND PAKISTANI GOVERNMENTS ESTIMATE 2-5 % OF THEIR POPULATIONS SUPPORT OR PARTICIPATE TERRORISM • 1.2 BILLION MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD • ESTIMATE 2% = 24 MILLION SUPPORTERS OF TERRORISM • RADICAL ISLAMISTS (JIHADIS) BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN ATTACKED AND PERSECUTED SINCE 1916 (SYKES –PICOT AGREEMENT) OR EVEN SINCE THE CRUSADES – 1400 YEARS AGO!!!! • IF YOU ARE DECLARED A “NON-BELIEVER” BY JIHADIS– YOU MAY BE KILLED, YOUR GOODS SEIZED, AND YOUR WIFE AUTOMATICALLY DIVORCES YOU • THEIR WAR AGAINST THE WEST WILL END ONLY WHEN THE ENTIRE WORLD HAS BEEN CONVERTED OR ON JUDGEMENT DAY

  3. "The debate sparked by the Iraq war over American rashness vs. European escapism is dwarfed by what the world now faces. "Both sides of the Atlantic should put their best minds together on how to deal with the common danger of a wider war merging into a war of civilizations against the background of a nuclear-armed Middle East." Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

  4. INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM • THE TOPIC IS COMPLEX • POLITICS • PSYCHOLOGY • PHILOSOPHY • MILITARY STRATEGY • HISTORY

  5. WHO ARE THEY? ARE THEY ALL CRAZIES OR DEDICATED SOLDIERS FIGHTING FOR A CAUSE? THE TERRORISTS

  6. WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE IN OR WHAT CAUSE WOULD ENABLE THEM TO COMMIT SUCH ACTS? AND WHO SUPPORTS THEM? THE TERRORISTS

  7. INTELLEGENCY COMMUNITY DEFINITION • The Intelligence Community is guided by the definition of terrorism contained in Title 22 of the US Code, Section 2656f(d): • —The term “terrorism” means premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by sub national groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience. • —The term “international terrorism” means terrorism involving the territory or the citizens of more than one country. • —The term “terrorist group” means any group that practices, or has significant subgroups that practice, international terrorism.

  8. FBI DEFINITION • Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.

  9. US STATE DEPARTMENT • International terrorism is terrorism conducted with the support of a foreign government or organization and / or directed against foreign nationals, institutions or governments.

  10. TERRORISM IS NOT A NEW PHENOMENON • TERRORISM IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE USE OF PREMEDITATED VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS, WITH THE EXPRESSED DESIRE OF CAUSING TERROR OR PANIC IN THE POPULATION

  11. TERRORISM IS NOT A NEW PHENOMENON • WAS ABRAHAM A TERRORIST?

  12. THE TERRORISTS • JULIUS CAESAR IN BRITAIN • THE COLISEUM

  13. THE TERRORISTS • ARE THESE TERRORIST?

  14. HOW ABOUT THIS GERMAN SOLDIERS IN WORLD WAR II? THE TERRORISTS

  15. THE TERRORISTS • IS ONE MAN’S TERRORITS ANOTHER MAN’S FREEDOM FIGHTER?

  16. DEFINITIONS AND TERMS • IDEOLOGY:A SYSTEM OF BELIEFS THAT SUPPORTS THE ACTIONS OF A PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION. • DEMOCRACY: A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY BASED ON A GOVERNMENT BY THE MANY INSTEAD OF THE FEW. “ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL” • REPUBLICISM: A SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. REPRESENTATIVES GOVERN THROUGH AN ELECTED BODY.

  17. CAPITALISM: AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN WHICH THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION ARE PRIVATELY OWNED. • SOCIALISM: AN ECOMOMIC THEORY THAT FAVORS PUBLIC OR GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF SOME OR ALL OF THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION. • ANARCHISM: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY DEDICATED TO THE ELIMINATION OF ALL GOVERNMENT, LAWS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

  18. FASCISM:JOINING OF ALL ASPECTS OF SOCIETY, ECONOMY, CULTURE, GOVERNMENT, AND THE MILITARY, BENEATH A SINGLE SUPREME LEADER WHO IS MORALLY AND LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ALL DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE STATE.

  19. MARXISM: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY WHERE THE WORKING CLASS WOULD REVOLT AGAINST THE RULING CLASS (FACTORY OWNERS). THE WORKERS WOULD ESTABLISH A CLASSLESS SOCIETY CALLED COMMUNISM WHERE ALL WOULD BE EQUAL. THE ELITE WILL STAY IN POWERFOE SEVERAL YEARS – TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR THE PEOPLE • MAOISM: MARXISM ADOPTED TO CHINESE SOCIETY AND CULTURE. FEATURES SELF-CRITICISM; FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE; AND RE-EDUCATION – VERY VIOLENT

  20. HOW TO LABLE TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS • STATE SPONSORED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION: • State-sponsored or state-supported terrorism includes overt or covert assistance or support by a state to terrorist agents in order to subvert or destabilize another state or its government. • NON-STATE SUPPORTED: • SUPPORT PROVIDED BY CRIME AND MILITARY ACTION, RAIDS, AMBUSHES – BATLEFIELD RESUPPLY - SHINNING PATH IN PERU

  21. THE TERRORISTS • WEBSTER’S UNIERSITY DICTIONARY: systematic use of violence, terror, and intimidation to achieve an end. • US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: The calculated use of violence or the threat of violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies on the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological. • US STATE DEPARTMENT: International terrorism is terrorism conducted with the support of a foreign government or organization and / or directed against foreign nationals, institutions, or governments.

  22. WHAT MOTIVATES A TERRORIST • MONEY • PRESTIGE • HATRED • RELIGION • POLITICS • VENGEANCE • NATIONALISM

  23. TERRORIST REQUIREMENTS • TRAINING BASE • MONEY • ARMS • EQUIPMENT • DOCUMENTS • TRAINERS

  24. THE TERRORISTS • WHO ARE THE TERRORISTS VICTIMS? • NATIONALITY • RELIGION • RACE • NONE OF THE ABOVE • MARINES KILLED IN THE 1983 BEIRUT BOMBING

  25. HOW DO THE TERRORISTS SEE THEMSELVES • VIEW THEMSELVES AS LEGITIMATE SOLDIERS • ACTIONS AND MOTIVES ARE JUST • KILLING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE IS REQUIRED • THE VIOLENT END JUSTIFIES THE VIOLENT MEANS

  26. THE MEDIA’S ROLE • ALMOST INSTANT COVERAGE • NO MATTER HOW TRAGIC – IT INVITES VIEWERS • ITS AN EASY STORY

  27. RESONSE TO TERRORISTHOW DO WE WIN? • VIOLENCE • “AN EYE FOR AN EYE” • NEGOTIATE • INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS • 12 UN INTERNATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOLS

  28. TOOLS FOR FIGHTING TERRORISM • DIPLOMATIC • ECONOMIC • LAW ENFORCEMENT • FINANCIAL • INFORMATION • INTELLIGENCE • MILITARY • NATIONAL WILL

  29. MUSLIM RAGE AND THE UNITED STATES • WHY: MUSLIM VS. NON-BELIEVERS ◘ MUSLEM DEFEAT AT VIENNA1683 ≥ ISLAM ON THE DEFENSIVE ◘ INVASION OF FOREIGN IDEAS, LAWS, LIFESTYLES, RULERS, & SETTLERS ◘ EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN AND REBULLIOUS CHILDREN ◘ OK FOR NON-BELIEVERSTO BE RULED BY BELIEVER HOWEVER, IT IS UN-NATURAL FOR BELIEVERS TO BE RULED BY NON-BELIEVERS http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=160644&page=4

  30. MUSLIM RAGE AND THE UNITED STATES • IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II • NOT MUCH KNOWN OF AMERICA UNTIL W W II • EUROPEAN COMMERCE INTERUPTED • AMERICAN PRODUCTS FLOW • AMERICAN TV • AMERICAN COMPANIES

  31. MUSLIM RAGE AND THE UNITED STATES • HOW AMERICA IS PRECEIVED: • CIVILIZATION W/O CULTURE – 1776 • RICH, COMFORTABLE – BUT SOULLES • ASSEMBLED OR CONSTRUCTED – NOT GROWN • TECHNOLOGICALLY COMPLEX – LACKING SPITITUALITY

  32. MUSLIM RAGE AND THE UNITED STATES • AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL • HOWEVER; • 1948 CZECHOSLOVAKIA SAVED ISRAEL • 1956 AMERICA SUPPORTED EGYPT • MIDDLE EAST STATES TURNED TO THE GODLESS COMMUNIST FOR MILITARY ARMS

  33. MUSLIM RAGE AND THE UNITED STATES • A CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS • ISLAM HAS NO HISTORY OF RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE • FEELING OF HUMILIATION – “THE ISLAMIC WORLD HAS BEEN LEFT BEHIND” • SECULAR STRUGGLE: IF IT ISN’T ISLAMIC – IT IS PEGAN • MODERNISATION STRUGGLE: THE PROCESS OF CHANGE – TV, GOODS, IDEAS,TECHNOLOGY http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=161566&page=1

  34. FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS

  35. HAMAS • SUNNI • FORMED IN 1987 • OPPOSE ISRAEL’S OCCUPATION OF GAZA AND THE WEST BANK • FORMATION OF AN ISLAMIC PALESTINIAN STATE • THREE WINGS • SOCIAL • MILITARY • POLITICAL – MAJORITY BLOCK IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

  36. HEZBOLLAH • SHIA • FOUNDED IN 1982 IN LEBANON AS A RESPONSE TO ISRAEL’S INVASION 1982 - 2000 • TRAINED, FINANCED, ARMED, BY IRAN • GOAL: ISLAMIC STATE IN LEBANON • THREE WINGS: • SOCIAL • MILITARY • POLITICAL

  37. AL-QAEDA • SUNNI • ELIMINATE ALL FOREIGH INDLUENCE IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES • SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN • BIN LADEN SUPPLIED FOREIGN ARAB FIGHTERS • ESTABLISHED AL-QAEDA IN 1988 TO EXTEND NONMILITARY OPS IN OTHER COUNTRIES • GULF WAR I – OBL OFFERED FIGHTERS TO SAUDI ARABIA / SAUDI ARABIA CHOSE US FORCES • MOVED TO SUDAN IN 1991 THEN AFGHANISTAN IN 1996

  38. DOMESTIC TERRORISM • ORGANIZATIONS: • AMERICAN COALITION FOR LIFE ACTIVISTS • ANIMAL LIBERATION FRONT (ALF) • ARMY OF GOD • ARYAN NATION • CHRISTIAN IDENTITY MOVEMENT • COLORADO FIRST LIGHT INFANTY • COLORADO MILITIA • CITIZENS OF THE REPUBLIC OF IDAHO • COVENANT (A.K.A. SWORD AND ARM OF THE LORD) • EARTH LIBERATION FRONT (ELF) • FREEMAN

  39. DOMESTIC TERRORISMCONTINUED • KU KLUX KLAN • MICHIGAN MILITIA • MILITIA OF MONTANA • MOUNTAINEER MILITIA • NATIONAL ALLIANCE • NORTH AMERICAN MILITIA OF SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN • PATRIOT’S COUNCIL • PHINEAS PRIESTHOOD • POSSE COMITUS • RECLAIM THE SEEDS • REPUBLIC OF TEXAS

  40. DOMESTIC TERRORISMCONTINUED • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MINUTEMAN • THE ORDER (A.K.A. THE NEW ORDER) • TEXAS MILITIA • VIPER MILITIA WORLD CHURCH OF CREATOR

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