Final Flashcards
What is forfeiture of funds and why is it important?
Taking the terrorists money for living expenses,wages, weapons,safe houses,training areas. Important racist terrorist organizations require lots of money to operate
US patriot act
Keeps communication open between law enforcement agencies
Prevents large terrorist attacks
What is one of the most effective ways to deal with terrorists?
Forfeiture of funds
How do we outlaw terrorists?
Prevent then from operating freely,prevent enlisting sources, prevent ability to recruit,remove cloak of seeming legality
Administrative punishment
Closure
Curfew
Detention
Deportation
2 prong vision for combating terrorism
The defeat of violent extremism as a threat to our way of life as a free and open society
The creation of a global environment
Challenges in combating terrorism today
Groups are more dispersed We are not able to prevent all attacks We are jot immune from attacks They use WMD some states harbor terrorists
4D strategy
Defeat/destroy terrorist organizations
Deny sanctuary and support to terrorist organizations
Diminish the underlying causes
Defend us citizens and interests at home and abroad
Fight on three levels
War of:
Actions
Networks
Ideas
Defeat the __ not the __
Group. Tactic
7 elements in decline of terrorists groups
- Capture or kill leader
- Failure to transition to next generation
- No achievement of groups goals
- Transition to a legitimate process
- Undermining of popular support
- Repression
- Transition from terrorism to other forms of violence
To win war on terror the us will
Advance effective democracies as tr long term antidote to the ideology of terrorism
Prevent attacks by terrorist networks
Deny weapons of mass destruction to rogue states and terrorist allies who seek to use them
Deny terrorists the support and sanctuary of rogue states
Deny terrorists control of any nation they would use as a base and launching pad for terror
Lay the foundations and build the j storerooms and structures we need to carry the fight forward against terror and help ensure our legitimate success
Log term success
Establish and maintain international standards of accountability
Strengthen coalitions and partnerships
Enhance government architecture and interagency collaboration
Foster I teller rial and human capital
Terrorists advantages to media coverage
Generate public interest
Attribute a positive spin
Portray themselves as the weak side
Receive important info regarding counter terrorist activities
Media delivers to three different audiences
The native population that supports the terrorist organization
The population targeted with terrorism
International public opinion
Should we limit the media?
Yes
Radical Islamic three phase strategy
A radical Islamic republic would be established in the Muslim countries of Central Asia and the Middle East
The territory controlled by radical Islam would be expanded to nations that ha r a Muslim majority or a Muslim minority that is not integrated
The campaign would spread throughout the rest of the world
Is censorship necessary
It prevents terrorists from learning information
War between who would benefit al Qaeda?
Us and Iran
Five ways to hasten al Qaeda defeat
If you are not going to fight a war do lot call it a war
Rewrite the national security act if 1947 to address present day threat
Fight an ideology with a better ideology
Fight networks with networks
Educate susceptible youth
Savage warfare
Us needs to learn how to fight like terrorist
Us needs to battle for
Hearts and minds
Study sun tzu
Asymmetric ware fare