Seven Rules for Countering Terrorism |
| Published: August 11, 2007, 1:19 pm |
| Tags: counter terrorism, wot, iraq, foreign policy, afghanistan |
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This comes from a post at National Security Intelligence by Tom Quiggin (his work was celebrated here) and Sir Richard Dearlove. The post was the first in a pair that argue that secrecy, while necessary in certain circumstances, can in fact hinder the counter terrorism process, among other things... I'll leave interested readers free to read the posts but want to archive the "rules" here and comment. They write...Louise Richardson, author of The Roots of Terrorism, spells out six rules for countering terrorism to which we can add a seventh. They are: Have a defensible and achievable goal; Live by your principles don't be goaded by the terrorist into behaving differently; Know your enemy, intimately; Isolate terrorists within their own communities; Engage others in countering terrorism with you; Have patience and keep your perspective be prepared for the long-term; Build a process which is unambiguous and can function strategically and operationally [ Full article ] |
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