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by Raffaello Pantucci
This article will attempt to show how a recent plot in the United Kingdom, known by its police codename Operation Praline, and the broader international conspiracy that supported the group responsible may constitute an organic evolution of terrorist networks towards 'al-Qaeda' “architect” Abu Musab al-Suri’s nizam, la tanzim – “a system, not secret organization.” This is not to conclude that Aabid Khan and his broader network were necessarily purposefully moulding themselves in this direction – as the author has not seen evidence supporting this assertion – but rather this article attempts to show how al-Suri’s framework for global jihad offers a good prism through which to analyse this group since they would appear to have developed in broad accordance with al-Suri’s principles, whether wittingly or no.
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By Joshua Sinai
The books reviewed in this essay are divided into nine sections, which are not intended to be mutually exclusive: textbooks on terrorism, using the social sciences to study terrorism, terrorism and the Internet, radical Islam, suicide terrorism, 9/11 and its aftermath, Palestinian terrorism, terrorism in the United States, and counterterrorism
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By Vera Eccarius-Kelly
Since the Kurdish Worker’s Party (PKK) unexpectedly abducted three German hikers near Mt. Ararat in Turkey on 8 July 2008, and then released them on 20 July, intelligence sources in Europe have intensified their surveillance of PKK operatives among members of the particularly numerous Kurdish Diaspora in Germany. According to German newspaper reports, the PKK demanded that in exchange for the release of the hikers “Berlin stop its hostile politics towards the Kurds and the PKK in Germany”. While the exact purpose of the abduction requires further analysis, it is clear that it was the armed branch of the PKK, known as the People’s Defense Forces (HPG), that kidnapped the German hikers at their Mt. Ararat encampment at 10,500 feet in the evening hours—only to release them unharmed some two weeks later.
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By Dipak K. Gupta
One of Professor David Rapoport’s contributions to the academic inquiries into terrorism is his theory of waves of international terrorism. Rapoport argues that there have been four waves in the history of modern terrorism, where an idea has spurred violence across the world. Although his idea has become mainstream, there is no research on how ideas actually spread. This article attempts to bridge this important gap by combining recent advances in the fields of business, advertisement and mass communication with research on terrorism. I argue that understanding the process by which these ideas spread across the world can provide us with the tool to manage future waves of international terrorism.
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By Shazadi Beg
On a cloudless day in a large field in Aurakzai Tribal Agency, six thousand heavily armed militants gather. Sixty gunmen wearing suicide jackets in case of attack guard the perimeter of the field.[1] The leader of the group is Maulana Hakimullah, a deputy leader of the Terik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TPP) headed by Baituallah Mehsud. The latter is now the most prominent Taliban leader in Pakistan’s tribal belt, and a prime suspect in the murder of Benazir Bhutto. The date is 9 May 2008.
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