| War on Terror | |
| 27 Jul 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| Terror Can Be Beaten but Intelligence is the Key | |
By Richard Kemp
Jul 26, 2011
In Norway last week or Mumbai the week before, determined terrorists can always get through. After a continuous 30-year campaign, with the resources of the British armed forces, police and intelligence services ranged against it, the Irish Republican Army, in a province of only 1.6 million people, still pulled off some successful attacks, despite being heavily penetrated.
Terrorists don't succeed because they are necessarily good at what they do. Some are, such as Muhammad Atta's 9/11 attackers and the gruesomely effective Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik. Most are inept bunglers, often lacking adequate training or experience. The reason terrorism is the instrument of choice for those lacking an army but determined to impose their will on others through violence, or for states like Pakistan or Iran that want to inflict deniable damage, is that it is so hard to counter.
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