NCJ Number
52965
Date Published
1977
Length
9 pages
Annotation
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IS CHARACTERIZED AS A PRODUCT OF THIRD-WORLD INSTABILITY, INCREASING AVAILABILITY OF SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY, AND INTERNATIONALISM. PREVENTIVE COUNTERMEASURES ARE IDENTIFIED
Abstract
THE EXPANSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION NETWORK (FACILITATING INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS AMONG TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS), SUCH ATTEMPTS AS THOSE OF THE PALESTINIANS TO CALL ATTENTION TO THEIR PROBLEMS THROUGH VIOLENT MEANS, AND NEW RADICAL ACTIVITIES IN WESTERN COUNTRIES HAVE ALL CONTRIBUTED TO RECENT INCREASED TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. THESE ACTIVITIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE WILL MOST LIKELY TAKE THE FORM OF (1) A REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE BY THIRD-WORLD GROUPS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES SEEKING LEGITIMATION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATION AND INTENDING TO PUBLICIZE THEIR PROBLEMS ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL THROUGH CAREFULLY PLANNED, IF BRUTAL, ACTS WITH TECHNOLOGICAL MEANS IN A LIMITED RANGE; (2) A DEMONSTRATION OF SUPPORT FOR AN ANARCHIST WORLD REVOLUTION WITHOUT ANY PARTICULAR POLITICAL STRATEGY OR LEGIMITATION GOAL, WITH THE PRIMARY GOAL OF EXPOSING THE REPRESSIVE CHARACTER OF A PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT; OR (3) LIMITED WARS CONDUCTED FOR STATES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO TOTAL WAR BY GROUPS OF PROFESSIONAL TERRORISTS WHO DO NOT HAVE A LEGITIMATE CONSTITUENCY OF THEIR OWN AND HAVE NO VOICE IN PROGRAM PLANNING. TWO CRUCIAL MEASURES TO BE TAKEN FOR PREVENTION OF TERRORISM ARE THE EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL POLICE COOPERATION AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE, AND THE EXERTION OF PRESSURE THROUGH ECONOMIC AND DIPLOMATIC SANCTIONS BY WESTERN INDUSTRIAL STATES ON COUNTRIES WHICH HARBOR TERRORISTS, EVEN IF THE SANCTIONS ALSO AFFECT THE ECONOMIES OF THE WESTERN STATES. NOTES ARE PROVIDED. --IN GERMAN. (KMD)