Hezbollah: The Network and Its Support Systems, Can They be Stopped?

Abstract

Not all terrorist organizations are rootless groups engaging only in international terrorism. Many terrorist groups are socially intertwined with the local population, highly territorialized, and directly compete for governance. Terrorist groups such as the IRA, Hamas, Mahdi Army, Sendero Luminoso, and Hezbollah are past and present examples of a socially intertwined terrorist organization. These groups present significant, but different challenges to our national security than Al Qaeda does and a different strategy to defeat them may be in order. Using Hezbollah as an example, this thesis addresses the question of whether the direct military approach used to combat terrorist groups, such as Al Qaeda, is appropriate to defeat a socially intertwined terrorist group as well. If not, what techniques would be the most useful?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA483483

Entities

People

  • Douglas S. Philippone

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Commerce
  • Foreign Relations
  • Game Theory
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Local Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Recreation
  • Security
  • Social Welfare
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.