CTC Sentinel. Volume 4, Issue 11-12

Abstract

A group of men spend their formative and early adult years in Western urban settings such as London, Hamburg, Copenhagen, New York or Sydney. They take the initiative to travel overseas and then return to the West to launch terrorist attacks in the name of al-Qa`ida. Can this be considered an al-Qa`ida plot? What criteria determine that designation? What is the nature of the relationship between radicalized men in the West and the core al-Qa`ida organization in the borderlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan? For it to be identified as an al-Qa`ida plot, does one of the plotters have to attend an al- Qa`ida training camp or meet with an al-Qa`ida trainer, or can they simply be inspired by al-Qa`ida s ideology?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA553685

Entities

People

  • Erich Marquardt

Organizations

  • United States Military Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Civil War
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Commercial Aviation
  • Criminals
  • Criminology
  • Employment
  • Human Population
  • Man Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Societies
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States Military Academy
  • Warfare

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