Title: Counter Terrorism
1Counter Terrorism
2Overview
- My Personal Background
- International Terrorism / Middle East
- Focused on Israel
- Life of Terrorism
- Counter Terrorism
- Offensive
- Defensive
- Punitive
- Discussion
3World Terrorism
- Terrorism is EVERYWHERE
- State sponsored
- State Financed
- Activities include
- Organized crime
- Counterfeiting
- Smuggling
Iraq
Iran
Libya
Sudan
Syria
Lebanon
4Arab Terrorist OrganizationsActive in the Middle
East
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
(DFLP) Palestinian Fatah - Revolutionary
Council (Abu Nidal Organization) Lebanon Fatah
Tanzim Palestinian Force
17 Palestinian Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement) Palestinian Hizballah (Party of
God) Lebanon Palestine Liberation Front
(PLF) Iraq Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ) Palestinian Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine - General
Command Palestinian Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Palestinian Popu
lar Struggle Front (PSF) Syria
5Life with Terrorism
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19Counter TerrorismInternational Activity
- UN Resolutions
- General Assembly
- Security Council
- International Treaties / Conventions
- International convention for the suppression of
terrorist bombings - Convention on the marketing of plastic
explosives - Tokyo convention on offenses and other acts
committed aboard aircraft - Hague convention on the suppression of unlawful
seizure of aircraft - Convention against the taking of hostages
- Convention on the physical protection of nuclear
materials -
- Terrorist Trials
20Counter TerrorismComponents
- Operative Measures
- Military activities against terrorist targets.
- Defensive
- Activities targeted at stopping and disrupting
attempted terrorist attacks. - Punitive Measures
- Legal activity aimed at punishing operatives and
planners as well as terrorist supporters
21Counter TerrorismGoals
- Minimize the Extents of Terrorist activity and
its resulting damage - Focus effort on damaging terrorist organizations
- Target leaders and planners
- Strike at terrorist infrastructure
- Undermine terrorist morale
22Operative Measures
- Aerial bombardments
- Land incursions
- Naval operations
- Pinpoint strikes
- Which one do you use?
23Air Strikes
- Targets
- Command Centers
- Training bases
- Staging areas
- Ammo/equipment depots
- Living quarters
- Military positions
- Bunkers
- Special facilities (Radio stations)
24Air StrikesTerrorist Adaptations
- Make it harder to hit only us Settle where
there is abundant civilian population. - If you cant see us, you cant hit us Never
stay more than is needed in one place.
25Air StrikesAdvantages/Disadvantages
- Readily available
- Does not require long range planning
- Is often inaccurate
- May take innocent lives
26Ground Incursions
- Used primarily in circumstances where aerial
bombardment is difficult - Caves
- Well fortified positions
- Proximity to civilian population
- Thick concentration of AAA
27Ground Incursions Advantages/Disadvantages
- Requires Special forces
- More manning, special training, special equipment
- Hazardous
- Often results in much larger campaigns than
intended
28Naval Attacks
- Used
- Against Enemy naval bases
- As Shore artillery platform
- To counter smuggling (equipment, personnel)
29Naval Attacks Advantages/Disadvantages
- Requires difficult to get intelligence
- Difficult to pinpoint locations/times
30CT Units
- So how do they do it?
- What do they go through (training)
- Can you be one?
31MistaarviimMissions
- Gather intelligence
- Target terrorists Quick raids
- Hostage rescue
32MistaarviimTraining
- Language
- Camouflage
- Urban/Satellite photo Navigation
- Customs, Tradition, behavior
- CQB
- Unarmed combat
33Targeting the Leaders
- Serves a dual purpose
- Punishment for those responsible for the attacks
- Preventing future terror
- Requires
- Precise Intelligence
- Extremely complex Planning
- Flawless execution
34Targeting the LeadersContinued
- Results include -
- Damaging the stability of the terrorist
organizations - Increase competition and tensions between
possible heirs - Obligate resources to find hiding places for
leadership protection - Lowers morale
- Sabotage planned attacks
35Defensive Operations
- Deterrence
- Warning
- Prevention
- Aimed at damaging and disrupting the ability to
carry out attacks
36Legal Punitive Measures
- Aimed at applying legal measures to punish those
practicing and aiding terrorist activities - Deterrence
37A Case Study
- Taibeh Raid - March 3, 2000
38Background Information
- Taibeh - a 35,000 person Israeli-Arab city.
- In March 3, 2000, the Israeli General Security
Service (SHABACH) received information from
Palestinian collaborators that a group of
terrorists is in Taibeh, preparing for major
attacks against big Israeli cities during the
weekend.
39The Action
- 0500 - Siege placed on the house,
and the perimeter is secured - Since there were no hostages present, there
wasn't any rush to break in. - Negotiators started calling the terrorists to
surrender. - One of the terrorists comes out and surrendered
to the security forces.
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41The Action Continues
- Few hours later two more terrorists come out one
holding a suitcase - Suddenly one of them draws a handgun.
- The unit's operators immediately opened fire,
killing the two terrorists. - The suitcase contained an explosive charge, which
exploded injuring an operator, who was standing
close to the terrorists.
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44Several Hours Later
- After spotting no movement inside the house, a
trained dog was sent in to search for explosives.
- The dog found one charge, which exploded killing
the dog. - In order not to risk any more dogs, a police
Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) robot was sent
in the house and fired its shotgun at suspicious
objects. - When the robot found nothing, more dogs were sent
in to the house and came out safe, without
finding explosives.
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46Demolishing the house
- At that time, it was decided to bring in an
armored Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Caterpillar
D9 bulldozer to destroy the house, burying the
terrorists alive in the ruins - a standard
operating procedure when no hostages are present.
When the bulldozer approached the house, a
terrorist tried to fire at the driver and was
taken out by a sniper.
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49Storming the House
- After the house was totally demolished,
operatives stormed the ruins looking for the
remaining terrorists. - The operators found two bodies - one belonging to
the terrorists killed by Unit sniper, and another
killed during the bulldozer's destroying of the
house.
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51Results
- Total results of the Taibeh raid
- Four terrorists killed
- One terrorist captured alive
- One dog killed
- One lightly injured operative.
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55QUESTIONS???