DEALING WITH TERRORISM

Col PP Marathe, Director,

DiMaRF, Pune
1. DEFINITIONS AND THE CONCEPT.

2. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TERRORISM, INSURGENCY

AND GUERRILLA WARFARE.

3. THE CAUSES.

4. PROFITABILITY OF THE CONCEPT.

5. SPREAD IN THE WORLD.

6. STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM.

7. TYPES OF TERRORISM.
1. ANCIENT AGE.

2. MEDIEVAL AGE.

3. MODERN AGE.

4. SOME LONG STANDING TERRORIST MOVEMENTS.

5. MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SURGE OF THE LATE 20TH

CENTURY.

6. ALLIANCES.
1. INDIRECT AND DIRECT APPROACH.
2. ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS.
3. SPREAD OF THE IDEOLOGY.
4. ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES.
5. POLITICAL INTERVENTIONS.
6. COERCION FOR SUPPORT AND INFESTATION OF
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
7. MILITARY OPERATIONS.
8. TRAINING.
9. SPONSORING.
10. COST OF OPERATIONS.
 1. THROUGH POLITICAL IDEOLOGY
2. THROUGH RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGY.

YOUTH.
ECONOMICALLY
BACKWARD PEOPLE.
CULTURALLY SIMILAR
PEOPLE.
EXPANSION OF
GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS POLITICALLY AFFECTED
AND OPERATIONAL PEOPLE.
DIVERSIFICATIONS
1. LOOTING AND EXTORTIONS.

2. FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY SYMPATHISERS AND

SUPPORTERS. (HAWALA)

3. CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE STATES SPONSORING THE

ACTIVITIES.

4. RUNNING OWN BUSINESSES AND INVESTMENTS UNDER

PSEUDO NAMES.

5. THROUGH NARCO-TRAFFICING.

6. THROUGH ARMS SALES.

7. BARTER EXCHANGES.
1. POLITICIZING THE ISSUE WITHIN THE COUNTRY (NSCN,
HURIYAT, BALUCHISTAN, POK, DAGESTAN/ CHECHNYA).

2. SEEKING INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ATTENTION.

(KASHMIR AND KHALISTAN, ERETREA AND ETHIOPIA,
LEBANON, PALESTINE).

3. SEEKING INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION. (POLITICAL

DIALOGUE BETWEEN LTTE AND SRI LANKAN GOVT
THROUGH NORVEGIAN MEDIATORS).

4. SEEKING EXTERNAL POLITICAL SUPPORT –

CONVERTING THIS SUPPORT TO ECONOMIC AND
MATERIAL SUPPORT. (TERRORIST OUTFITS OF J&K,
HIZBOLLAH BEING SUPPORTED BY SYRIA AND IRAN)

5. ATTAINING POLITICAL AIMS. (EAST TIMOR,

YUGOSLAVIA)
1. TRAINING CAMPS ARE ORGANIZED AT SAFE PLACES. IF THE
TERRORISM IS SPONSORED BY ANOTHER STATE, THE LAND
I MADE AVAILABLE.
2. TRAINING CAMPS ARE WITH MINIMUM INFRASTRUCTURE.
3. BASIC TRAINING INCLUDES:-
WEAPON TRAINING.
HANDLING EXPLOSIVES.
TRAINING IN KIDNAPPING.
COMMUNICATIONS.
INDOCTRINATION.
4. SPECIALIZED TRAINING INCLUDES:-
HANDLING SPECIALIZED WEAPONS.
OPERATING OF MACHINES AND TRANSPORTATION.
CHEMICAL, BIO AND NUCLEAR RELATED ASPECTS.
1. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HELP IN GAINING LOCAL

INFORMATION AND ALSO OFFER SAFE HIDEOUTS AND

LOGISTIC SUPPORT.

2. THEY ARE THE PEOPLE MOSTLY AFFECTED BY THE

PROBLEM, ON THE FRINGES.

3. MANY OF THEM ARE FENCE SITTERS.

4. SOME OF THEM ACT AS CARRIERS OF MATERIAL.

5. SOME SPECIALISTS ACT AS FORGERS/ TECHNICIANS.

1. THEY OPERATE IN SMALL GROUPS.

2. THE GROUPS REPORT TO A COORDINATOR.

3. ONE GROUP AND THE COORDINATOR DO NOT

KNOW ABOUT OTHER GROUPS AND
COORDINATORS.

4. LOGISTICS IS SEPARATELY TIED UP.

5. THE MONEY AND WEAPON AVAILABILITY IS

INDEPENDENTLY HANDLED.

6. THE LOWER LAYER DOES NOT HAVE

INFORMATION ABOUT THE HIGHER LAYERS.
1. TERRORIST PROFILES HAVE CHANGED FROM UNEDUCATED
AND ECONOMICALLY BACKWARD CADRES TO HIGHLY
EDUCATED PROFESSIONALS.
2. THE ECONOMIC STRENGTH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS HAS
INCREASED GREATLY.
3. SELF SACRIFICE IS BEING READILY ACCEPTED, EVEN BY
THE LADIES.
4. THERE HAS BEEN A SOPHISTICATION IN THE
COMMUNICATIONS, WEAPON TYPES AND THERE IS A
LIKELIHOOD OF EVEN WEAPONS OF MAS DESTRUCTION
BEING HANDLED AND OPERATED.
5. ORGANIZATIONS HAVE STARTED HAVING POLITICAL
WINGS TO CHANGE THE TEXTURE OF POLITICS (MMM IN
PAKISTAN, EFFORTS OF GAINING FOOTHOLD IN
GOVERNANCE BY MODERATE TALIBAN CADRES).
6. ADVANCED METHODS OF INCOME GENERATION ARE BEING
ADOPTED.
1. AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, THE GOVT MACHINERIES ARE
ESSENTIALLY REACTIVE WITH LIMITED INTELLIGENCE
GATHERING.
2. IT’S A WAR WITHOUT BOUNDARIES AND HENCE SYNERGY
BETWEEN THE GOVTS IS DESIRABLE YET NOT
FORTHCOMING.
3. TERRORISTS PLAN WELL IN ADVANCE AND KEEP THE PLANS
ON ‘ NEED TO KNOW BASIS’. THUS, COMPROMISING OF ONE
GROUP STILL KEEPS OTHER GROUPS UNDETECTED.
4. THE LEGAL SYSTEMS ARE TOO SLOW.
5. AT TIMES, TERRORISTS INFEST THE GOVERNMENT
MACHINERY (PUNJAB AND J&K). THIS HINDERS THE
OPERATIONS.
6. SMPATHISERS HELP THE TERRORISTS TO GET AWAY AND IT
IS DIFFICULT TO NAB THE SYMPATHISERS – THEY GET
AWAY AS INNOCENTS.
1. WHAT IS TERRORISM.
2. HISTORY.
3. HOW THE TERRORISTS OPERATE.
4. DIMENSIONS OF TERRORISM –
* POLITICAL.
* RELIGIOUS.
* TECHNOLOGICAL.
* ECONOMIC.
* SOCIAL.
5. WAR AGAINST TERRORISM – THE LACUNAE IN THE STATE
MACHINERY AND SYNERGY OF STATE EFFORTS.
6. LIVING WITH TERRORISM.
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