Washington DC: United States Department of State Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism 2008. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Wraps. Very good. 319 1 pages. Illustrations some in color. Legislative Requirements and Key Terms. NCTC Statistical Annex. Supplement on Terrorism Deaths Injuries Kidnappings of private U.S. citizens. United States Department of State Publication 11500. Country Reports on Terrorism 2007 was submitted in compliance with Title 22 of the United States Code Section 2656f the "Act" which requires the Department of State to provide Congress a full and complete annual report on terrorism for those countries and groups meeting the criteria of the Act. 2007 was marked by the affiliation of regional insurgent groups with AQ notably the growing threat in North Africa posed by the Algerian Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat's GSPC September 2006 merger with AQ which resulted in GSPC renaming itself al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb AQIM. AQIM is still primarily focused on the Algerian government but its target set is broader than it was prior to the merger. 2007 witnessed the continuation of the transition from expeditionary to guerilla terrorism highlighted in Country Reports on Terrorism 2006. Through intermediaries web-based propaganda exploitation of local grievances and subversion of immigrant and expatriate populations terrorists inspired local cells to carry out attacks which they then exploit. We have seen a substantial increase in the number of self-identified groups with links to AQ leadership in Pakistan. These "guerilla" terrorist groups harbor ambitions of a spectacular attack including use of Weapons of Mass Destruction. United States, Department of State, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism paperback
Washington DC: United States Department of State Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism 2006. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Wraps. Very good. 319 1 pages. Illustrations some in color. Legislative Requirements and Key Terms. NCTC Statistical Annex. Supplement on Terrorism Deaths Injuries Kidnappings of private U.S. citizens. United States Department of State Publication 11324. Country Reports on Terrorism 2007 was submitted in compliance with Title 22 of the United States Code Section 2656f the "Act" which requires the Department of State to provide Congress a full and complete annual report on terrorism for those countries and groups meeting the criteria of the Act. Country Reports on Terrorism is an annual report published by the United States Department of State. In 2005 it replaced the Patterns of Global Terrorism report which had been released since 1985. The report is in accordance with Title 22 Section 2656f of the United States Code which requires the Secretary of State to submit to Congress an annual report on terrorism. A terrorist safe haven is an area of relative security exploited by terrorists to indoctrinate recruit coalesce train and regroup as well as prepare and support their operations. Country specific examples are useful but physical safe havens usually straddle national borders in transnational regions where transnational terrorists often seek refuge. They often take advantage of ungoverned sovereign borders operating in the Sahel the Sulu and Celebes Sulawesi Seas littoral and the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier. Indeed the most intractable safe havens worldwide tend to exist astride international borders or in regions where ineffective governance allows their presence. State worked to develop the Regional Strategic Initiative RSI a program designed to develop flexible regional networks of interconnected Country Teams. The State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism SICT is working with Ambassadors and interagency representatives in key terrorist theaters of operation to assess the threat and devise collaborative strategies actionable initiatives and policies. United States, Department of State, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism paperback