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From: Par
Against terrorism "police action" is just not going to cut it - what
works is "decapitation". Israel has always understood it and US has
recently learned it as revealed by the statistics at
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/10/analysis_us_airstrik.php.
Wonder when India will learn this lesson w.r.t both Maoists and Islamists?
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http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htterr/articles/20090925.aspx
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No Credit Where Credit Is Due
September 25, 2009: For political, diplomatic and anti-Semitic
reasons, it's not likely that the Israelis will get the credit they
deserve for the defeat of Islamic terrorist groups throughout the
world. But it was Israeli concepts and tactics that helped bring Iraq
IED (roadside bomb) casualties down from a high of 84 a month in May
of 2007, to a low of 9 in May of 2008. While the new armored vehicles
(MRAPs) and other technology (jammers and UAVs) played a role, it was
the Israeli concept of going for the brains behind the bombs, that
tore the heart out of the Islamic terrorist organizations in Iraq. The
same approach is being used successfully elsewhere, from Somalia, to
Saudi Arabia, to Afghanistan and on to the Philippines and Indonesia.
Islamic nations tend to credit the United States (if they credit any
foreigners at all) for these successful tactics. But it was Israel
that pioneered this approach, and made it clear that it worked, and
how.
The armed forces of the U.S. and Israel have long worked together, to
exchange tactics, techniques and technology. One of the items the
Israelis shared was the tactics they developed to defeat a Palestinian
suicide bombing campaign that began in 2000 (after Palestinian
radicals refused to accept a recently negotiated peace deal).
The Palestinian terrorist groups still say they are going to destroy
Israel. But as a practical matter, the current round of Palestinian
terrorist violence is over. You can see this by the sharp decline in
successful terrorist attacks, and the frequent pronouncements from the
terrorists groups that they are going to behave, for a while anyway.
What the terrorists really want is to avoid any more of the Israeli
tactics that shut down their terrorist operations. This included going
after terrorist leaders and technical specialists, and either
capturing or (failing that) killing them. Raids and air attacks were
made against buildings used by the terrorists, and tight security on
Israelis borders were instituted. This last measure crushed the
Palestinian economy, which put popular pressure on the terrorists to
stop their attacks, and promise to keep it that way.
The Israelis also set up an increasingly effective intelligence system
inside Palestinian territories. What the Israelis basically did was
"take the war to the enemy." This is an application of the old maxim,
"the best defense is a good offense." This particular war is still
going on, but the Israelis only adopted their winning tactics in 2003
and two years later the terrorists were rendered largely ineffective.
Egypt and Algeria defeated Islamic terrorists during the 1990s using
traditional methods (attacking everything in sight), and it took
longer and was bloodier. The Egyptians defeated the Moslem Brotherhood
(and the survivors fled to help found al Qaeda). Algeria finally
defeated a similar movement only in the past year, the Egyptian
campaign took most of the decade. Syria crushed the Moslem Brotherhood
in the early 1980s, after five years of violence. These three Arab
nations are all police states, and were able to deploy large numbers
of police and soldiers that spoke the same language as the terrorists.
Israel also had a large number of terrorists who spoke Arabic. Many
had grown up in Arab countries, or had parents who had done so. What
all these successful campaigns had in common was aggressive tactics
that took the battle to the enemy.
For the rest of the world, treating terrorism as if it were just a
police matter, allowed the terrorists to continue building support,
and the ability to launch more attacks. But by going into the
terrorist neighborhoods, you disrupt their planning and recruiting
efforts, and eventually destroy the network of support. The United
States clung to the police approach throughout the 1990s, and the
attacks continued. Only after September 11, 2001, was the war carried
to the terrorist heartland, and the attacks in the U.S., and against
American targets elsewhere, ceased. The terrorists were forced to
defend their base, and in doing so they killed many Moslems, and
turned Moslem public opinion against them.
But going into Iraq worked a lot more effectively when the Israeli
tactics were applied. This not only killed or captured key terrorist
leaders and technicians, but demoralized many potential Islamic
terrorists. Al Qaeda was exposed as a bunch of remorseless murderers
who enthusiastically killed Moslems as well as infidels (non-Moslems).
That cost al Qaeda their public support in the Moslem world, while the
Israeli tactics cost al Qaeda its key people.
From: Par
Against terrorism "police action" is just not going to cut it - what
works is "decapitation". Israel has always understood it and US has
recently learned it as revealed by the statistics at
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/10/analysis_us_airstrik.php.
Wonder when India will learn this lesson w.r.t both Maoists and Islamists?
---------------------
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htterr/articles/20090925.aspx
---------------------
No Credit Where Credit Is Due
September 25, 2009: For political, diplomatic and anti-Semitic
reasons, it's not likely that the Israelis will get the credit they
deserve for the defeat of Islamic terrorist groups throughout the
world. But it was Israeli concepts and tactics that helped bring Iraq
IED (roadside bomb) casualties down from a high of 84 a month in May
of 2007, to a low of 9 in May of 2008. While the new armored vehicles
(MRAPs) and other technology (jammers and UAVs) played a role, it was
the Israeli concept of going for the brains behind the bombs, that
tore the heart out of the Islamic terrorist organizations in Iraq. The
same approach is being used successfully elsewhere, from Somalia, to
Saudi Arabia, to Afghanistan and on to the Philippines and Indonesia.
Islamic nations tend to credit the United States (if they credit any
foreigners at all) for these successful tactics. But it was Israel
that pioneered this approach, and made it clear that it worked, and
how.
The armed forces of the U.S. and Israel have long worked together, to
exchange tactics, techniques and technology. One of the items the
Israelis shared was the tactics they developed to defeat a Palestinian
suicide bombing campaign that began in 2000 (after Palestinian
radicals refused to accept a recently negotiated peace deal).
The Palestinian terrorist groups still say they are going to destroy
Israel. But as a practical matter, the current round of Palestinian
terrorist violence is over. You can see this by the sharp decline in
successful terrorist attacks, and the frequent pronouncements from the
terrorists groups that they are going to behave, for a while anyway.
What the terrorists really want is to avoid any more of the Israeli
tactics that shut down their terrorist operations. This included going
after terrorist leaders and technical specialists, and either
capturing or (failing that) killing them. Raids and air attacks were
made against buildings used by the terrorists, and tight security on
Israelis borders were instituted. This last measure crushed the
Palestinian economy, which put popular pressure on the terrorists to
stop their attacks, and promise to keep it that way.
The Israelis also set up an increasingly effective intelligence system
inside Palestinian territories. What the Israelis basically did was
"take the war to the enemy." This is an application of the old maxim,
"the best defense is a good offense." This particular war is still
going on, but the Israelis only adopted their winning tactics in 2003
and two years later the terrorists were rendered largely ineffective.
Egypt and Algeria defeated Islamic terrorists during the 1990s using
traditional methods (attacking everything in sight), and it took
longer and was bloodier. The Egyptians defeated the Moslem Brotherhood
(and the survivors fled to help found al Qaeda). Algeria finally
defeated a similar movement only in the past year, the Egyptian
campaign took most of the decade. Syria crushed the Moslem Brotherhood
in the early 1980s, after five years of violence. These three Arab
nations are all police states, and were able to deploy large numbers
of police and soldiers that spoke the same language as the terrorists.
Israel also had a large number of terrorists who spoke Arabic. Many
had grown up in Arab countries, or had parents who had done so. What
all these successful campaigns had in common was aggressive tactics
that took the battle to the enemy.
For the rest of the world, treating terrorism as if it were just a
police matter, allowed the terrorists to continue building support,
and the ability to launch more attacks. But by going into the
terrorist neighborhoods, you disrupt their planning and recruiting
efforts, and eventually destroy the network of support. The United
States clung to the police approach throughout the 1990s, and the
attacks continued. Only after September 11, 2001, was the war carried
to the terrorist heartland, and the attacks in the U.S., and against
American targets elsewhere, ceased. The terrorists were forced to
defend their base, and in doing so they killed many Moslems, and
turned Moslem public opinion against them.
But going into Iraq worked a lot more effectively when the Israeli
tactics were applied. This not only killed or captured key terrorist
leaders and technicians, but demoralized many potential Islamic
terrorists. Al Qaeda was exposed as a bunch of remorseless murderers
who enthusiastically killed Moslems as well as infidels (non-Moslems).
That cost al Qaeda their public support in the Moslem world, while the
Israeli tactics cost al Qaeda its key people.
1 comment:
Americans, "like the true Bourbons," have "learnt nothing and forgotten nothing." Some of us might remember the August 1998 bombings of Afghanistan and Sudan (codenamed "Operation Infinite Reach" by the United States). Quoting from Wikipedia: "About 75 cruise missiles landed in Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan at four militant training camps around Khost and Jalalabad: three camps in the Jarawah area near Khost, one of which, El Farouq, trained primarily Afghan Arabs, and Al Badr camp 10 miles to the west which also trained Afghan Arabs and was directed by bin Laden. The Khost camp, Zawhar Kili, was a summit meeting place for senior Arab leaders of Islamic militant organizations labeled as terrorist groups by NATO and linked to bin Laden. The attack was made partly in an attempt to assassinate him and other leaders. After the attack, the CIA heard that bin Laden had been at Zawhar Kili but had left some hours before the missiles hit."
The cruise missiles were launched from the Arabian Sea, and for reaching Afghanistan they had to pass over Paki territory, and USA had sought Paki permission for it. It later came to be known that Paki officials had informed bin Laden of the impending strike, enabling him to flee in time.
That was in 1998, but Pakis continue to play the same treacherous game.
If US wants to defeat Islamic terrorism, they should start by knocking out its epicentre which is in Pakistan, and which is organized and managed by the Paki government.
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