Re: Terrorist groups

["Gareth Livergood" <garethlivergood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the correction.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lauri Gardner" <lauri_gardner@yahoo.com>
To: <millenniums-end-l@firedrake.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: Terrorist groups


> 
> --- Gareth Livergood <garethlivergood@gmx.co.uk>
> wrote:
> >     Check out the latest issue of Soldier of Fortune
> > magazine.  They have a
> > write up of several of the big terrorist groups;
> > important members names,
> > actions attributed to them, sponsors, number of
> > personnel, etc.  Seems like
> > a good update to the info in T/CT.  Especially the
> > names and dates part.
> > 
> > Gareth Livergood
> > 
> No offence, but I do not consider SoF to be reliable
> source on information. I prefer reading reports
> written by RAND, and those that come from the U.S.
> Ministry of foreign affairs, as well as some watch dog
> groups. Of course some of the information give in
> those is incorrect or given on a wrong type of slant.
> 
> As for what the article supposedly has within it.
> Umm...Most of that is public domain. Others are fluff.
> 
> 
> Sponsorship is a very unreliable. Most terrorist
> groups went through a faze during the late 70's and
> early 80's of being government sponsored. Later on
> most goverments dropped it. This is due to several
> reasons, political and financial, most governments had
> no reason to fund terrorist groups, since it marked
> them in the poltical arena. It is also expensive on
> training and maintaining a surreptious group that is
> spread around the globe. After that time, they are
> funded by the supporters themselves, rich ex-pats, and
> through various business that they operate. Most
> Palestinian 'terrorist groups' like Hizbullah, pay
> pensions, run schools, do soup kitchens, and help
> publish newspapers.
> 
> As for terrorist numbers....Well most intelligence
> agencies would be willing to kill for accurate numbers
> on the amount of people that are incorporated in the
> bigger terrorist organizations. The support structure
> under them can also be substantial, which again
> prevents them from having an accurate personnel amount
> evaluated. For instance, the Israeli way is simply
> counting all Palestinians as terrorists. As for other
> countires, since a terrorist group is ideological,
> trangressing race, etnicity, and even religion. There
> are no accurate ways on measuring it. They do not wear
> uniforms or have large military bases. They are based
> upon self sufficient cell structures. On sleeper
> agents.
> 
> Sorry for ranting. But it is what I do during my free
> time, besides RPG ;)
> 
> --
> Lauri Gardner
> 
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