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	Byliner: CIA's Pillar on Counterterrorism
		Effective counterterrorist diplomacy is the glue needed to hold these efforts into a coherent whole rather than being merely disjointed parts.
		The building of a counterterrorist coalition following the attacks of 11 September is only the most recent and conspicuous demonstration that the United States needs the help of foreign partners in countering even those threats directed specifically against the United States.
		The limitations of counterterrorist intelligence mean it should not be relied upon as a foolproof indicator of where threats do and do not exist.
	www.iwar.org.uk /cyberterror/resources/ct/counterterrorism.htm (2021 words)

	The Law of Turkmenistan On the Fight Against Terrorism
		During the conduction of counterterrorist operations, the public shall be informed about terrorist actions in the manner and to the extent determined by the operational headquarters chief or a representative of the operational headquarters responsible for public information.
		If during the counterterrorist operation, a person engaged in combating terrorism is injured, and this has caused disability, this person shall be paid through funds from the state budge, a one-time assistance grant and a disability benefit shall be granted to him in accordance with the procedure spelled out by the legislation of Turkmenistan.
		If during the counterterrorist operation, a person engaged in combating terrorism is injured, and this has not caused disability, this person shall be paid through funds from the state budge, a one-time assistance grant in accordance with the procedure spelled out by the legislation of Turkmenistan.
	turkmeniya.tripod.com /turkmenistanlaws/id13.html (3256 words)

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		U.S. counterterrorist policy will have a much better chance of success if it is based on an understanding of terrorism as a "strategic crime" that combines aspects of both warfare and criminality: which means that the problem of terrorism has to be addressed strategically and comprehensively.
		Moreover, counterterrorist policy has to be implemented through a clear chain of command in which military and civilian agencies are integrated.
		Counterterrorist technology may not be so well advanced as terrorist technology, but there are things we could be doing now, with off-the-shelf equipment, to provide a measure of insurance against real trouble.
	www.eppc.org /publications/pubID.1907/pub_detail.asp (1693 words)

	On the Fight Against Terrorism 25 July 1998
		In the counterterrorist operation zone the activity of personnel of the mass media is regulated by the leader of the operational staff to control the counterterrorist operation unless otherwise provided by federal law.
		During the conduct of the counterterrorist operation negotiations may be conducted with terrorists with a view to preserving people's lives and health and property and also studying the possibility of stopping the terrorist action without the use of force.
		During the conduct of the counterterrorist operation the public is informed about the terrorist action in the ways and to the extent decided by the leader of the operational staff to control the counterterrorist operation or by the representative of the aforementioned staff responsible for public relations.
	www.fas.org /irp/world/russia/docs/law_980725.htm (3171 words)

	GameSpot: Hands-on: Counter-Strike 1.6
		This shield allows the counterterrorist using it (and anyone behind him) to benefit from its bulletproof defense, but to get the full potential of protection that the shield can offer, the player using it has to crouch behind it.
		There are a few drawbacks to the shield, including a slower running speed, being able to use only a pistol while wielding it, not being able to fire when you have the shield pulled in front of you, and not being able to have your pistol silencer on when using it.
		While a shield-equipped counterterrorist has little offensive capability, he may prove to be a valuable ally on a well-organized team.
	www.gamespot.com /pc/action/halflifecounterstrike/news.html?sid=2908791&print=1 (572 words)

	Strike Against Terror! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The type of operational environment into which planners may have to insert their assault forces in a counterterrorist operation is a critical variable with many ramifications.
		The first C-130 to land transported the counterterrorist assault team, part of the neutralizing force, the ground command element, and their associated equipment.
		An in-being counterterrorist response force with a highly trained cadre, sophisticated equipment, and sufficient contingency plans to span probable terrorist attack modes and situations enhance the probability of operational success.
	www.airpower.au.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1980/jul-aug/menarchik.html (4902 words)

	PREVIEW: Against Rendition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		For the "realists" in the government, there is perhaps no aspect of America's counterterrorist strategy that is more appealing than rendition, since it binds the CIA and foreign services together in a very hard-nosed and (the realists believe) effective way, and it obliges our allies to do most of the heavy lifting.
		It's possible to imagine President Bush reining in the intelligence and counterterrorist establishment in Washington that has grown accustomed to rendition and is determined to maintain established liaison relationships and practices.
		The president could easily say to the concerned bureaucracies that any counterterrorist practice that works against the expansion of democracy in the Middle East is unacceptably counterproductive.
	www.weeklystandard.com /Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=5582&R=C54F23A1F (4621 words)

	Domestic Counterterrorist Trainings
		Secret Army Delta forces, an elite counterterrorist unit, flown in fl helicopters by the equally secret Night Stalkers (160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Airborne), repel at night into their designated community target areas.
		The crack Navy counterterrorist force, SEAL Team 6, has conducted trainings from the Monterey Bay in California, to the Merrimack River in Lowell, Massachusetts.
		Consistent with the Marines' historical function of establishing beachheads from Navy transport vessels at various locations around the globe, they argue a need to practice counterterrorist operations in coastal cities as help is requested from friendly governments facing internal crises.
	www.brianwillson.com /awolcounter.html (2856 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The tenets of official U.S. counterterrorist policy are: make no concessions or deals with terrorists; bring them to justice for their crimes; isolate and apply pressure on states that sponsor terrorism; and bolster the counterterrorist capabilities of countries willing to work with the United States.
		In the first four chapters, Paul R. Pillar identifies the necessary elements of counterterrorist policy, he examines why the United States is a prime terrorist target, and he reveals why the counterterrorist policies that seem strongest are not always the most effective.
		Paul Pillar was deputy chief of the Counterterrorist Center at the CIA and is the author of Negotiating Peace (Princeton University Press, 1983).
	www.brook.edu /rios/data/sources/book/41c3e4045f7bff3c6a1fa7d2c0a80007.xml (473 words)

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		On the other hand, the UN itself is beset by extreme internal politicization, factionalism and bureaucratization which do hinder its counterterrorist functions.
		One of the United States' core reservations about the UN's role in the antiterrorist struggle is the international body's unwillingness to use military force to prevent, punish and deter terrorism.
		There is neither a separate counterterrorist agency within the UN nor is there a staff member at UN headquarters in New York who has been assigned to work fulltime on terrorism.
	www.adl.org /terror/tu/tu_38_04_09.asp (1920 words)

	Department of State Washington File: Byliner: CIA's Pillar on Counterterrorism
		The prosecution of individual terrorists in criminal courts has been one of the most heavily relied upon counterterrorist tools.
		Modern, precision-guided munitions have made armed force a less blunt and more useful counterterrorist instrument, but one whose use is still appropriately rare.
		The collection and analysis of intelligence is the least visible but in some ways the most important counterterrorist tool, and is rightly thought of as the "first line of defense" against terrorism.
	usinfo.org /wf-archive/2001/011114/epf310.htm (1997 words)

	SAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The techniques and tactics developed by the CRW are still used by most CounterTerrorist units today (with the probable exception of the ex-Soviet units- though this seems to be changing).
		This should come as no surprise since the CRW was involved in the formation of most of the other western CounterTerrorist units - including Germany's GSG 9, France's GIGN, Spain's GEO and America's Delta to name a few.
		On the other hand, all SAS squadrons are cycled through CounterTerrorist duty for a period of six to none months.
	students.engr.scu.edu /~jabraham/specwar/specops/uk/sas/page1.html (680 words)

	The Counterterrorist Myth
		The only effective way to run offensive counterterrorist operations against Islamic radicals in more or less hostile territory is with "non-official-cover" officers—operatives who are in no way openly attached to the U.S. government.
		Unless one of bin Ladin's foot soldiers walks through the door of a U.S. consulate or embassy, the odds that a CIA counterterrorist officer will ever see one are extremely poor.
		George Tenet, who became the director of the CIA in 1997, has repeatedly described America's counterterrorist program as "robust" and in most cases successful at keeping bin Ladin's terrorists "off-balance" and anxious about their own security.
	www.theatlantic.com /issues/2001/07/gerecht.htm (2103 words)

	Counterterrorist Center
		He tells Baer that Mohammed “is going to hijack some planes.” Further, he is told that Mohammed has moved to the Czech Republic, and has also travelled to Germany to meet bin Laden associates there.
		In early 1998 Baer sends this information to a friend in the CIA Counterterrorist Center, who forwards the information to his superiors.
		The number of CTC analysts focusing on al-Qaeda rises from three in 1999 to five by 9/11.
	www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?entity=counterterrorist_center (749 words)

	Government Innovators Network: The Rise of the Counterterrorist States, February 2001
		This paper addresses three types of state counterterrorist legislation, and the legal and practical questions regarding the proper role of the states in America's counterterrorist efforts.
		The next section considers both the legal and policy ramifications of these measures, many of which may threaten both the supremacy of federal counterterrorist laws and First Amendment protections of speech and assembly.
		The concluding section argues that, as states appear to become less concerned with traditional criminal enforcement and expressly embrace a realm of law enforcement more properly reserved for federal national security policy, these state laws could confuse both federal anti-terrorist policy and the role for the states in the fight against terrorism.
	www.innovations.harvard.edu /showdoc.html?id=2607&p=1 (153 words)

	NTI: Global Security Newswire - Wednesday, December 5, 2001
		The specter of terrorists, especially international terrorists, using chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear means has been over-hyped in the sense that it has diverted our attention from what in my view will continue to be the main threat, which is the infliction of loss of life through conventional means.
		Pillar, formerly deputy chief of the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center, is the author of Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy, published this year by the Brookings Institution Press.
		Pillar: For example, on the intelligence side, everything that the CIA does, and more generally that the [Director of Central Intelligence’s] Counterterrorist Center does, is heavily dependent on the operational elements of the CIA, which don’t belong to that center.
	www.nti.org /d_newswire/issues/newswires/2001_12_5.html (8095 words)

	Special Operations.Com
		UNASE units were created in response to a record number of kidnappings in Bogota in 1991.
		Not a counterterrorist force in the true sense, the specialty of UNASE is hostage rescue.
		Nonetheless, as guerrilla groups such as FARC and ELN are frequently the perpetrators of kidnappings-for-ransom, UNASE teams often find themselves involved in firefights with these terrorists.
	www.specialoperations.com /Foreign/Colombia/Default.htm (1049 words)

	The Counterterrorist Myth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Counterterrorist Myth A former CIA operative explains why the terrorist Usama bin Ladin has little to fear from American intelligence by Reuel Marc Gerecht.....
		Westerners cannot visit the cinder-block, mud-brick side of the Muslim worldand#8212;whence bin Ladin's foot soldiers mostly comeand#8212;without announcing who they are.
		The only effective way to run offensive counterterrorist operations against Islamic radicals in more or less hostile territory is with "non-official-cover" officersand#8212;operatives who are in no way openly attached to the U.S. government.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/523550/posts (3902 words)

	KOBTV.com - Acquitted counterterrorist reunited with wife, sons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		(Albuquerque-AP) -- The plane was late, the boys were tired, but Canadian counterterrorist David Hudak and his family celebrated a belated but merry Christmas after reuniting.
		Hudak nearly sprinted down the concourse when he caught sight of his wife, Leslie, and their two boys, four-year-old Devlyn and two-year-old Teagan.
		Hudak spent last Christmas in jail awaiting trial on federal charges of stockpiling 2,400 mini-missile warheads and illegally training foreign troops.
	www.kobtv.com /index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=7302&cat=NMTOPSTORIES (155 words)

	Comments on Legislation to Manage Counterterrorist Programs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Combating Terrorism: Issues to Be Resolved to Improve Counterterrorist Operations (GAO/NSIAD-99-135, May 13, 1999).
		Another congressionally mandated commission, the National Commission on Terrorism chaired by Ambassador Paul Bremer, is not included in our analysis because it was primarily focused on international terrorism and did not address domestic terrorism or homeland security.
		In May 1998, the President established the Office of the National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counterterrorism within the National Security Council, which is tasked to oversee a broad variety of relevant policies and programs.
	www.house.gov /transportation/pbed/04-24-01/decker.html (3445 words)

	Laura Donohue - CISAC
		Her research focuses on national security and counterterrorist law in the United States, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Israel, and the Republic of Turkey.
		Prior to Stanford, Donohue was a fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she served on the Executive Session for Domestic Preparedness and the International Security Program.
		Donohue obtained her BA (Hons., Philosophy) from Dartmouth College, her MA (Dist., War and Peace Studies) from University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, and her PhD in history from the University of Cambridge.
	cisac.stanford.edu /people/laurakdonohue (286 words)

	Amazon.com: Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit: Books: Eric Haney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Readers of other special forces memoirs will find this one distinctive for Haney's attention to interservice rivalries (he has a lot of negative things to say about the CIA) that he believes compromised several missions, as well as for Haney's nuanced, often disgusted descriptions of the human cost of war.
		Retired army command sergeant-major Haney paints a vivid portrait of the first decade of the elite U.S. counterterrorist unit, Delta Force, which has never had more than a few hundred men on its roster.
		An early volunteer for the force, he became one of the handful who survived dauntingly rigorous physical and psychological tests to join its initial cadre of men who then were dedicated to special-operations warfare.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385336039?v=glance (2188 words)

	GSG 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Germany's legendary Grenzschutzgruppe 9 or GSG 9 is a pioneer of modern CounterTerrorism.
		It is considered to be one of finest CounterTerrorist units in existence and is the role model of numerous units around the globe.
		This facilitates the execution of preemptive counterTerrorist operations in addition to their "regular" tasks such as hostage rescue and criminal apprehension.
	students.engr.scu.edu /~jabraham/specwar/specops/germany/gsg9/page1.html (718 words)

	Lessons from the Fight against Terrorism
		Munich and the morality of Israel's counterterrorist measures.
		Strategic considerations in counterterrorist operations must account for the absence of an exclusively military "knockout" option against terrorism.
		Policymakers must therefore operate on two fronts against terrorism: the short-term battle against the terrorists, and the long-term battle to win the hearts and minds of their constituents.
	www.aish.com /jewishissues/middleeast/Lessons_from_the_Fight_against_Terrorism.asp (1308 words)

	Moment Magazine - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The first soldiers in the unit, all volunteers, were given a complete undercover-instruction regimen, including a disguise course, counterterrorist training, and intensive instruction in Arabic and Palestinian customs.
		In 1995 Jerusalem district police chief Arieh Amit formed a fourth undercover unit, Gideon, and charged it with special counterterrorist duty in East Jerusalem as well as other sections of the capital.
		These units, often commanded by veterans of elite units like Ya’mas, were designed to bring counterterrorist expertise to the day-to-day operations of crime fighting.
	www.momentmag.com /archive/feb01/feat1.html (3803 words)

	ESPN.com - CIA's Counterterrorist Center involved in Olympic plans
		ATHENS, Greece -- The CIA's top counterterrorism official met Tuesday with Olympic organizers as part of U.S. efforts to strengthen security cooperation in the final months before the games.
		No immediate details were given following the talks with Jose Rodriguez, director of the CIA's Counterterrorist Center.
		But plans to safeguard the Aug. 13-29 games have taken added urgency following the train bombings in Spain earlier this month.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1766189&type=story (359 words)

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