Terrorism: February 16, 2000

Archives

Cole

The US has announced a new anti-terrorist campaign to "drain the swamp" that international terrorists hide in. The plan exerts pressure on various governments known to harbor terrorist groups to make such a policy too expensive to maintain. Increased cooperation with many nations, exchanging information on terrorist movements and finances, has made it hard for terrorists to function in many countries. The terrorists have begun switching from state sponsorship to self-funding, and now focus their attacks on softer targets instead of guarded government installations. This has led to the new US strategy. The US considers Iran the leading sponsor of terrorism (and leading target of the American campaign to isolate nations friendly to terrorists), and notes that most of Afghanistan, Sudan, Colombia, and the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon are essentially

 

Article Archive

Terrorism: Current 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

X

ad

Help Keep Us From Drying Up

We need your help! Our subscription base has slowly been dwindling.

Each month we count on your contribute. You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
  2. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  3. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
Subscribe   contribute   Close