How Terrorist Organizations Die

simplyme · December 1, 2008, 5:48am

For those of you interested in actually having reasonable discussions and analysis of terrorism, this link provides a free download. It’s enlightening. I doubt the hacks in Tel Aviv/Washington/New Delhi ever read it but it’s too bad because it proves that further warfare is idiotic and doomed to fail.

RAND | Monographs | How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa’ida

QUOTE:
All terrorist groups eventually end. But how do they end? Answers to
this question have enormous implications for counterterrorism efforts.
The evidence since 1968 indicates that most groups have ended because
(1) they joined the political process or (2)** local police and intelligence
agencies arrested or killed key members. Military force has rarely been
the primary reason for the end of terrorist groups,** and few groups
within this time frame achieved victory.

Local police and intelligence agencies arrested or killed key members while the army was caught napping. It helps to understand how the local police were able to arrest the key members