When I saw the header I actually said to myself,”Now
which terror attack was this?”
This is what is has come to.
What a world.
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The fastest and most effective counter terrorism activity is a “counter-terror assassination squad”.
That is, when some jihadi murders people, literally kill those who provoked and encouraged him. Typically this would include his radical Imam, known associates and even family.
The CIA used to be very accomplished in this, both the assassinations themselves, and “making them look like an accident”, to create “plausible deniability”.
Doing this fractures their networks, finances, supporters, and allies. Focusing on the actual terrorist usually achieves little or nothing other than information, especially if they are dead.
This can even be accomplished overseas, when a terrorist is supported in a foreign nation. It doesn’t matter if it is a Saudi prince. They have just voided their license to live and make mischief.
The effectiveness of this cannot be overstated. It was used successfully against the Viet Cong, and so devastated them that they had no choice but to launch the disastrous (for them) Tet Offensive, that effectively wiped them out.
Personally, I would like such a program expanded to every radical Imam and Mullah in the world. They would commit suicide with their own tongue.